2013 Women's World Golf Rankings: No. 1, Top 50 at End of Year
Inbee Park was ranked No. 1 in the Rolex Rankings at the end of 2013. There was no doubt about it: Park won the first three majors of the season, the Kraft Nabisco Championship, LPGA Championship and U.S. Women's Open. She had five LPGA wins total in 2013, the other two being the North Texas LPGA Shootout and Walmart NW Arkansas Championship. Park led the LPGA Tour in earnings and was named the Player of the Year award winner.
Women's World Golf Rankings, End of 2013
These were the Top 50 golfers in the final Rolex Rankings of the calendar year 2013. For comparison's sake, the number next to the name of each golfer inside the Top 10 is her average ranking points earned per start.
1. Inbee Park, South Korea, 11.02
2. Suzann Pettersen, Norway, 10.46
3. Stacy Lewis, United States, 9.20
4. Lydia Ko, New Zealand, 7.64
5. So Yeon Ryu, South Korea, 6.71
6. Shanshan Feng, China, 6.63
7. Na Yeon Choi, South Korea, 5.80
8. Karrie Webb, Australia, 5.20
9. Lexi Thompson, United States, 5.05
10. I.K. Kim, South Korea, 4.67
11. Catriona Matthew, Scotland
12. Cristie Kerr, United States
13. Paula Creamer, United States
14. Ha Na Jang, South Korea
15. Amy Yang, South Korea
16. Jiyai Shin, South Korea
17. Angela Stanford, United States
18. Hee Young Park, South Korea
19. Beatriz Recari, Spain
20. Lizette Salas, United States
21. Ai Miyazato, Japan
22. Mika Miyazato, Japan
23. Caroline Hedwall, Sweden
24. Hyo Joo Kim, South Korea
25. Karine Icher, France
26. Anna Nordqvist, Sweden
27. Sun Ju Ahn, South Korea
28. Chella Choi, South Korea
29. Ariya Jutanugarn, Thailand
30. Se Ri Pak, South Korea
31. Azahara Munoz, Spain
32. Ilhee Lee, South Korea
33. Sei Young Kim, South Korea
34. Yani Tseng, Taiwan
35. Sakura Yokomine, Japan
36. Pornanong Phatlum, Thailand
37. Gerina Piller, United States
38. Rikako Morita, Japan
39. Carlota Ciganda, Spain
40. Ha Neul Kim, South Korea
41. Jessica Korda, United States
42. Bo Mee Lee, South Korea
43. Hee Kyung Seo, South Korea
44. Miki Saiki, South Korea
45. Sandra Gal, Germany
46. Brittany Lincicome, United States
47. Morgan Pressel, United States
48. Shiho Oyama, Japan
49. Mi Jeong Jeon, South Korea
50. Mamiko Higa, Japan
The above Top 50 was published by the Rolex Rankings on December 30, 2013. You can view the full rankings on that day here.
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