Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) – Suzann Pettersen captured her second career major victory at the weather-shortened Evian Championship on Sunday, and that victory moved her up to No. 2 in this week’s women’s world rankings.<\/p>\n
Pettersen, who also won the LPGA’s last event two weeks ago in Oregon, moved up one spot from third.<\/p>\n
Inbee Park remained in first ahead of Pettersen, while Stacy Lewis dropped a spot to third. Na Yeon Choi held firm in fourth.<\/p>\n
Sixteen-year-old amateur star Lydia Ko finished in second place behind Pettersen at the season’s fifth and final major and jumped up three places to fifth.<\/p>\n
That move caused So Yeon Ryu and Karrie Webb to each fall a spot to sixth and seventh, respectively. Shanshan Feng and I.K. Kim each moved up a place to sit in eighth and ninth. Catriona Matthew fell three places to round out the top 10.<\/p>\n
Paula Creamer, Cristie Kerr and Jiyai Shin stayed put from 11th through 13th ahead of Lizette Salas and Ai Miyazato, who swapped places to sit in 14th and 15th.<\/p>\n
Angela Stanford and Hee Young Park maintained their positions at 16th and 17th, and Beatriz Recari jumped up a pair of spots to sit in 18th.<\/p>\n
That caused former world No. 1 Yani Tseng and Mika Miyazato to each fall a place to 19th and 20th.<\/p>\n
Lexi Thompson made the biggest move among the top 25 with a six-spot leap to sit just outside the top 20 at 21st.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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