World Ranking: Li Haotong’s momentum is strong, Japan’s first brother wins the championship and returns to the top 10_Matsuyama_Sony_Open

Original title: World ranking: Li Haotong has a strong momentum, and the first brother of Japan wins the championship and returns to the top 10

On January 18, 2022, Beijing time, the new world ranking of men’s golf was released. Japanese golfer Hideki Matsuyama returned to tenth in the world by winning the Sony Open last week. And Chinese star Li Haotong also improved significantly, from 460th to 384th.

In the new world rankings, the top 5 remain unchanged, still 1) Jon Rahm, 2) Colin Morikawa, 3) Dustin Johnson, 4) Patrick Cantley, 5) Justin Thomas . After that, Zander Schoefeller and Victor Hofland switched places, followed by Roy McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau.

The only change is that the previous No. 10 Cameron – Smith was squeezed out of the top ten. At the Sony Open on the PGA Tour that ended last week, Hideki Matsuyama defeated Russell Henry in a playoff to win his eighth career PGA Tour tournament. Hideki Matsuyama won 46 world points for this victory, and the world ranking rose from 19th to 10th.

[Top 10 men’s world rankings]

(1) Jon Rahm

(2) Colin Morikawa

(3) Dustin Johnson

(4) Patrick Cantlay

(5) Justin Thomas

(6) Zander Schoefeller

(7) Victor Hofland

(8) Roy McIlroy

(9) Bryson DeChambeau

(10) Hideki Matsuyama

As for Chinese players, Li Haotong played at the Sony Open in Hawaii last week. He ended up 15 under par and tied for 12th with a total score of 265 (63-65-68-69). This is Li Haotong’s best result in the recent period. He also rose to the 384th place in the world ranking from the previous 460th place due to his excellent performance in this Sony Open.

In addition, Zhang Jin, champion of the 27th Volvo China Open, surpassed Zhang Xinjun. However, Zhang Xinjun and Yuan Yichun are currently competing in the Korn Ferry Tour. The two temporarily ranked in the top 20 after the second round. In the new ranking, the two may improve.

[Top 10 Chinese golfers ranking]

(1) Yuan Yechun (370th)

(2) Li Haotong (384th)

(3) Ding Wenyi (389)

(4) Wu Ashun (403rd)

(5) Dou Zecheng (410th)

(6) Chen Guxin (440th)

(7) Ye Wocheng (485th)

(8)) Liu Yanwei (511)

(9) Luo Xuewen (594th)

(10) Zhang Jin (622-bit)

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