Kim Juhyung Halts Decline... Climbs from 152nd to 141st in World Rankings
Earns Points with Tied 15th Finish at RBC Canadian Open
Scheffler, McIlroy, Young Hold Top 3
Kim Siwoo 18th, Cauley 40th, Jang Yubin 377th
Kim Juhyung climbed to 141st in the world rankings.
On June 14 (local time), he received 1.0257 points in the men's weekly Official World Golf Ranking, moving up 11 spots from 152nd last week. He earned ranking points by finishing tied for 15th (10-under-par 270) at the RBC Canadian Open on the PGA Tour (total prize money of $9.8 million), held at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley North Course (par 70) in Caledon, Ontario, Canada, that same day. This is his best result since tying for 6th at the Myrtle Beach Classic last month.
Scottie Scheffler (USA), Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), Cameron Young (USA), Matt Fitzpatrick (England), and Russell Henley (USA) maintained their places in the top 5. Kim Siwoo is ranked 18th, the same as last week. Bud Cauley (USA), who overcame a car accident eight years ago that almost ended his career and won the RBC Canadian Open, jumped 28 spots from 68th to 40th.
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Im Sungjae is ranked 74th, Kim Sunghyun is 152nd, An Byeonghun is 182nd, Moon Do-yeob is 205th, Ok Taehun is 242nd, Lee Junghwan is 271st, Song Minhyeok is 303rd, and Lee Seungtaek is 316th. Jang Yubin, who claimed victory at the KPGA Classic on the Korea Professional Golfers' Association (KPGA) Tour the day before, soared 186 spots to 377th.
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