(Asia Economy Kim Hyun-Jun, journalist specializing in golf) ○… “World Ranking 61st → 39th.”
“ Asian Tour Money Leader ‘Kim Joo-Hyung (20, CJ Logistics, photo) jumped 22 places both by winning 2.64 points in the official world classification of Golf announced in the 11th afternoon (Korean hour). He accumulated points by finishing the 3rd (5-mine of 275) at the Genesis Scottish Open (total price $ 8 million), co-organized by the DP World Tour (formerly European Tour) and PGA Tour, which ended at the North Berwick Renaissance Golf Club (by 70, 7,293 yards) in Scotland in the early morning.
Kim Joo-Hyung was the youngest “winner of the triple crown” from last year during the Korean Korean professional golf tour (KPGA). He competed for the championship in each tournament, including a victory and three finalists in 14 events such as the SK Telecom Open in June. He swept the end of year money (? 754.94 million), the price of the player of the year (5540.56 points) and the lowest score average (69.16). After winning the international of Singapore in January to become the leader in the money from the Asian tour, he recently moved between the PGA Tour and other leagues seeking to go to the World League.
It is interesting to note that this tournament serves as a prelude to the last major of the 2022 season, The Open, which opens the 14th. This is an opportunity to present “K Power” for two consecutive weeks. Scottie Scheffler (United States), Rory McILroy (Northern Ireland) and Jon Rahm (Spain) are the `Top 3 ”, and the Genesis Scottish Open Xander Schauffele (USA) champion climbed from 11 to 5th. Seong-Jae IM (24), the “Shrine champion”, is 23rd, Kyung-Hoon Lee (31), the “double champion of AT&T”, is 42nd and Si-Woo Kim (27) is 65th.
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