Rookie Shin moves to fourth after first official win
LPGA Tour rookie Jiyai Shin picked up her first career victory as a member of the LPGA last week at the HSBC Women's Champions in Singapore. With the win, she moved from fifth to fourth in this week's Rolex Rankings. Shin's 6-under-par final-round score was a career-low, and also tied the tournament-low she set in the third round. Last year as a non-member, the South Korean won three times on the LPGA Tour, including the RICOH Women's British Open, Mizuno Classic, and season-ending ADT Championship.
The Rolex Rankings are sanctioned by the five major women's professional golf tours: the LPGA; Ladies European Tour (LET); Ladies Professional Golfers' Association of Japan (LPGA of Japan); Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA); Australian Ladies Professional Golf (ALPG); as well as the Ladies Golf Union (LGU), which administers the RICOH Women's British Open. The Rolex Rankings are the only women's world rankings that incorporate player performances from the five major tours and the Duramed FUTURES Tour, the official developmental tour of the LPGA.
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