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Seogyo Rim, the top player on the Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) Tour, has entered the top 30 in the world rankings.

On August 25 (Korea Standard Time), Seogyo Rim scored 2.74 points in the official weekly Women's World Golf Rankings, rising 10 spots from 40th to 30th place over the past week. She earned ranking points after defeating Kim Min-sol in a playoff at the season's second major—the 48th KLPGA Championship hosted by BC Card and The Korea Economic Daily, held at Pocheon Hills Country Club (Par 72) in Pocheon last week, with a total prize fund of 1.5 billion won.

Seogyo Rim is taking a selfie holding the trophy after winning the 48th KLPGA Championship hosted by BC Card and The Korea Economic Daily. Provided by KLPGA

This marked her fourth trophy of the season, following victories at the Celltrion Queens Masters in June, the Inca Financial The Heaven Masters, and the Mediheal·Hankook Ilbo Championship last week. Her winner’s purse for this event was 270 million won.

After debuting on the KLPGA Tour last year and winning the Rookie of the Year without a single victory, Seogyo Rim is the first player to reach four wins this season. She currently leads in wins, total prize money (1,286,766,000 won), Player of the Year points (490 points), and scoring average (70.2779 strokes).

Nelly Korda (USA), Atthaya Thitikul, Hae Ran Ryu, and Hyo Joo Kim maintained first to fourth place, respectively. Miyu Yamashita of Japan, the CPKC Women's Open champion on the LPGA Tour, climbed two spots to fifth.

Among Korean players, Kim Se-young, who finished third at the CPKC Women's Open, moved up one spot to ninth place. KLPGA Championship runner-up Kim Min-sol was ranked 15th, while Yoon Ina was 20th, Choi Hye-jin 24th, Kim A-lim 26th, and Lim Jin-hee 29th.

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