Padraig Harrington has moved back to seventh in the latest world rankings following his fifth placed finish at the HSBC Champions tournament in Shanghai.
Harrington reclaims the position ahead of Justin Rose after the English Order of Merit winner opted to take the weekend off.
Winner Phil Mickelson has closed the gap on Tiger Woods at the top, while joint runners-up Lee Westwood and Ross Fisher are now 25th and 90th respectively.
Harrington remains the only Irish golfer in the worlds top 100 with Graeme McDowell the next best at 112th.
Latest leading positions:
1 Tiger Woods 22.23pts, 2 Phil Mickelson 9.79, 3 Jim Furyk 7.48, 4 Steve Stricker 7.09, 5 Ernie Els 6.91, 6 Adam Scott 6.40, 7 Padraig Harrington6.10, 8 Justin Rose 6.08, 9 Vijay Singh 5.67, 10 Rory Sabbatini 5.57 11 Sergio Garcia 5.37, 12 KJ Choi 5.35, 13 Geoff Ogilvy 5.33, 14 Angel Cabrera 4.95, 15 Zach Johnson 4.70, 16 Henrik Stenson 4.49, 17 Luke Donald 4.35, 18 Aaron Baddeley 3.85, 19 Niclas Fasth 3.71, 20 Trevor Immelman 3.65.
Other leading Europeans:
22 Paul Casey, 25 Lee Westwood, 29 Ian Poulter, 44 Soren Hansen, 45 Robert Karlsson, 47 Anders Hansen, 49 Nick Dougherty, 52 Bradley Dredge, 54 Carl Pettersson, 55 Colin Montgomerie, 60 Miguel Angel Jimenez, 61 Jose Maria Olazabal, 62 Peter Hanson, 63 Mikko Ilonen, 66 Simon Dyson, 73 Soren Kjeldsen, 74 Bernhard Langer, 75 Martin Kaymer, 78 Fredrik Jacobson, 81 Raphael Jacquelin, 86 Steve Webster, 90 Ross Fisher, 96 Thomas Bjorn, 99 Markus Brier.
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