Recari up 98 spots in world rankings

Recari up 98 spots in world rankings

Published Oct. 19, 2010 10:18 a.m. ET

Beatriz Recari's first LPGA Tour victory
on Sunday at the CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge moved her up 98 places in this
week's world rankings.

Recari is 74th this week.

World No. 1 Ai Miyazato remained in first, followed by Cristie Kerr and Jiyai
Shin. Yani Tseng and Suzann Pettersen switched places from last week with
Tseng in fourth and Pettersen fifth.

Na Yeon Choi and Michelle Wie stayed in sixth and seventh, respectively. Song-
Hee Kim moved up one to No. 8, while In Kyung Kim dipped a rung to ninth. Sun
Ju Ahn shot up two to round out the top 10.

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Paula Creamer sank a spot to 11th and Inbee Park rose one to No. 12. Anna
Nordqvist fell two to 13th, followed by Karrie Webb, Morgan Pressel, Sakura
Yokomine and Angela Stanford.

Brittany Lincicome and Mi-Jeong Jeon flip-flopped this week with the American
in 18th and Jeon down to 19th. Last week's Navistar LPGA Classic winner
Katherine Hull once again completed the top 20.

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