Golf:Phil Mickelson's 40th PGA Tour victory was not quite enough to take him back into the world's top 10.
Mickelson, who from six strokes behind fired a closing 64 to take the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-am yesterday, improves from 17th to 11th.
Spain’s Rafael Cabrera-Bello moves up 59 spots to 60th thanks to his Dubai Desert Classic win. He earns a place in next week’s 64-man WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship as a result.
Ireland’s Rory McIlroy remains at third in the rankings with Graeme McDowell at 12 and Darren Clarke ranked 54. Padraig Harrington is currently placed at 86.
Latest leading positions in the world golf rankings:
1 Luke Donald 9.42pts, 2 Lee Westwood 7.93, 3 Rory McIlroy 7.93, 4 Martin Kaymer 6.08, 5 Steve Stricker 5.77, 6 Webb Simpson 5.24, 7 Jason Day 5.19, 8 Adam Scott 5.09, 9 Charl Schwartzel 4.93, 10 Dustin Johnson 4.84 11 Phil Mickelson 4.52, 12 Graeme McDowell 4.51, 13 Matt Kuchar 4.40, 14 Nick Watney 4.30, 15 KJ Choi 4.16, 16 Brandt Snedeker 3.96, 17 Sergio Garcia 3.91, 18 Tiger Woods 3.83, 19 Bubba Watson 3.68, 20 Justin Rose 3.65
Other leading Europeans:
23 Paul Casey, 24 Ian Poulter, 25 Thomas Bjorn, 27 Simon Dyson, 28 Alvaro Quiros, 32 Robert Karlsson, 35 Peter Hanson, 36 Anders Hansen, 38 Fredrik Jacobson, 39 Martin Laird, 40 Francesco Molinari, 45 Paul Lawrie, 49 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, 51 Miguel Angel Jimenez, 54 Darren Clarke, 58 Robert Rock, 60 Rafael Cabrera -Bello, 61 Matteo Manassero, 64 Nicolas Colsaerts, 69 Joost Luiten, 73 Alexander Noren, 81 Edoardo Molinari, 83 Pablo Larrazabal, 86 Padraig Harrington, 88 David Lynn, 90 Carl Pettersson, 91 Jamie Donaldson, 93 Gregory Havret, 95 Michael Hoey, 97 Stephen Gallacher
