Kim moves to 10th in world rankings

Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – Hyo-Joo Kim claimed her first LPGA Tour title, and her first major championship victory on Sunday, and that helped her move to 10th in this week’s world rankings.

Kim had been No. 20 last week prior to her win at the Evian Championship. Kim is not a member of the LPGA Tour, but is likely to join the tour next year, as she had been slated to go to Q School later this year.

Stacy Lewis, Inbee Park, Lydia Ko and Suzann Pettersen remained the top four players in the rankings. Karrie Webb bogeyed the final hole to end one behind Kim.

However, the runner-up finish helped Webb move up four places to No. 5 this week. That move pushed So Yeon Ryu, Michelle Wie, Lexi Thompson and Shanshan Feng down a notch apiece as they are sixth to ninth this week.

Kim moved into 10th and that bumped Anna Nordqvist and Cristie Kerr down to 11 and 12. Na Yeon Choi inched up one to 13th and Paula Creamer climbed two notches to No. 14.

Ha Na Jang shared third behind Kim in Evian and that helped Jang improve seven places to 15th. Azahara Munoz and Lizette Salas both tumbled four spots to 16 and 17, while Angela Stanford slid three to 18th.

Amy Yang, Sun Ju Ahn and Jessica Korda were all down two positions, and were 19, 20 and 21 this week.

Ai Suzuki won a major on the Japan LPGA and that helped her soar 147 places to No. 150 in the latest rankings.

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