Ji Eun-hee cheers while holding the trophy immediately after winning the Bank of Hope Match Play. Las Vegas, United States – Photo by Getty Images/Multibits
(Asian economy Kim Hyun-jun, golf journalist) ○…”World ranking 83rd → 55th.”
“Match Queen” Ji Eun-hee (36, Hanwha Q CELLS) rose 28 places in the weekly women’s golf world rankings officially announced on the morning of the 31st (Korean time). She built on her win at the Bank of Hope Match Play (total prize pool $1.5 million) on the LPGA Tour, which concluded the day before at Shadow Creek Golf Course in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (par 72, 6,777 yards). This is his first victory in 3 years and 4 months since the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions in January 2019.
Ji Eun-hee beat Andrea Lee (USA) by 4 holes in the semi-final and Ayaka Furue (Japan) by 3 holes in the final. She also set a new record as the oldest Korean player to win (36 years and 17 days). More importantly, she got a ticket to the US Women’s Open “War of Money” (total prize money of $10 million), which will open on the night of the 2nd of next month. She expressed her joy, saying, “I thought I wouldn’t be able to participate this year, so I’m happy to play,” and added, “I hope the good energy from this week continues next week.”
The ‘Top 5’ remains unchanged with Ko Jin-young (27 years old) 1st, Nelly Korda (USA) 2nd, Lydia Ko (New Zealand) 3rd, Minjee Lee (Australia) 4th and Atthaya Thitikul (Thailand) 5th. Korean Park In-bee (34 years old, KB Financial Group) is 8th, Kim Hyo-joo (27 years old, Lotte) 9th and Kim Se-young (29 years old, Mediheal) is in 10th place. Jung Yoon-ji (22 years old, NH Investment & Securities), who won her first career victory at the KLPGA Tour E1 Charity Open on the 29th, rose from 140th to 99th place, entering the “Top 100” in one fell swoop.
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