Golf:England's Simon Dyson is only five places off his highest-ever position in the world rankings after his Irish Open victory lifted him from 67th to 48th.
There was an even bigger move made, though, by American Scott Stallings, who is up from 224th to 119th after capturing the Greenbrier Classic in West Virginia following a play-off with Bob Estes and Bill Haas.
He began the year 562nd on the rankings.
Both Dyson and Stallings qualify for this week’s WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in Akron through their victories. Ireland’s Rory McIlroy, Graeme McDowell, Darren Clarke and Padraig Harrington are also in the field in Ohio.
Latest leading positions in the world golf rankings:
1 Luke Donald 9.49pts, 2 Lee Westwood 8.18, 3 Martin Kaymer 7.15, 4 Steve Stricker 6.83, 5 Rory McIlroy6.82, 6 Phil Mickelson 6.03, 7 Dustin Johnson 5.67, 8 Jason Day 5.51, 9 Nick Watney 5.27, 10 Charl Schwartzel 5.24, 11 Matt Kuchar 5.19, 12 Graeme McDowell5.13, 13 KJ Choi 4.75, 14 Bubba Watson 4.70, 15 Paul Casey 4.44, 16 Ian Poulter 4.37, 17 Adam Scott 3.98, 18 Robert Karlsson 3.69, 19 Hunter Mahan 3.68, 20 Retief Goosen 3.60
Other leading Europeans:
23 Francesco Molinari, 24 Martin Laird, 25 Alvaro Quiros, 29 Miguel Angel Jimenez, 30 Matteo Manassero, 31 Darren Clarke,33 Justin Rose, 42 Peter Hanson, 43 Edoardo Molinari, 44 Anders Hansen, 48 Simon Dyson, 49 Sergio Garcia, 58 Fredrik Jacobson, 61 Thomas Bjorn, 64 Ross Fisher, 66 Padraig Harrington,72 Alexander Noren, 73 Raphael Jacquelin, 75 Nicolas Colsaerts, 84 Fredrik Andersson Hed, 88 Gregory Bourdy, 90 Stephen Gallacher, 93 David Horsey, 95 Pablo Larrazabal, 97 Brian Davis, 100 Johan Edfors
