“Move of the Week” belongs to Lydia Ko, who moved up three places in the world rankings with her win at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions. Her 20th career tour title moves her from 12th to 9th in the Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking.
The two-time major champion has held the world's top spot three times throughout her career. The first was 19 weeks in 2015, then 85 weeks from 2015 to 2017, and then 21 weeks from 2022 to 2023. Ko lost. She claimed the No. 1 spot last April, but she had dropped to 12th place before her win at Lake Nona Golf and Country Club. This was her lowest ranking since October 2013, before she joined the Tour, when she placed 19th in the Rolex Rankings.
Coe made history with her win in Orlando, Fla., becoming the seventh player in LPGA Tour history to do so, joining Nancy Lopez, Carey Webb, Se Ri Park, Mickey Wright, Lorena Ochoa and Kathy Whitworth. She became the first woman to reach 20 wins by the age of 27. .
Cheyenne Knight earns 6 places
Cheyenne Knight tied for fourth at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions with a final-round 69, moving up six spots to No. 56 in the world. The two-time LPGA Tour winner has a total of five top-10 finishes, including her second LPGA Tour title with playing partner Elizabeth Chokol at the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational. That ended the 2023 season.
Knight has amassed two wins and 13 career top-10 finishes in five seasons, earning more than $2 million. Look for more top performances from the young American in 2024, as it's only a matter of time before he earns his third career win on the LPGA Tour.
The race to the 2024 CME Globe is underway
Victory at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, the opening round of the 2024 LPGA Tour season, earns Ko his first 500 points and vaults him to the top of the standings heading into the CME Globe. Ta. 2023 LPGA Tour rookie Alexa Pano finished runner-up last week and is in second place in the standings with 320 points. Canada's Brooke Henderson placed third with 230 points, while Allie Ewing, Cheyenne Knight and Ayaka Furue rounded out the top five with 148.333 points each.
“Race to the CME Globe” allows LPGA Tour members to accumulate points at all official LPGA events to qualify for the final tournament of the season, the CME Group Tour Championship, and earn a record 400. It's a season-long point competition where you aim for $1,000,000. First prize.
