Casey: first PGA Tour win
Paul Casey heads into this week's Masters sitting at a career-high of sixth in the world following his play-off triumph at the Houston Open over the weekend.
Casey, who also won at Abu Dhabi earlier in the season, clinched a maiden PGA Tour victory after beating American J.B Holmes at the first play-off hole in Texas.
As a result, the Englishman climbs six places from 12th in the latest round of world rankings to gatecrash the top ten.
The 31-year-old began the year down in 41st, but he has enjoyed a superb time in 2009 with success in Abu Dhabi followed by a run to the final of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and now victory in Houston.
Tiger Woods retains the number one spot for a 200th successive week, making it a total of 542 weeks during his stellar career.
Northern Ireland's Michael Hoey has jumped up to 148th after his first European Tour title in Portugal.
The former British amateur champion held his nerve to defeat Spaniard Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano at the third hole of their play-off in Estoril and climbs 125 places on the back of his success.
Latest leading positions:
1 Tiger Woods 9.83pts, 2 Phil Mickelson 8.37, 3 Sergio Garcia 7.28, 4 Geoff Ogilvy 6.43, 5 Padraig Harrington 5.86, 6 Paul Casey 5.55, 7 Vijay Singh 5.52, 8 Henrik Stenson 5.12, 9 Robert Karlsson 4.94, 10 Camilo Villegas 4.84, 11 Kenny Perry 4.79, 12 Steve Stricker 4.29, 13 Lee Westwood 4.23, 14 Anthony Kim 4.20, 15 Jim Furyk 4.13, 16 Ernie Els 4.09, 17 Rory McIlroy 3.96, 18 Stewart Cink 3.63, 19 Mike Weir 3.59, 20 Martin Kaymer 3.40
Other leading Europeans:
25 Justin Rose, 27 Alvaro Quiros, 30 Miguel Angel Jimenez, 33 Ross Fisher, 34 Luke Donald, 38 Ian Poulter, 39 Oliver Wilson, 41 Soren Kjeldsen, 45 Graeme McDowell, 57 Peter Hanson, 58 Anders Hansen, 61 Soren Hansen, 67 Francesco Molinari, 72 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, 78 Carl Pettersson, 81 Darren Clarke, 84 Anthony Wall, 86 Alexander Noren, 92 Gareth Maybin.
