Padraig Harrington has climbed to sixth in the world following his British Open triumph yesterday.
The Dubliner now matches his highest ranking position having risen four places thanks to his play-off win over Sergio Garcia, who himself moves back into the top 10 at eighth.
Harrington previously held sixth place early in the 2005 season following his first US Tour victory.
The 35-year-old has also moved to the top of the European Tour Order of Merit following his dramatic Carnoustie victory.
Latest world rankings:1 Tiger Woods 19.29 points, 2 Phil Mickelson 8.94, 3 Jim Furyk 8.62, 4 Ernie Els 7.38, 5 Adam Scott 6.69, 6 Padraig Harrington 6.40, 7 Vijay Singh 6.05, 8 Sergio Garcia 5.78, 9 Henrik Stenson 5.66, 10 Geoff Ogilvy 5.38 11 Luke Donald 5.32, 12 KJ Choi 4.92, 13 Steve Stricker 4.78, 14 Retief Goosen 4.76, 15 Zach Johnson 4.59, 16 Rory Sabbatini 4.58, 17 Angel Cabrera 4.38, 18 Paul Casey 4.26, 19 Trevor Immelman 4.08, 20 Stewart Cink 3.97
Other leading Europeans:21 Justin Rose, 22 Niclas Fasth, 31 Ian Poulter, 33 Colin Montgomerie, 37 Jose Maria Olazabal, 40 Robert Karlsson, 44 Carl Pettersson, 45 Anders Hansen, 47 Lee Westwood, 50 David Howell. 121 Graeme McDowell 129 Darren Clarke 152 Paul McGinley
