2008 Women's World Golf Rankings: No. 1, Top 50 at End of Year
Lorena Ochoa was ranked No. 1 in the Rolex Rankings at the end of 2008. Ochoa won seven tournaments on the LPGA Tour during the year, including one major, the 2008 Kraft Nabisco Championships. Her other LPGA wins were: HSBC Women's Champions, Safeway International, Corona Championship, Ginn Open, Sybase Classic and Navistar LPGA Classic. She finished in the Top 10 in 17 of 22 tournaments played. Ochoa led the tour in scoring and money, and won the tour's Player of the Year Award.
Women's World Golf Rankings, End of 2008
These were the Top 50 golfers in the final Rolex Rankings of the calendar year 2008. For comparison's sake, the number next to the name of each golfer is her average ranking points earned per start.
1. Lorena Ochoa, Mexico, 15.64
2. Yani Tseng, Taiwan, 9.31
3. Annika Sorenstam, Sweden, 8.90
4. Paula Creamer, United States, 7.93
5. Suzann Pettersen, Norway, 7.55
6. Jiyai Shin, South Korea, 7.09
7. Cristie Kerr, United States, 5.84
8. Helen Alfredsson, Sweden, 5.73
9. Angela Stanford, United States, 5.27
10. Karrie Webb, Australia, 4.87
11. Seon Hwa Lee, South Korea, 4.56
12. Yuri Fudoh, Japan, 4.42
13. Jeong Jang, South Korea, 4.26
14. Momoko Ueda, Japan, 4.06
15. Jee Young Lee, South Korea, 4.06
16. Maria Hjorth, Sweden, 4.03
17. Eun Hee Ji, South Korea, 4.01
18. Hee Won Han, South Korea, 3.94
19. Morgan Pressel, United States, 3.81
20. Karen Stupples, England, 3.67
21. Inbee Park, South Korea, 3.59
22. Laura Diaz, United States, 3.54
23. Angela Park, Brazil, 3.53
24. Candie Kung, Taiwan, 3.48
25. I.K. Kim, South Korea, 3.45
26. Juli Inkster, United States, 3.35
27. Na Yeon Choi, South Korea, 3.33
28. Sakura Yokomine, Japan, 3.32
29. Katherine Hull, Australia, 3.28
30. Mi Hyun Kim, South Korea, 3.16
31. Se Ri Pak, South Korea, 3.04
32. Nicole Castrale, United States, 2.94
33. Sophie Gustafson, Sweden, 2.90
34. Song Hee Kim, South Korea, 2.78
35. Miho Koga, Japan, 2.77
36. Ai Miyazato, Japan, 2.68
37. Stacy Prammanasudh, United States, 2.65
38. Catriona Matthew, Scotland, 2.64
39. Christina Kim, United States, 2.60
40. Mi Jeong Jeon, South Korea, 2.56
41. Shiho Oyama, Japan, 2.55
42. Natalie Gulbis, United States, 2.51
43. Ji Hee Lee, South Korea, 2.50
44. Akiko Fukushima, Japan, 2.45
45. Shi Hyun Ahn, South Korea, 2.42
46. Brittany Lang, United States, 2.41
47. Jane Park, United States, 2.27
48. Shanshan Feng, China, 2.13
49. Yuko Mitsuka, Japan, 2.10
50. Hyunju Shin, South Korea, 2.09
The above Top 50 was published by the Rolex Rankings on December 29, 2008. You can view the full rankings on that day here.
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