Inbee Park inside top 20Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Inbee Park became the youngest winner in the history of the U.S. Women's Open on Sunday and moved up 30 spots in this week's Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings. Park, 19, flew up to 12th this week, but she was not the only strong performer at the U.S. Women's Open who made great strides in this week's rankings. Helen Alfredsson, who finished second, jumped 73 places to 43rd. Angela Park was part of a three-way tie for third and moved up nine to 20th. In Kyung Kim, also a third-place finisher, rose 13 to No. 34, but the biggest mover was Stacy Lewis. She rocketed up 164 spots to 91st. Lorena Ochoa, despite a poor U.S. Women's Open that saw her tie for 31st, remained first. Annika Sorenstam, who holed out for eagle on what is supposed to be her final Open hole, held second. Suzann Pettersen, Paula Creamer, Karrie Webb, Yani Tseng, Cristie Kerr, Jeong Jang, Ji-Yai Shin, Maria Hjorth and Momoko Ueda kept Nos. 3-11. Inbee Park came in 12th, followed by Jee Young Lee, Seon-Hwa Lee and Morgan Pressel, all of whom dipped one this week. Mi Hyun Kim inched up one spot to 16th as Juli Inkster and Eun-Hee Ji both slipped two. Stacy Prammanasudh remained 19th, followed by Angela Park.
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