Yoo Hyun-jo moved up in the women’s golf world rankings after winning the KLPGA Tour‘s HJ Shipbuilding & Construction-Dongbu Construction Championship.
Yoo received 2.29 points in the rankings released Tuesday, climbing six spots from last week to No. 42.
She won the HJ Shipbuilding & Construction-Dongbu Construction Championship on Sunday for her second KLPGA Tour title of the season.
The top three remained unchanged, with Nelly Korda of the United States at No. 1, followed by Thailand’s Jeeno Thitikul and South Korea‘s Ryu Hae-ran.
Japan’s Miyu Yamashita moved up to No. 4, pushing Kim Hyo-joo down to fifth, after winning the Ladies European Tour‘s Aramco Korea Championship on Sunday.
Kim, seeking a third consecutive title at the tournament in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, finished tied for seventh.
(This article was produced with the assistance of AI. — Ed. )