Stanley and Lawrie on the rise

Kyle Stanley and Paul Lawrie have both made significant moves in the latest world rankings after their big wins on Sunday.

Phoenix and Qatar stars leap over 30 spots after weekend wins

Kyle Stanley and Paul Lawrie have both made significant moves in the latest world rankings after their big wins on Sunday. Stanley shrugged off last week's final-hole collapse at Torrey Pines to win the Waste Management Phoenix Open in Arizona and move up 35 places to 52nd. It means, with a second and a first in the last two weeks, Stanley has risen 98 spots in the last fortnight having been ranked 150th in the world before teeing off in the Farmers Insurance Open. Former Open champion Lawrie, who won the wind-shortened Commercialbank Qatar Masters for the second time, jumped 31 places from 78th to 47th. If he can now hold his top 50 ranking the Scot will earn a return to The Masters for the first time since 2004. There was little movement at the very top of the list with Luke Donald, Rory McIlroy, Lee Westwood, Martin Kaymer and Steve Stricker all holding their top five positions, but behind them Jason Day's tied second place in Qatar has seen him leap from 10th to 7th. Tiger Woods, the long-time world number one before his fall from grace, took time off last week to ready himself for this week's US Tour event at Pebble Beach and slipped a spot from 17th to 18th. So too did three-time Masters winner Phil Mickelson. Despite his top 25 finish at TPC Scottsdale on Sunday, he dropped back a place to 17th, one ahead of Woods and one behind Sergio Garcia, who finished tied fifth in Qatar. World number one Donald rests up this week but McIlroy, Westwood and Kaymer will all tee it up in the Dubai Desert Classic. Latest leading positions in the world golf rankings: 1 Luke Donald (Eng)
2 Rory McIlroy (NIrl) 7.86
3 Lee Westwood (Eng) 7.54
4 Martin Kaymer (Ger) 6.10
5 Steve Stricker (USA) 5.74
6 Webb Simpson (USA) 5.30
7 Jason Day (Aus) 5.17
8 Adam Scott (Aus) 5. 9 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 5.00
10 Dustin Johnson (USA) 4.78
11 Graeme McDowell (NIrl) 4.60
12 Matt Kuchar (USA) 4.49
13 Nick Watney (USA) 4.36
14 K J Choi (Kor) 4.23
15 Brandt Snedeker (USA) 4.01
16 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 3.97
17 Phil Mickelson (USA) 3.84
18 Tiger Woods (USA) 3.79
19 Bubba Watson (USA) 3.67
20 Justin Rose (Eng) 3.65
21 Hunter Mahan (USA) 3.65
22 Ian Poulter (Eng) 3.62
23 Bill Haas (USA) 3.61
24 Paul Casey (Eng) 3.55
25 Keegan Bradley (USA) 3.45
26 Simon Dyson (Eng) 3.39
27 Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 3.38
28 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 3.37
29 Thomas Bjorn (Den) 3.37
30 David Toms (USA) 3.36
31 Kyung-Tae Kim (Kor) 3.35
32 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 3.34
33 Bo Van Pelt (USA) 3.34
34 Peter Hanson (Swe) 3.24
35 Jason Dufner (USA) 3.23
36 Anders Hansen (Den) 3.20
37 Rickie Fowler (USA) 3.16
38 Martin Laird (Sco) 3.12
39 Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 3.07
40 Sang-moon Bae (Kor) 3.06
41 Mark Wilson (USA) 3.05
42 John Senden (Aus) 3.04
43 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 3.01
44 Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 2.95
45 Zach Johnson (USA) 2.93
46 Ben Crane (USA) 2.91
47 Paul Lawrie (Sco) 2.91
48 Retief Goosen (Rsa) 2.81
49 Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa) 2.80
50 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 2.76
51 Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 2.73
52 Kyle Stanley (USA) 2.69
53 Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn) 2.67
54 Y.E. Yang (Kor) 2.65
55 Darren Clarke (NIrl) 2.62
56 Gary Woodland (USA) 2.51
57 Jonathan Byrd (USA) 2.51
58 Robert Rock (Eng) 2.46
59 Jim Furyk (USA) 2.37
60 Matteo Manassero (Ita) 2.30
61 Greg Chalmers (Aus) 2.28
62 Ernie Els (Rsa) 2.20
63 Kevin Na (USA) 2.17
64 Robert Allenby (Aus) 2.16
65 Ryan Moore (USA) 2.14
66 Charles Howell III (USA) 2.13
67 Joost Luiten (Ned) 2.10
68 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 2.08
69 Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 2.08
70 Alexander Noren (Swe) 2.07
71 Toru Taniguchi (Jpn) 2.07
72 Spencer Levin (USA) 2.05
73 Johnson Wagner (USA) 2.04
74 Sean O'Hair (USA) 2.02
75 Vijay Singh (Fij) 2.01
76 George Coetzee (Rsa) 1.99
77 Chez Reavie (USA) 1.99
78 Hiroyuki Fujita (Jpn) 1.98
79 Lucas Glover (USA) 1.96
80 Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 1.92
81 Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 1.89
82 Jaco Van Zyl (Rsa) 1.87
83 Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 1.81
84 Ryan Palmer (USA) 1.81
85 Frazar Harrison (USA) 1.79
86 Jeff Overton (USA) 1.77
87 David Lynn (Eng) 1.76
88 Carl Pettersson (Swe) 1.75
89 Robert Garrigus (USA) 1.73
90 Michael Hoey (NIrl) 1.70
91 Yuta Ikeda (Jpn) 1.69
92 Branden Grace (Rsa) 1.69
93 Padraig Harrington (Irl) 1.69
94 Gregory Havret (Fra) 1.68
95 D.A. Points (USA) 1.67
96 Brendan Jones (Aus) 1.67
97 Jamie Donaldson (Wal) 1.67
98 Tetsuji Hiratsuka (Jpn) 1.65
99 Chris Kirk (USA) 1.63
100 Koumei Oda (Jpn) 1.63