25th April, 2012
The past week’s golfing action has not brought any significant changes to the top of the world rankings.
Despite his successful defence of the Indonesian Masters title, Lee Westwood was not able to improve on his third place, with Rory McIlroy remaining on top and Luke Donald still holding strong in second.
Bubba Watson remains fourth after his Masters triumph, with Hunter Mahan following in fifth.
Meanwhile, South African Branden Grace is now up to 66th in the world following his third victory of the season at the Volvo China Open. The European Tour qualifying school graduate began the season 271st.
Former Open champion Ben Curtis won the Valero Texas Open and moves from 285th to 156th.
Latest leading positions in the world golf rankings include:
1 Rory McIlroy 9.46pts; 2 Luke Donald 9.31; 3 Lee Westwood 8.40; 4 Bubba Watson 6.4; 5 Hunter Mahan 5.76 6; Martin Kaymer 5.46; 7 Steve Stricker 5.44; 8 Tiger Woods 5.42 ; 9 Phil Mickelson 5.25 ; 10 Justin Rose 5.13; 11 Louis Oosthuizen 5.06
12 Adam Scott 5.04; 13 Charl Schwartzel 5.03 ;14 Webb Simpson 4.88 ;15 Matt Kuchar 4.82; 16 Jason Day 4.81; 17 Dustin Johnson 4.75; 18 Graeme McDowell 4.70; 19 Bill Haas 4.41; 20 Keegan Bradley 4.25; Other leading Europeans; 21 Sergio Garcia
24 Peter Hanson; 25 Ian Poulter
33 Thomas Bjorn; 34 Carl Pettersson; 36 Simon Dyson; 37 Martin Laird; 38 Alvaro Quiros
39 Anders Hansen; 40 Robert Karlsson