Johnson up to 15th in rankings

New Masters champion Zach Johnson is up from 56th to 15th in the world rankings after his shock victory at Augusta.

New Masters champion Zach Johnson is up from 56th to 15th in the world rankings after his shock victory at Augusta.

Johnson was the lowest-placed winner of the title since the rankings started in 1986, but is now exempt for the event for the rest of his life.

Justin Rose, who finished as top European in only fifth place after double-bogeying the penultimate hole, climbs to 26th place.

Ireland's Padraig Harrington remains in 10th position following his tie for seventh at Augusta.

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Latest leading positions:

1 Tiger Woods 20.37pts, 2 Jim Furyk 8.19, 3 Adam Scott 7.32, 4 Phil Mickelson 7.27, 5 Ernie Els 6.55, 6 Henrik Stenson 6.46, 7 Vijay Singh 6.23, 8 Retief Goosen 6.06, 9 Geoff Ogilvy 6.04, 10 Padraig Harrington 5.23, 11 Luke Donald 5.13, 12 Trevor Immelman 4.71, 13 Paul Casey 4.70, 14 Sergio Garcia 4.66, 15 Zach Johnson 3.96, 16 Charles Howell 3.79, 17 Nick O'Hern 3.48, 18 Stuart Appleby 3.36, 19 David Toms 3.35, 20 Robert Allenby

Other leading Europeans:

24 David Howell, 26 Justin Rose, 29 Colin Montgomerie, 30 Ian Poulter, 32 Robert Karlsson, 33 Niclas Fasth, 35 Jose Maria Olazabal, 49 Carl Pettersson, 54 Johan Edfors, 58 Thomas Bjorn, 59 Lee Westwood, 62 Miguel Angel Jimenez, 65 Bradley Dredge, 71 Darren Clarke, 76 Simon Dyson, 77 Anthony Wall, 94 Paul Broadhurst, 96 Jose Manuel Lara