This was one of the most important and consequential weeks of the Rolex Rankings this season, with big changes for some superstars and the International Crown players being solidified. Take a look at some of the biggest storylines to come out of the new rankings here:
- For the first time since March of 2024, there is a new No. 1 player in the world, Jeeno Thitikul. Nelly Korda needed to finish this week in the top 25 to hold on to her spot, but because of bad play on Saturday and Sunday, she finished off T36. The last time Thitikul was ranked this high was in Nov. 2022. This will be just the second week of her career that Thitikul has the top spot. Korda and Thitikul are still well clear of the pack and one of the two of them will likely be ranked No. 1 the rest of 2025.
- Korda’s spot being given up wraps up the fifth longest streak of being ranked No. 1 in Rolex Rankings history. She held the spot for a total of 71 weeks, bringing her lifetime total up to 108. She was just two weeks short of passing Yani Tseng for fourth most weeks at No. 1 in history.
- Miyu Yamashita’s win at the AIG Women’s Open moved her up nine spots to No. 6 in the Rolex Rankings, her highest ranking of her career. She is now the top ranked player from Japan and the highest ranked player from an Asian country.
- Charley Hull made a huge move, jumping 10 spots up to No. 10 in the world. This was one of the most important movements of the week as that now puts her in position to be on the International Crown World Team ahead of Celine Boutier, who remained at No. 17.
- Lottie Woad’s top-10 finish moved her up four slots to No. 20 in the world, the first time the young phenom has ever been in the top 20. Good results of any kind should continue to have a big impact on her ranking spot.
- A Lim Kim’s good finish in the AIG Women’s Open was enough to move her 12 spots to 28, but she was just short of being in the top four players from South Korea, which will narrowly keep her off the International Crown team in her home country.
- Brooke Henderson did fall out of the top 50 in the world for the first time in 10 years. She did barely hold off Gaby López for the Americas spot on the World Team at International Crown.
- 43 of the top 65 spots in the Rolex Rankings are now held by players from Japan, USA or Korea. Each of those three countries have at least 10 players in the rankings.
