Six Europeans in World top 10 for first time
FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Six Europeans occupy places in the World’s Top Ten for first time in the history of the Official World Golf Rankings, with Race to Dubai winner Lee Westwood leading the line at a career high of World No 4 and Rory McIlroy becoming only the second 20 year old to make the World’s Top Ten.
Westwood’s victory in the Dubai World Championship presented by: DP World moved the Englishman up a place in the latest World Ranking to fourth, matching his previous highest position achieved the last time he was European Number One in 2000.
His six-stroke victory over fellow Englishman Ross McGowan on the Greg Norman-designed Earth course at Jumeirah Golf Estates took him past the injured Paul Casey, who drops to World No 5.
Ireland’s Padraig Harrington and Swede Henrik Stenson remain sixth and seventh in the World respectively, while Spain’s Sergio Garcia’s joint seventh place in Dubai took him up to eighth.
Until yesterday, Garcia was the only 20 year old to have ever achieved a place in the World’s Top Ten but there is now another member of that exclusive club as Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy, third in the Dubai World Championship and beaten into second in The Race to Dubai, had the consolation of moving from 13th to tenth in the World Ranking. Tiger Woods was 21 when he first entered the World’s Top Ten in 1997.
McGowan, second in Dubai, moved up 46 places to 70th on the World Ranking.
Further European success was achieved in Japan at the Dunlop Phoenix where 2009 Challenge Tour Rankings runaway winner Edoardo Molinari of Italy defeated 2008 European No 1 Robert Karlsson of Sweden in a play-off after the pair tied on 13 under par 271, six shots ahead of their nearest challengers.
Molinari jumped 24 places to World No 63, a remarkable feat for a player who plied his trade on the Challenge Tour throughout 2009, having started the year in 653rd place, while Karlsson moved up three places to World Number 25.
OFFICIAL WORLD PRO RANKINGS TOP 20
1 Tiger Woods (US).
2 Phil Mickelson (US).
3 Steve Stricker (US).
4 Lee Westwood (Eng).
5 Paul Casey (Eng).
6 Padraig Harrington (Ire).
7 Henrik Stenson (Swe).
8 Sergio Garcia (Spa).
9 Kenny Perry (US).
10 Rory McIlroy (NIr)
11 Jim Furyk (US).
12 Martin Kaymer (Ger).
13 Ian Poulter (Eng).
14 Geoff Ogilvy (Aus).
15 Sean O'Hair (US).
16 Stewart Cink (US).
17 Ernie Els (SAf).
18 Lucas Glover (US).
19 Retief Goosen (SAf).
20 Ross Fisher (Eng).
FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Six Europeans occupy places in the World’s Top Ten for first time in the history of the Official World Golf Rankings, with Race to Dubai winner Lee Westwood leading the line at a career high of World No 4 and Rory McIlroy becoming only the second 20 year old to make the World’s Top Ten.
Westwood’s victory in the Dubai World Championship presented by: DP World moved the Englishman up a place in the latest World Ranking to fourth, matching his previous highest position achieved the last time he was European Number One in 2000.
His six-stroke victory over fellow Englishman Ross McGowan on the Greg Norman-designed Earth course at Jumeirah Golf Estates took him past the injured Paul Casey, who drops to World No 5.
Ireland’s Padraig Harrington and Swede Henrik Stenson remain sixth and seventh in the World respectively, while Spain’s Sergio Garcia’s joint seventh place in Dubai took him up to eighth.
Until yesterday, Garcia was the only 20 year old to have ever achieved a place in the World’s Top Ten but there is now another member of that exclusive club as Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy, third in the Dubai World Championship and beaten into second in The Race to Dubai, had the consolation of moving from 13th to tenth in the World Ranking. Tiger Woods was 21 when he first entered the World’s Top Ten in 1997.
McGowan, second in Dubai, moved up 46 places to 70th on the World Ranking.
Further European success was achieved in Japan at the Dunlop Phoenix where 2009 Challenge Tour Rankings runaway winner Edoardo Molinari of Italy defeated 2008 European No 1 Robert Karlsson of Sweden in a play-off after the pair tied on 13 under par 271, six shots ahead of their nearest challengers.
Molinari jumped 24 places to World No 63, a remarkable feat for a player who plied his trade on the Challenge Tour throughout 2009, having started the year in 653rd place, while Karlsson moved up three places to World Number 25.
OFFICIAL WORLD PRO RANKINGS TOP 20
1 Tiger Woods (US).
2 Phil Mickelson (US).
3 Steve Stricker (US).
4 Lee Westwood (Eng).
5 Paul Casey (Eng).
6 Padraig Harrington (Ire).
7 Henrik Stenson (Swe).
8 Sergio Garcia (Spa).
9 Kenny Perry (US).
10 Rory McIlroy (NIr)
11 Jim Furyk (US).
12 Martin Kaymer (Ger).
13 Ian Poulter (Eng).
14 Geoff Ogilvy (Aus).
15 Sean O'Hair (US).
16 Stewart Cink (US).
17 Ernie Els (SAf).
18 Lucas Glover (US).
19 Retief Goosen (SAf).
20 Ross Fisher (Eng).
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