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Rolex Women’s World Golf Ranking

2002 Women’s World Ranking

The women’s world ranking as it finished 2002, published December 29, 2002.

Number one in 2002

  1. Annika SorenstamJan 6, 2002 – Dec 29, 2002 · 52 weeks

Biggest climbers

Players already ranked early in the season who finished inside the top 200 — so this measures a climb, not a mid-year debut.

  1. Beth Bauer#176 → #26 · +150
  2. Hyun-Ju Shin#158 → #45 · +113
  3. Karen Stupples#171 → #59 · +112
  4. Kyeongeun Bae#169 → #66 · +103
  5. Jennifer Rosales#149 → #47 · +102

Year-end top 100

  1. 1Annika Sorenstam30.36
  2. 2Se Ri Pak18.18
  3. 3Karrie Webb13.43
  4. 4Juli Inkster12.24
  5. 5Mi Hyun Kim7.97
  6. 6Laura Diaz7.95
  7. 7Grace Park7.84
  8. 8Rachel Hetherington7.48
  9. 9Carin Hjalmarsson7.36
  10. 10Yuri Fudoh7.00
  11. 11Rosie Jones6.73
  12. 12Cristie Kerr6.59
  13. 13Meg Mallon6.35
  14. 14Beth Daniel6.32
  15. 15Michele Redman6.24
  16. 16Lorie Kane6.13
  17. 17Kelly Robbins6.04
  18. 18Paula Marti5.85
  19. 19Hee-Won Han5.39
  20. 20Catriona Matthew5.09
  21. 21Akiko Fukushima5.07
  22. 22Woo-Soon Ko5.01
  23. 23Mhairi McKay4.78
  24. 24Kasumi Fujii4.74
  25. 25Ilmi Chung4.61
  26. 26Beth Bauer4.47
  27. 27Toshimi Kimura4.40
  28. 28Soo-Yun Kang4.38
  29. 29Laura Davies4.36
  30. 30Gloria Park4.18
  31. 31Raquel Carriedo4.14
  32. 32Kelli Kuehne4.12
  33. 33Liselotte Neumann3.95
  34. 34Patricia Meunier-Lebouc3.82
  35. 35Janice Moodie3.79
  36. 36Midori Yoneyama3.77
  37. 37Ok-Hee Ku3.76
  38. 38Kaori Higo3.62
  39. 39Danielle Ammaccapane3.53
  40. 40Iben Tinning3.53
  41. 41Sophie Gustafson3.46
  42. 42Maria McBride3.39
  43. 43Orie Fujino3.37
  44. 44Shani Waugh3.29
  45. 45Hyun-Ju Shin3.27
  46. 46Yu-Chen Huang3.26
  47. 47Jennifer Rosales3.22
  48. 48Mihoko Takahashi3.10
  49. 49Pat Hurst3.10
  50. 50Dorothy Delasin2.96
  51. 51Lynn Brooky2.90
  52. 52Asa Gottmo2.89
  53. 53Karine Icher2.87
  54. 54Suzann Pettersen2.81
  55. 55Kate Golden2.76
  56. 56Wendy Doolan2.75
  57. 57Chihiro Nakajima2.69
  58. 58Donna Andrews2.69
  59. 59Karen Stupples2.69
  60. 60Jeong Jang2.68
  61. 61Emilee Klein2.64
  62. 62Vicki Goetze-Ackerman2.63
  63. 63Ikuyo Shiotani2.62
  64. 64Hiromi Kobayashi2.55
  65. 65Leta Lindley2.53
  66. 66Kyeongeun Bae2.53
  67. 67Heather Bowie Young2.52
  68. 68Hsiu-Feng Tseng2.46
  69. 69Ji Hee Lee2.45
  70. 70Kyoko Ono2.45
  71. 71Yun-Jye Wei2.42
  72. 72Helen Alfredsson2.40
  73. 73Dawn Coe-Jones2.38
  74. 74Kris Tschetter2.36
  75. 75Wendy Ward2.10
  76. 76Elisabeth Esterl2.06
  77. 77Brandie Burton1.95
  78. 78Chieko Amanuma1.95
  79. 79Charlotta Sorenstam1.94
  80. 80Joanne Morley1.82
  81. 81Catrin Nilsmark1.76
  82. 82Jackie Gallagher-Smith1.76
  83. 83Betsy King1.73
  84. 84Ji-Yeon Han1.72
  85. 85Michiko Hattori1.69
  86. 86Seon Hwa Lee1.67
  87. 87Barb Mucha1.66
  88. 88Silvia Cavalleri1.62
  89. 89Michie Ohba1.62
  90. 90Tammie Green1.60
  91. 91Kristal Parker-Manzo1.58
  92. 92Moira Dunn-Bohls1.58
  93. 93Jill McGill1.54
  94. 94Johanna Mundy1.53
  95. 95Becky Morgan1.50
  96. 96Tracy Hanson1.49
  97. 97Kaori Harada1.48
  98. 98Ana B Sanchez1.45
  99. 99Hiroko Yamaguchi1.44
  100. 100A-Ra Koh1.44