Monday 30 July 2007

Gulbis' win reflected in world rankings


Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Natalie Gulbis finally wrapped up her first LPGA Tour win on Sunday by beating Jeong Jang in a playoff at the Evian Masters.
It helped Gulbis, formerly a weekly top-20 presence in the world rankings, climb 12 places to No. 27 on the latest list. Ahead of her, there were a handful of changes to the top 20.
Lorena Ochoa, Karrie Webb, Annika Sorenstam and Cristie Kerr remained in positions 1-4 respectively ahead of this week's Women's British Open. Se-Ri Pak was an addition to the top five, moving up a spot to No. 5 and bumping Suzann Pettersen to No. 6.
Morgan Pressel held onto the seventh position, while Juli Inkster and Ji-Yai Shin were up to eighth and ninth respectively.
Paula Creamer, Mi Hyun Kim and Ai Miyazato slipped two places apiece to fill positions 10-12, Jang was up two spots to 13th, and Brittany Lincicome and Shiho Oyama dropped one spot each to 14th and 15th.
Jee Young Lee, Stacy Prammanasudh, Seon-Hwa Lee, Mi-Joong Jeon and Momoko Ueda rounded out the top 20. Ueda moved up one spot to 20th, dropping Yuri Fudoh to 21st.

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