Nelly Korda of the United States held onto her world No. 1 ranking this week, extending her total time at the top to 112 weeks. Having surpassed Park In-bee's 106 weeks and Yani Tseng of Taiwan's 109 weeks, Korda is now targeting Lydia Ko of New Zealand, who held the top spot for 125 weeks.
The all-time record for longest tenure at world No. 1 still belongs to Ko Jin-young. After reaching 163 weeks at the end of July 2023, however, her ranking has steadily declined. Last week, she had slipped to 51st.
Ko, who had fallen outside the world top 50, returned to the top tier this week after a tied-fifth finish at the LPGA Tour's Kroger Queen City Championship. Her ranking climbed seven spots to No. 44. It was her first top-10 finish on the LPGA Tour since a tied-sixth result at the Chevron Championship in late April last year.
Yoon Yi-na, who tied for 12th at the Kroger Queen City Championship, also resumed her climb in the world rankings, moving up one spot from 41st to 40th this week. After falling as low as 74th earlier this year, Yoon had risen to 39th following a tied-fourth finish at the Chevron Championship before briefly slipping to 41st. With solid results in her last six tournaments — tied-sixth, tied-17th, solo fourth, tied-fourth, tied-20th and tied-12th — she is expected to continue climbing.
Yu Hae-ran, who finished solo second at the Kroger Queen City Championship and posted the best result among Korean players, held her world ranking at No. 12. The fact that her best result of the season did not lift her ranking reflects how fierce the competition is among players in that bracket. Kim Sei-young is ranked 11th, while Lottie Woad of England, who won the Kroger Queen City Championship, jumped five spots from No. 10 to No. 5.
Bang Shin-sil, who won the Doosan Match Play on the Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) Tour, climbed 14 spots from 61st to 47th.
