Ariya Jutanugarn Wins 2017 Manulife LPGA Classic, Likely Set To Be New World #1

Ariya Jutanugarn (click to enlarge)

What I know for sure is that Ariya Jutanugarn is the winner of the 2017 Manulife LPGA Classic. Whether that propelled her to world #1 on the Rolex Rankings…that I won’t proclaim with certainty until the new rankings are published on Monday. After what happened last week, with the multiple proclamations that Jutanugarn would rise to #1 only to have the powers that be blame a “computer glitch” when Lydia Ko held on to the top spot, I’ll hold all predictions.  I can’t imagine what they will say if after only trailing Ko by .01 and then winning, May isn’t the new #1. All signs, and the math, point to Jutanugarn moving to the top of the mountain but everybody is a little hesitant to make the same mistake twice. If…when, let’s say…it happens, May will be the first Thai player to ever be world #1, male or female. She arrived there with a 25 foot birdie putt in a sudden death playoff to beat In Gee Chun and Lexi Thompson for the Manulife title. All three were tied at 17-under after regulation, as Thompson squandered what appeared to be sure victory with a quartet of bogeys on the back 9. It’s the first win of the season for Jutanugarn, the reigning LPGA Player of the Year, as well as her first win in a playoff. She has 6 wins since May 2016, including a Major. Now all that’s left is to wait on the Rolex Rankings to be calculated.

 

EDIT: IT’S OFFICIAL! ARIYA JUTANUGARN IS #1

Rolex Rankings (click to enlarge)

 

 

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1 ARIYA JUTANUGARN (-17)

 

T2 IN GEE CHUN (-17)

 

T2 LEXI THOMPSON (-17)

 

LEADERBOARD (Players who made the cut)

POS	PLAYER NAME	TO PAR	THRU	TODAY	R1	R2	R3	R4	TOTAL SCORE
1	A. Jutanugarn	-17	F	-3	67	70	65	69	271
2	I. Chun	-17	F	-2	67	66	68	70	271
2	L. Thompson	-17	F	E	67	65	67	72	271
4	J. Ewart Shadoff	-16	F	-3	66	69	68	69	272
T5	L. Gonzalez Escallon	-14	F	-5	65	72	70	67	274
T5	M. Lee	-14	F	-4	64	72	70	68	274
T7	L. Duncan	-13	F	3	68	65	67	75	275
T7	M. Lee	-13	F	E	68	66	69	72	275
T7	P. Delacour	-13	F	-1	71	62	71	71	275
10	S. Pettersen	-12	F	1	64	71	68	73	276
T11	B. Henderson	-11	F	-1	71	67	68	71	277
T11	A. Ernst	-11	F	-5	73	65	72	67	277
T11	H. Kim	-11	F	E	65	67	73	72	277
T11	C. Choi	-11	F	-3	70	68	70	69	277
T15	T. Joh	-10	F	-1	70	69	68	71	278
T15	M. Hur	-10	F	-3	69	69	71	69	278
T15	P. Reto	-10	F	E	69	66	71	72	278
T15	A. Sharp	-10	F	4	66	66	70	76	278
T15	L. Salas	-10	F	-2	70	68	70	70	278
T15	A. Yin	-10	F	-2	67	72	69	70	278
T15	S. Feng	-10	F	E	65	69	72	72	278
T22	E. Pedersen	-9	F	1	66	69	71	73	279
T22	A. Lee	-9	F	-1	69	69	70	71	279
T22	C. Hull	-9	F	E	69	68	70	72	279
T25	C. Kung	-8	F	E	70	68	70	72	280
T25	K. Icher	-8	F	-1	69	67	73	71	280
T25	A. Buhai	-8	F	2	73	66	67	74	280
T28	D. Kang	-7	F	E	68	70	71	72	281
T28	C. Masson	-7	F	E	70	69	70	72	281
T28	P. Yoktuan	-7	F	-1	69	71	70	71	281
T28	M. Khang	-7	F	1	70	69	69	73	281
T28	L. Pace	-7	F	3	69	71	66	75	281
T28	S. Smith	-7	F	4	68	71	66	76	281
T28	B. Mozo	-7	F	-1	69	70	71	71	281
T28	H. Kang	-7	F	1	68	68	72	73	281
T36	J. Stoelting	-6	F	6	72	68	64	78	282
T36	L. Lopez	-6	F	3	67	69	71	75	282
T38	J. Yan	-5	F	-1	73	66	73	71	283
T38	I. Kim	-5	F	2	69	69	71	74	283
T38	M. Uribe	-5	F	3	71	69	68	75	283
T38	A. Yang	-5	F	3	69	69	70	75	283
T38	J. Park	-5	F	2	68	74	67	74	283
T43	G. Lopez	-4	F	2	69	73	68	74	284
T43	A. Stanford	-4	F	2	70	71	69	74	284
T43	D. Carter	-4	F	2	74	67	69	74	284
T46	B. Recari	-3	F	5	72	68	68	77	285
T46	B. Law	-3	F	6	69	65	73	78	285
T46	S. Yoo	-3	F	6	68	67	72	78	285
T46	R. O’Toole	-3	F	1	69	70	73	73	285
T46	M. Harigae	-3	F	3	70	71	69	75	285
T46	B. Marchand	-3	F	9	67	70	67	81	285
T52	A. Park	-2	F	3	70	72	69	75	286
T52	N. Broch Larsen	-2	F	5	73	67	69	77	286
T52	F. Johnson	-2	F	6	70	65	73	78	286
T55	M. Kim	-1	F	2	72	66	75	74	287
T55	S. Parks	-1	F	2	71	70	72	74	287
T55	T. Suwannapura	-1	F	E	74	68	73	72	287
T55	G. Molinaro	-1	F	4	68	70	73	76	287
T55	D. Holmqvist	-1	F	5	69	72	69	77	287
T55	J. Concolino	-1	F	4	68	71	72	76	287
61	I. Lee	1	F	3	70	72	72	75	289
T62	A. White	2	F	2	71	71	74	74	290
T62	C. Matthew	2	F	5	71	68	74	77	290
T62	K. Shon	2	F	6	72	69	71	78	290
T62	K. Chung	2	F	9	72	70	67	81	290
T62	H. Clyburn	2	F	2	70	71	75	74	290
67	L. Davies	4	F	8	70	72	70	80	292
T68	M. Kwak	6	F	4	71	71	76	76	294
T68	L. Beck	6	F	8	71	71	72	80	294
70	B. Yada	8	F	10	73	69	72	82	296
71	P. Thanapolboonyaras	10	F	10	69	70	77	82	298

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