Wilson drops out of top 50

Oliver Wilson, desperate to be in the top 50 ranked players in the world by the end of the year has slipped to 51st by 0.001 points.

Ryder Cup debutant misses out by 0.001 points

Oliver Wilson, desperate to be in the top 50 ranked players in the world by the end of the year has slipped to 51st by an agonising 0.001 points. The Ryder Cup debutant has expressed his desire to be in the top 50 to ensure his place in The Masters at Augusta next April. American Zach Johnson is up to 33rd in the new rankings after capturing the Texas Open, and the victory by South African Charl Schwartzel at the Madrid Masters takes him to 66th. Elsewhere, Ernie Els has continued his drop down the rankings as he finds himself ranked in ninth place. Latest leading positions in the world rankings:
1 Tiger Woods 15.37pts, 2 Phil Mickelson 8.76, 3 Vijay Singh 7.54, 4 Padraig Harrington 7.38, 5 Sergio Garcia 7.05, 6 Anthony Kim 5.24, 7 Camilo Villegas 5.24, 8 Robert Karlsson 5.17, 9 Ernie Els 5.09, 10 Henrik Stenson 5.07 11 Jim Furyk 5.04, 12 Lee Westwood 4.96, 13 Steve Stricker 4.90, 14 Stewart Cink 4.61, 15 Justin Rose 4.45, 16 KJ Choi 4.42, 17 Adam Scott 4.40, 18 Geoff Ogilvy 4.32, 19 Kenny Perry 4.19, 20 Miguel Angel Jimenez 3.98 Other leading Europeans:
25 Ian Poulter, 27 Luke Donald, 34 Graeme McDowell, 36 Martin Kaymer, 40 Ross Fisher, 41 Paul Casey, 42 Soren Hansen, 47 Fredrik Jacobson, 48 Carl Pettersson, 51 Oliver Wilson, 59 Peter Hanson, 60 Darren Clarke, 64 Nick Dougherty, 72 Anders Hansen, 75 Niclas Fasth, 86 Gregory Havret, 91 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, 93 Paul McGinley, 98 Alastair Forsyth, 100 Soren Kjeldsen