World Golf Rankings: Kenny Perry has edged ahead of Padraig Harrington in the latest world rankings, despite neither player being in action over the weekend.

Perry, taking a well-earned break after his runners-up spot at the Masters, moves to fifth with the Dubliner dropping back a spot due to the vagaries of the rankings system.

At sixth, Harrington remains the top-ranked Irish player with Rory McIlroy, who finished well down the field at the Verizon Heritage, and Graeme McDowell the only other players among the world’s top 50 players.

Official World Rankings: 1 Tiger Woods (USA) 9.77pts, 2 Phil Mickelson (USA) 8.42, 3 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 6.96, 4 Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 6.46, 5 Kenny Perry (USA) 5.72, 6 Padraig Harrington(Irl) 5.60, 7 Paul Casey (Eng) 5.59, 8 Vijay Singh (Fij) 5.28, 9 Henrik Stenson (Swe) 4.95, 10 Camilo Villegas (Col) 4.85, 11 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 4.69, 12 Steve Stricker (USA) 4.50, 13 Anthony Kim (USA) 4.26, 14 Jim Furyk (USA) 4.15, 15 Lee Westwood (Eng) 4.05, 16 Ernie Els (Rsa) 3.93, 17 Rory McIlroy(NIrl) 3.85, 18 Angel Cabrera (Arg) 3.64, 19 Mike Weir (Can) 3.47, 20 Stewart Cink (USA) 3.41, 21 Luke Donald (Eng) 3.35, 22 Retief Goosen (Rsa) 3.28, 23 Sean O'Hair (USA) 3.28, 24 Martin Kaymer (Ger) 3.24, 25 Justin Rose (Eng) 3.13, 26 Adam Scott (Aus) 3.12, 27 Zach Johnson (USA) 3.11, 28 Justin Leonard (USA) 3.06, 29 Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 3.05, 30 K J Choi (Kor) 3.04

Other leading Irish players: 47 Graeme McDowell 2.45, 82 Darren Clarke 1.64, 98 Gareth Maybin (NIrl) 1.48.