Fitzpatrick rose to 8th place in the men’s golf weekly world rankings announced on the 17th (local time), a whopping 8 places. Defeated Jordan Spieth (USA) in an overtime match at the RBC Heritage (total prize money of $20 million) of the PGA Tour’s ‘Exclusive Match’, which ended the previous day at Harbortown Golf Links (par 71) in Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA. accumulated points. It is the second PGA Tour win in 10 months since winning the major US Open in June last year, and the prize money for the championship is $3.6 million (approximately 4.7 billion won).
Jon Rahm (Spain), Scotty Scheffler (USA),토토사이트 and Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) kept the first to third places without change. Patrick Cantlay 4th, Zander Chopley (above USA) 5th, Cameron Smith (Australia) 6th, and Max Homa (USA) 7th. Spieth, who finished runner-up at the RBC Heritage, jumped 6 places to ninth place.
In Korea, Lim Seong-jae ranked 17th, Kim Joo-hyung 19th, Kim Si-woo 40th, and Lee Kyung-hoon 43rd. Ko Gun-taek, winner of the DB Insurance Promy Open, the opening game of the Korea Professional Golf (KPGA) Korean Tour, rose from 778th to 594th last week.