The talagantino lost two positions and found himself in 20th place, while the winner of an Olympic diploma was world number 96. Additionally, American Scottie Scheffler replaced Spaniard Jon Rahm from number 1.
During Monday’s session, the World Golf Rankings were updated, following the end of the World Golf Championship in match play yesterday. The list presented multiple changes and the Chileans were affected.
Joaquín Niemann could not ratify his favorite status and was eliminated during the group stage of the PGA Tour event. The Talaga man entered as the 14th seed and had the highest seed in his group, however, only added one win and two losses, and He was eliminated against the American of South Korean origin Kevin Na. After this result, the 23-year-old golfer fell two places and was ranked 20th best in the world.
As, Mito Pereira, who did not play in the tournament, lost only one box, so he is now in position 96 in the world ranking. The other two Chileans in the top 1000 have gone through disparate changes. While Hugo León fell from 286th to 290th place, Cristóbal del Solar fell from 979th to 850th place.
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Scottie Scheffler established himself as the WGC Match Play Champion, a fact that led him to position himself as the best golfer in the world. The American, who beat his compatriot Kevin Kisner in the final, moved from fifth to first place and left Spaniard Jon Rahm, eliminated in the round of 16, to the world number 2 position.
Also, Dustin Johnson, after having a great tournament and losing in the semi-finals with the champion, fell from eleventh to eighth place and entered the top 10 again.
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