Swede Henrik Stenson has become Europe's top player in the world for the first time, thanks to Luke Donald missing the halfway cut at the Nissan Open in Los Angeles last Friday.
Stenson was one of only two members of the world's top 10 — Tiger Woods was the other — who did not play at Riviera, but he moves up to eighth just 0.01 points ahead of Donald, who has now missed the cut in his last two starts.
Padraig Harrington, who fell away in yesterday's final round to finish seventh, remains the leading Irishman at tenth.
Charles Howell, who beat Phil Mickelson in a play-off, jumps 29
places to 16th, only one off his career high. Mickelson, who
bogeyed the last hole to fall into a tie, moves back to third ahead
of Adam Scott.
Latest world rankings:
1 Tiger Woods 19.27pts, 3 Jim Furyk 8.70, 3 Phil Mickelson 7.81, 4 Adam Scott 7.06, 5 Ernie Els 6.90, 6 Retief Goosen 5.75, 7 Vijay Singh 5.55, 8 Henrik Stenson 5.34, 9 Luke Donald 5.33, 10 Padraig Harrington 5.22
11 Geoff Ogilvy 4.94, 12 Sergio Garcia 4.62, 13 Trevor Immelman 4.51, 14 Paul Casey 4.27, 15 Davis Love 3.57, 16 Charles Howell 3.55, 17 David Howell 3.46, 18 Nick O'Hern 3.46, 19 David Toms 3.24, 20 Colin Montgomerie 3.20
Other leading Europeans:
21 Jose Maria Olazabal, 27 Robert Karlsson, 32 Ian Poulter, 37 Carl Pettersson, 39 Niclas Fasth, 43 Justin Rose, 48 Johan Edfors, 52 Darren Clarke, 54 Lee Westwood, 55 Thomas Bjorn, 58 Miguel Angel Jimenez, 62 Bradley Dredge, 71 Anthony Wall, 76 Simon Dyson, 79 Jose Manuel Lara, 80 Paul Broadhurst, 84 Paul McGinley, 91 Simon Khan, 92 Greg Owen, 95 Peter Hanson
