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Monday, June 11, 2007

LPGA: Pettersen up eight spots in rankings; Webb new No. 2

Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Suzann Pettersen won the McDonald's LPGA Championship on Sunday and moved up eight places to No. 4 in the latest Rolex Rankings for women's golf.
Karrie Webb finished runner-up for the second year in a row and knocked Annika Sorenstam from the No. 2 position. Sorenstam, the longtime No. 1 before Lorena Ochoa supplanted her earlier this season, is the new No. 3.
Morgan Pressel, Paula Creamer, Cristie Kerr, Juli Inkster, Ai Miyazato and Se- Ri Pak round out the top 10.
Mi Hyun Kim, Brittany Lincicome, Jeong Jang, Shiho Oyama, Stacy Prammanasudh, Jee Young Lee, Yuri Fudoh, Mi-Jeong Jeon, Ji-Yai Shin and Pat Hurst held positions 11-20.
Further down, three surprising top-five finishers from Sunday received huge bumps in the rankings.
Rookie Na On Min finished third and was up 201 places to No. 80; Lindsey Wright was fourth and moved up 31 spots to No. 62; and another rookie, Angela Park, placed fifth to advance 15 spots to No. 41.

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