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Inbee Park cracks top 10 in Rolex rankings

By The Sports Xchange
Inbee Park of Korea. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
Inbee Park of Korea. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

March 7 (UPI) -- South Korean Inbee Park, who won the HSBC Women's Champions in Singapore over the weekend, moved up three spots to No. 9 in the Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings released Monday.

Park won by one stroke after closing with a round of 8-under 64 on Sunday to finish one shot ahead of No. 2-ranked Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand.

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Lydia Ko of New Zealand remains atop the Rolex Rankings for the 72nd consecutive week while Jutanugarn holds the second ranking for the 32nd straight week.

No. 3 China's Shanshan Feng and South Korea's In Gee Chun swapped places, while Ha-Na Jang of South Korea rounded out the top five.

Lexi Thompson dropped two spots as the top American at No. 7, with Stacy Lewis falling one slot to 14th.

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