Luke Donald has overtaken Padraig Harrrington to become Europe's top player again after his runners-up finish at the Sony Open in Hawaii.
Donald, beaten by one shot by American Paul Goydos, moves up from 10th to seventh in the world rankings, while Padraig Harrington, who makes his 2007 debut in Abu Dhabi this week, slips from seventh to ninth.
The Honda Classic in Florida last March was Donald's last victory, but since then he has now had 13 top 10 finishes in Europe or America.
The 29-year-old led after an opening 63 last week, but following that up with rounds of 66 and two 69s was not quite good enough. His chip for eagle on the par five last had to go in for a play-off with Goydos and it hit the flag, but did not drop.
Latest leading positions:
1 Tiger Woods 19.98pts, 2 Jim Furyk 8.67, 3 Adam Scott 7.53, 4 Phil Mickelson 6.60, 5 Ernie Els 5.90, 6 Vijay Singh 5.87, 7 Luke Donald 5.60, 8 Retief Goosen 5.52, 9 Padraig Harrington5,47, 10 Geoff Ogilvy 5.24
11 Sergio Garcia 4.99, 12 Trevor Immelman 4.71, 13 Henrik Stenson 4.47, 14 Paul Casey 3.84, 15 David Howell 3.72, 16 Davis Love 3.64, 17 Colin Montgomerie 3.41, 18 David Toms 3.39, 19 Jose Maria Olazabal 3.37, 20 Nick O'Hern 3.22
Other leading Europeans:
28 Robert Karlsson, 33 Ian Poulter, 35 Carl Pettersson, 42 Darren Clarke, 46 Johan Edfors, 47 Niclas Fasth, 50 Thomas Bjorn, 51 Justin Rose, 52 Lee Westwood, 53 Bradley Dredge, 61 Anthony Wall, 67 Paul Broadhurst, 76 Miguel Angel Jimenez, 77 Paul McGinley, 82 Jose Manuel Lara, 86 Simon Khan, 89 Simon Dyson, 93 Stephen Dodd, 95 Greg Owen.
