American Nick Watney has climbed into the world's top 10 for the first time on the back of his victory in the AT&T National.
American into top 10 for first time after win in Pennsylvania
American Nick Watney has climbed into the world's top 10 for the first time on the back of his victory in the AT&T National over the weekend.
Watney, 30, moved from 15 to 10 in the latest round of rankings after he held off KJ Choi to triumph by two strokes at Aronimink Golf Club in Pennsylvania.
Watney is one of four Americans in the top 10 with Steve Stricker at five, Phil Mickelson at six and Matt Kuchar at eight.
France's Thomas Levet rocketed up over 200 places as he won his home championship at Le Golf National for the first time.
Levet got home by one stroke on Sunday and subsequently rose from 352nd to 137th in the world.
Meanwhile, Martin Kaymer is back to third ahead of Rory McIlroy after finishing fourth in Paris.
Latest leading positions in the world golf rankings:
1 Luke Donald 9.04, 2 Lee Westwood 8.69, 3 Martin Kaymer 7.25, 4 Rory McIlroy 7.13, 5 Steve Stricker 6.27, 6 Phil Mickelson 5.79, 7 Jason Day 5.51, 8 Matt Kuchar 5.51, 9 Graeme McDowell 5.45, 10 Nick Watney 5.34, 11 Charl Schwartzel 5.31, 12 Dustin Johnson 5.00, 13 Paul Casey 4.82, 14 KJ Choi 4.80, 15 Bubba Watson 4.78, 16 Ian Poulter 4.60, 17 Tiger Woods 4.07, 18 Adam Scott 4.06, 19 Robert Karlsson 4.04, 20 Hunter Mahan 3.98
Other leading Europeans:
22 Francesco Molinari, 25 Martin Laird, 26 Alvaro Quiros, 28 Miguel Angel Jimenez, 29 Matteo Manassero, 31 Justin Rose, 34 Edoardo Molinari, 43 Anders Hansen, 44 Peter Hanson, 53 Sergio Garcia, 56 Ross Fisher, 57 Padraig Harrington, 62 Fredrik Jacobson, 73 Simon Dyson, 75 Thomas Bjorn, 77 Raphael Jacquelin, 79 Gregory Bourdy, 80 Nicolas Colsaerts, 85 Alexander Noren, 86 David Horsey, 87 Brian Davis, 90 Johan Edfors, 92 Stephen Gallacher, 94 Pablo Larrazabal, 96 Carl Pettersson, 99 Rhys Davies
