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13 Asian Tour members in world top 200

A total of 13 Asian Tour members presently feature in the top 200 of the Official World Golf Ranking.

Korean star Choi Kyung-ju, known better as KJ, is the highest ranked Asian at 12th on the list headed by world number one Tiger Woods of the United States. Choi recently enjoyed a career first top-10 in the British Open.

India’s Jeev Milkha Singh, the Asian Tour’s UBS Order of Merit champion last season, is ranked 63rd on the latest list issued on Monday.

Another Korean, Yang Yong-eun, is further down the ranking in 79th place while England’s Simon Dyson is 89th in the world, followed closely by India’s Jyoti Randhawa a rung below.

Chinese star Liang Wen-chong, the UBS Order of Merit leader, is 93rd in the world and he has a chance to improve on his standing as he will compete in this week’s WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in the US.

South African Anton Haig is 129th, followed by Prayad Marksaeng of Thailand a rung below. Australian Andrew Buckle, who now plays on the US Tour, is 148th. The other Asian Tour members ranked in the top-200 are Korea’s Charlie Wi (169th), India’s Gaurav Ghei (173rd), Prom Meesawat of Thailand (175th), Filipino Frankie Minoza (186th) and Hur Suk-ho of Korea (194th).

July 31, 2007