"Honda Thailand No. 3." Kim Hyo-joo maintains 9th place in the world... Top 10 Mercury alongside Kim Se-young

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Kim Hyo-joo (31, Lotte), who finished third in the Honda Thailand of the U.S. Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour, maintained the highest world ranking among Korean players.

Kim Hyo-joo ranked ninth with an average of 3.87 points in the women's golf world ranking announced on the 24th (Korea Standard Time).

It is the highest ranking among Korean players, and is the only one in the top 10 with No. 10 Kim Se-young.

Kim Hyo-joo finished third with a 22-under-par 266 total in the LPGA Tour Honda Thailand, which ended on the 22nd.

Kim Hyo-joo, who won the Ladies European Tour (LET) Aramco Korea Championship held in Korea after the Ford Championship in March last year, continued her performance at the top of the LPGA Tour by adding three runner-ups.

He finished third with a good shot at his first competition this season, raising expectations for this season.

Choi Hye-jin, who ranked eighth in the competition, rose two places from 17th to 15th in the world ranking. Kim Se-young (33) finished in the top 10 with 3.86 points, 0.01 points behind Kim Hyo-joo.

Yoo Hae-ran (25) ranked 12th with 3.41 points, Kim A-rim (27) ranked 26th with 2.60 points, and rookie Hwang Yoo-min (23) ranked 28th with 2.54 points. Ko Jin-young (31), who has been ranked first in the world for a long time, is ranked 32nd with 2.40 points.

Gino Thitikul (Thailand), who lifted the Honda Thailand Cup two strokes ahead of Kim Hyo-joo, ranked first in the world with 11.51 points. The gap is also wide with Nelikoda of the U.S., who is ranking second with 7.57 points, so it is unlikely that the No. 1 position will be reversed for the time being.

Charlie Hull (England) jumped two steps to third place, while Lee Min-ji (Australia) and Miyu Yamashita (Japan) dropped one step each to mark fourth and fifth place, respectively. Lydia Ko (New Zealand) is sixth, followed by In Luoning (China) and Roti Wood (UK), seventh and eighth, respectively.

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