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16 Asian Tour members in world top 200

A total of 16 Asian Tour members are ranked inside the top-200 on the latest Official World Golf Ranking released on Monday.

Filipino veteran Frankie Minoza moved into 151st position following his victory at the Philippine Open at the weekend but Korea's Yang Yong-eun heads the list of Tour members at 30th place.

India's Jeev Milkha Singh, last year's UBS Order of Merit winner, is 37th in the world, followed by Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand who is 69th. Thongchai, chasing a third Maybank Malaysian Open title this week, is aiming to break into the world's top-50 to qualify for the Masters in April.

He will also hope to move up by five rungs this week to qualify for the WGC-Accenture Match Play in the US in two weeks time.

India's Jyoti Randhawa moved to 86th place following his tied seventh finish at the Dubai Desert Classic. England's Simon Dyson is 89th on the list, followed by Australian Andrew Buckle who is a rung below.

The other Asian Tour members on the rankings include Liang Wen-chong of China (111th), Prayad Marksaeng of Thailand (156th), Prom Meesawat of Thailand (166th), Korea's Charlie Wi (172nd), Thailand's Thaworn Wiratchant (174th), American Edward Loar (180th), Shiv Kapur of India (182nd) and Australian Jarrod Lyle (187th).

Korean star Choi Kyung-ju, who cut his professional teeth on the Asian Tour before finding success on the US PGA Tour, is the highest ranked Asian player in the World Ranking at 23rd place.

February 6, 2007