Siwoo Kim Breaks into Top 18 in World Rankings with Major Top-10 Finish

Earns Ranking Points with Tied 6th Finish at The Open
Jumps Three Spots from 21st Last Week
Scheffler Ranked No. 1, McIlroy 2nd, Fox Climbs to 22nd

Siwoo Kim has reached 18th place in the world golf rankings.

On July 20 (Korean time), he earned 4.26 points in the weekly men's world golf rankings, climbing three spots from 21st the previous week. He earned ranking points with a tied 6th finish at The Open, the final major tournament of the 2026 season, which concluded on the same day. Although he briefly took the lead during the final round, he lost strokes on the back nine and finished in a tie for 6th place.

Siwoo Kim is teeing off on the 13th hole during the final round of The Open. Southport - Photo by UPI Yonhap News

Siwoo Kim is the first Korean golfer ever to achieve ten top-10 finishes in a single season on the PGA Tour. While The Open is not an event operated by the PGA Tour, its results are included in the PGA Tour record. Choi Kyung-ju, the living legend of Korean men’s golf, finished in the top 10 eight times in the 2011 season. Sungjae Im achieved nine top-10 finishes in both the 2021–2022 and 2022–2023 seasons, while Tom Kim matched that mark with nine top-10s in the 2022–2023 season. Siwoo Kim has collected four career victories on the PGA Tour.

Scottie Scheffler (USA), Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), Cameron Young (USA), Matt Fitzpatrick (England), and Russell Henley (USA) occupied the top five. Ryan Fox (New Zealand), who lifted the major championship trophy at The Open, jumped from 56th to 22nd place.

Among Korean players, Tom Kim ranked 34th, Sungjae Im 77th, Kim Sung-hyun 151st, An Byeong-hun 201st, and Moon Do-yeob 208th. Noh Seung-yul, who finished tied for 48th at the PGA Tour’s Corales Puntacana Championship, moved up from 358th to 349th place from last week.

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