Juvic Pagunsan of the Philippines ranked no. 9 as of April 8, 2012 rankings released by the official world golf ranking body.
Pagunsan, who finished in a tie for 35th in this year’s World Golf Championship, rose to the 9th position with 1.05 average points. The smooth-swinging Filipino also climbed to 167th position in the world golf rankings owing largely to his fine performance in the world championships in Doral, Florida.
K.J. Choi of South Korea, 26th in the world is on top of the Asian rankings which was dominated by Koreans. Choi earned 3.801 average points and seven other Koreans occupied the top 7 spots. Bae Sang Moon and K.T. Kim were second and third, respectively.
The other Koreans in the rankings were Y.E. Yang (4), Charlie Wi (5), John Huh (6), and Noh Seung Yul (7).
Siddikur Rahman of Bangladesh ranked no. 8, a notch higher than the Filipino.
In the world rankings, Luke Donald assumed no. 1 spot with Rory McIlroy in no. 2 and Lee Westwood in no. 3. Newly-crowned Masters champion Bubba Watson is no. 4 while Hunter Mahan is no. 5.
