Pilshed June 28, 2012 08:18 (KST)
Xander Schauffele carries the winner’s jacket on the last day of the Travelers championship. Cromwell, USA = Getty Images / Multibits Photo by Multibits
(Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyun-Jun, golf specialist) ○… “World Ranking 15th → 11th.”
“ Gold medalist at Tokyo ” Xander Schauffele Olympic Games increased four places in the 11th row of the world’s official weekly golf ranking announced in the afternoon of 27 (Korean hour), winning 5.98 points. He accumulated points by winning the PGA Tour Travelers championship (total price of $ 8.3 million), which ended that morning at River Highlands TPC in Cromwell, Connecticut (by 70, 6,852 yards). This is his second victory for the season and the sixth career victory, following the Zurich Classic of “2 players” in April.
Scottie Scheffler (United States) remains 1st and Jon Rahm (Spain) returned to the 2nd. Rory McILroy (Northern Ireland) is the 3rd, Collin Morikawa 4th, and the second major “champion of the PGA championship” Justin Thomas (USA) occupies 5th place. For Korea, “ Shriners Champion ” Im Sung-Jae (24) is 23rd, “The consecutive winner of AT&T” Lee Kyoung-Hoon (31) is 41st, Kim Joo-Hyung (20) is 61st, and Kim Si-Woo (27, both CJ Logistics) is 62nd. The “Korean Open Champion” Kim Min-Kyu (21) jumped 134 seats at 362nd to settle at 228th.
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