Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – Christina Kim ended a 9-year winless drought on Sunday and that helped Kim return to the top 50 in the latest women’s world golf rankings.<\/p>\n
Kim, who as she beat Shanshan Feng in a playoff to win the Lorena Ochoa Invitational, jumped 27 places to No. 49 after winning for the third time on the LPGA Tour.<\/p>\n
The top eight in the rankings remained the same with No. 1 Inbee Park followed by Stacy Lewis, Lydia Ko, Suzann Pettersen, Shanshan Feng, Michelle Wie, So Yeon Ryu and Karrie Webb.<\/p>\n
Lexi Thompson shared 15th place in her title defense in Mexico and that helped her improve one spot to ninth in the rankings. That pushed Hyo-Joo Kim down a notch to No. 10.<\/p>\n
Anna Nordqvist, Kyu Jung Baek and Cristie Kerr remained Nos. 11-13. Azahara Munoz and Sun Ju Ahn exchanged places with Munoz inching up to 14th.<\/p>\n
Na Yeon Choi was 16th again this week and trailed by Mirim Lee, Paula Creamer, Brittany Lincicome and Angela Stanford.<\/p>\n
Xiyu Lin won her first Ladies European Tour title on Sunday and that helped her soar 34 places to No. 96 in the new rankings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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