the norwegian Viktor Hovland, after winning the Memorial Tournament, defeating American Denny McCarthy in a tiebreaker, moved up to fifth place of the world golf classification, which continues to be led by the American Scottie Scheffler, followed by Jon Rahm and the Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy.
McCarthy was the best performer with his second place finish at the Memorial, allowing him to jump twenty spots, from 55th to 35th.
Although if we’re talking about classification jumps, this week’s winner is 20-year-old Northern Irishman Tom McKibbin, who won his first DP World Tour golf title by winning the European Open, held in Hamburg (Germany).
With this title, McKibbin goes from position 335 to 162, his best historical ranking, gaining 173 positions.
In the top 10, Americans Xander Schauffele and Max Homa lost one positionnow they are sixth and seventh respectively, and their compatriot Jordan Spieth is tenth at the expense of also American Will Zalatoris who dropped to eleventh place.
After Rahm, the Spanish players to appear this week in the top 100 are: Pablo Larrazábal at 50, won 3, Adrián Otaegui maintains position 81 and Adri Arnaus is at 93 after losing a step.
Source: La Verdad
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