Kim Siwoo Achieves Personal Best World Ranking of 18th with Top-10 Finish at Signature Event

Earns Points with Tied 10th Finish at Memorial Tournament
Scheffler, McIlroy, and Young Hold Top 3 Spots
Poston at 39th, Im Sungjae 72nd, Kim Sunghyun 150th

Kim Siwoo has achieved his highest-ever world ranking.

Siwoo Kim rose to a personal best world ranking of 18th. Photo by AP News Agency

On June 7 (local time), he earned 3.98 points in the weekly men's golf world rankings, moving up one spot from 19th last week to reach 18th place. He accumulated ranking points by tying for 10th at the PGA Tour Signature Event Memorial Tournament (total prize money of $20 million), which concluded that day at Muirfield Village Golf Club (par 72) in Dublin, Ohio, USA. This marks his eighth top-10 finish of the year. Thanks to his performance in this tournament, he also climbed to 4th in the season-long FedExCup rankings.

Scottie Scheffler (USA), Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), Cameron Young (USA), Matt Fitzpatrick (England), and Russell Henley (USA) held on to the top five spots. J.T. Poston (USA), the winner of the Memorial Tournament, soared from 94th to 39th place compared to last week.

Among Korean players, Im Sungjae maintained his position at 72nd. Kim Sung-hyun is ranked 150th, Kim Joo-hyung 152nd, An Byeong-hun 177th, Moon Do-yeob 208th, Ok Tae-hoon 236th, Lee Junghwan 268th, and Lee Seungtaek is 314th. Moon Donghyun, who won the KPGA Championship on the Korea Professional Golfers' Association (KPGA) Tour, jumped from 776th last week to 438th.

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