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Thailand's Ariya Jutanugarn is World's No.1 Women's Golfer, the First from Southeast Asia

Thailand's Ariya Jutanugarn is World's No.1 Women's Golfer, the First from Southeast Asia
Ariya Jutanugarn © LPGA

Thailand's Ariya Jutanugarn has seized the world No. 1 ranking from New Zealand's Lydia Ko with neither lifting a club in the LPGA ShopRite Classic - where Ryu So Yeon missed the cut on Saturday to cement the shift.

Ryu, ranked third in the world, had a chance to leapfrog Ariya by finishing third or better in the tournament in Galloway, New Jersey.

But she fired back-to-back rounds of three-over 74 to miss the second-round cut in the 54-hole tournament, where South Korea's Kim In Kyung and American Paula Creamer shared the 36-hole lead after carding identical four-under 67s.

Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand watches her tee shot on the seventh hole during the final round of the LPGA Volvik Championship on May 28, 2017. Image: AFP
Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand watches her tee shot on the seventh hole during the final round of the LPGA Volvik Championship on May 28, 2017. Image: AFP

 

Ko will slip from the summit after 84 straight weeks at the top. She's been ranked No. 1 for 103 weeks overall.

 

Ariya becomes the 10th player to reach No. 1 since the women's rankings were introduced in 2006 and the first from South-east Asia.

Swede Annika Sorenstam was the first player to have the honour and was subsequently followed by Lorena Ochoa, Shin Ji-yai, Ai Miyazato, Cristie Kerr, Yani Tseng, Stacy Lewis, Park In-bee and Ko.

Mexican Ochoa holds the record for the longest stint as world number one at 158 weeks.


Source : SkySport | The Straits Times | Bangkok Post

Indah Gilang Pusparani

Indah is a researcher at Badan Perencanaan Pembangunan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Daerah Kota Cirebon (Regional Development Planning and Research Agency of Cirebon Municipality). She covers More international relations, tourism, and startups in Southeast Asia region and beyond. Indah graduated from MSc Development Administration and Planning from University College London, United Kingdom in 2015. She finished bachelor degree from International Relations from University of Indonesia in 2014, with two exchange programs in Political Science at National University of Singapore and New Media in Journalism at Ball State University, USA. She was awarded Diplomacy Award at Harvard World Model United Nations and named as Indonesian Gifted Researcher by Australian National University. She is Researcher at Regional Planning Board in Cirebon, West Java. She previously worked as Editor in Bening Communication, the Commonwealth Parliament Association UK, and diplomacy consulting firm Best Delegate LLC in USA. Less
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