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Yoo Hae-ran (25, Daol Financial Group), who secured back-to-back major titles on the LPGA Tour, climbed to a personal best of No. 3 in the women's world golf rankings.
In the women's world golf rankings released on Dec. 14 (Korean time), Yoo Hae-ran earned 8.06 points, jumping four spots to claim third place.
Third place marks Yoo Hae-ran's career-high ranking; her previous best was fifth after winning the Black Desert Championship last year.
On Dec. 12, Yoo Hae-ran defeated Canada's Brooke Henderson in a dramatic playoff at the AIG Women's Open to claim victory. Following her win at last month's KPMG Women's PGA Championship, she captured another major title. With both of this season's two victories coming in majors, she now holds five career wins.
Yoo Hae-ran became the first Korean player since Jin Young Ko in 2019 to win consecutive major championships, leaping from 12th place just three weeks ago directly to third.
With Nelly Korda (USA) and Gaby Thewissen (Thailand) holding the top two spots globally, Yoo Hae-ran pushed Kim Hyo-joo (31, Lotte) down to fourth.
Kim Sei-young (33, Sporta) maintained 10th place, bringing three Korean players into the top 10.
Lim Jin-hee (28, Shinhan Financial Group), who tied for fourth at the AIG Women's Open, jumped ten spots from 35th to 25th. Meanwhile, Ko Ji-woo (24, Samcheongri), who won the KLPGA Tour's High1 Resort Women's Open, surged 44 places to rank 103rd.
In men's golf, Kim Ju-hyung (24, Nike), who claimed his first PGA Tour victory in 33 months, rose 33 spots from last week's 66th to 33rd in the world rankings released on Dec. 13 (Korean time).
Once as high as 11th globally, Kim Ju-hyung fell outside the top 100 earlier this year due to persistent struggles but climbed back to 66th after finishing third at last month's U.S. Open major and then rocketed up the rankings with his Genesis Scottish Open victory.
Kim Ju-hyung finished with a total of 17-under-par 263 strokes, defeating Korean-Australian Lee Min-woo by two shots to win. This marked his fourth career title and first since the Shriners Children's Open in October 2023 — an incredible 33-month drought-breaking triumph.
The highest-ranked Korean player is Kim Si-woo (31, CJ) at 21st. Consistently performing well this season, Kim Si-woo also tied for ninth at the Scottish Open, securing his ninth top-10 finish of the year. Im Sung-jae (28, CJ) slipped six spots from last week's 80th to 86th.
With Scottie Scheffler (USA) and Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) maintaining first and second places respectively, Matt Fitzpatrick (England) moved up to third by overtaking Cameron Young (USA).
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