Singapore: On the back of her stunning Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific (WAAP) victory, Jeneath Wong has soared into the top-100 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR).
The 20-year-old Melbourne-based Malaysian produced a brilliant performance at Vietnam’s Hoiana Shores Golf Club to claim the title in the seventh edition of the region’s pre-eminent amateur championship for women.
In so doing, Wong, in her third and penultimate year at Pepperdine University in California, has risen 45 places in the WAGR to 78th.
With invites now secured to three LPGA Majors and various other high-profile events in 2025, Wong will have a chance to improve on her career-best ranking of 46th.
As well as participating in the AIG Women’s Open, Amundi Evian Championship and The Chevron Championship, Wong will line-up in the Hana Financial Group Championship, ISPS Handa Australian Open, Women’s Amateur Championship and next month’s Augusta National Women’s Amateur.
Although she was unable to compete in Vietnam due to college commitments in the United States, Wong’s compatriot Mirabel Ting continues to lead the way in the WAGR among players from Asia-Pacific in third place.
She remains one spot ahead of Rianne Malixi of the Philippines, who was forced to withdraw from the WAAP just five holes into the first round through injury.
The third Asia-Pacific player in the WAGR top-10 is 16-year-old Korean Oh Soo-min who is up one position to eighth after finishing runner-up to Wong in Vietnam.
Two other Koreans have also significantly improved their standings following impressive performances at the WAAP.
Hong Su-min, the half-way leader who eventually ended third, has soared 77 places to 144th while Park Seo Jin, the first-round leader who finished in a share of ninth, has jumped 45 spots to 236th.
Other top-10 finishers at Hoiana Shores are also upwardly mobile – Korean Yang Yun-seo and Australian Jazy Roberts (joint fourth at the WAAP) are up by seven and 20 spots to 55th and 124th respectively.
Xu Ying (sixth) has gone up 15 places to 82nd while her China compatriot Liu Yujie and Korean Park Seojin (joint seventh) progress by 26 and two spots to 175th and 58th respectively.
