Lucas Herbert applauds immediately after winning the Bermuda championship. Southampton (Bermuda) = Getty Images / Photo by Multivitz
(Asian economy Kim Hyun-jun, golf journalist) ○…”World ranking 57th → 43rd.”
“Bermuda champion” Lucas Herbert (Australia) moved up 14 places to 2.63 points in the weekly official world golf rankings announced on the afternoon of the 1st (Korean time). Early that morning at Bermuda Southampton Port Royal Golf Club (par 71, 6,828 yards), the final day of the 6th event of the 2021/2022 PGA Tour season, the Butterfield Bermuda Championship (total prize money $6.5 million), he added 2 under par to secure a one-stroke victory (15 under par 269), earning points.
He was an active player on the European Tour until last year. He has two career victories, including the 2020 Omega Dubai Desert Classic and the Irish Open last July. This year, he joined the PGA Tour as the top-ranked player at PGA Korn Ferry (2nd tier). Interestingly, he missed the cut at the Fortinet Championship in September and the Sanderson Farms Championship last month. However, on this day, his “stingy putting” of 1.60 putts per hole stood out despite strong winds.
Jon Rahm (Spain), Collin Morikawa, Dustin Johnson, Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele remain unchanged in the “Top 5”. Jordan Spieth moved from 13th to 10th place, entering the “Top 10”, while Tony Finau (both Americans) dropped to 11th place. In Korea, Im Sung-jae, who scored the first victory of the new season at the start of last month’s Shriners Children’s Open, is ranked 23rd, followed by Kim Si-woo (26) at 47th and Lee Kyung-hoon (30, both CJ Logistics) at 59th.
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