As Vietnam's champion, Truong Chi Quan climbs 278 places in the world rankings.

05/12-2016, 09:34(GMT+7)

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ChiQuan_VAO2016-r4Among the Vietnamese players participating in the tournament, the 3rd consecutive Vietnamese champion (tied for 2nd place in the overall standings) Truong Chi Quan made a spectacular leap in the rankings, climbing 278 places at once, from 2614th place the week before the tournament to 2336th place. Meanwhile, the champion of the Vietnamese championship category (4th place overall in the standings) Do Le Gia Dat also increased 310 places from 3199 to 2889 thanks to this achievement.

GiaDat1_VAO2016-r4Winning the tournament, golfer Ruperto Zaragosa III from the Philippines team advanced two places in the world's top 500, from position 419 to position 319. 417.

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Ruperto Zaragosa III

While Varuth Khachonkittisakul, a Thai athlete of Vietnamese descent, earned a place on the world rankings thanks to his tie for second place overall at VAO 2016 (tied with Truong Chi Quan). 5255.

vao2016-vong-2_05The last name in the top 5 at the 2016 National Amateur Open Golf Championship, Singaporean player Lee Wee Jin also... moving up 1,025 places on this week's rankings, up from 5,551 to 4,526.

WeeJin-Sin1_vao2016Source: World Amateur Golf Ranking (www.wagr.com)