Philadelphia, PA (My Sportsbook) - Eun-Hee Ji won her first major championship Sunday at the U.S. Women's Open and climbed nine spots to No. 11 in the world rankings. Candie Kung finished runner-up at Saucon Valley and jumped 18 places to 14th. Lorena Ochoa, Yani Tseng and Jiyai Shin held the top three spots again, while Cristie Kerr, who tied for third Sunday, moved up one place to fourth. That dropped Paula Creamer to fifth. Suzann Pettersen, Angela Stanford and In Kyung Kim remained in positions six through eight, Karrie Webb moved up one spot to ninth and Helen Alfredsson was down one to 10th. Ji's move bumped Song-Hee Kim and Lindsey Wright down to 12th and 13th. Kung was followed by Na Yeon Choi at 15th, while Seon-Hwa Lee and Katherine Hull both dipped three places to 16th and 17th and Kristy McPherson fell two to 18th. Brittany Lincicome, who took fifth place Sunday, was up eight places to 19th, while Anna Nordqvist dropped one to 20th. |
