In two months, 'Top 10' Ahn Byung-hoon rises to 41st in world rankings
After two months of top-10 finishes on the U.S. Professional Golf (PGA) Tour, Byung-hoon Ahn has climbed to No. 41 in the world.
The South Korean golfer jumped two spots from last week's No. 43 to No. 41 in the Men's World Golf Rankings released on Wednesday.
The South Korean shot four strokes in the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational, which concluded today, and improved his ranking significantly from the third round.
Ahn, who started the year ranked No. 60 in the world, moved up to No. 39 with a runner-up finish at the Sony Open in January following a fourth-place finish at The Sentry, but has been without a top-10 finish in the last two months, 안전놀이터hovering around the top 40.
Kim Joo-hyung dropped from No. 16 to No. 18 and Lim Sung-jae from No. 35 to No. 36. Kim Siwoo remained at No. 53.
The most notable ranking gainer this week was Bryce Garnett (USA), who won the PGA Tour's Puerto Rico Open on Nov. 11.
Garnett jumped from No. 535 to No. 196.
Scotty Schauffler (USA), who won the Arnold Palmer Invitational, remained at No. 1.
Rory McIlroy (NI) widened the gap to second place.
Yon Ram (Spain) and Viktor Hovlan (Norway) held on to third and fourth, while Arnold Palmer Invitational runner-up Wyndham Clarke (USA) jumped from seventh to fifth.
Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay (USA) dropped one spot to sixth and seventh.
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