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Ross Fisher is the big mover this week following his victory in the World Matchplay Championship.

Fisher (pictured) jumped nine places up the world rankings to a career high of 17th following his win at Casares.

Ian Poulter also climbed to a personal best, moving six places to 15th after winning the Singapore Open.

The pair also boosted their hopes of winning the inaugural Race to Dubai later this month, with Fisher moving up to fourth on the money list and Poulter rising to 10th.

"I was a bit disappointed to slip down to seventh after recently missing two big cuts (at the Dunhill Links Championship and Portugal Masters)... so I knew I had to perform," Fisher said after collecting his third European Tour title.

"Getting to the final was good but I really wanted to win because there is a big difference between winning and finishing runner-up," he added after beating American Anthony Kim 4 & 3 to claim a first prize of 750,000 euros.

The 28-year-old Fisher was one of the most consistent performers in this year's four Majors.

He was joint 30th in the US Masters, fifth at the US Open, tied 13th in The Open and tied 19th at the USPGA Championship but without a 2009 victory until Sunday.

"It has given me a massive confidence boost, the only thing missing this year was a win," said Fisher. "I feel like I have played very consistently. To be one of the leading guys in the majors shows my golf has been pretty good this year."

The next European Tour stop for Fisher and Poulter is this week's WGC-Champions Tournament in China featuring seven of the world's top 10 including Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson.

World rankings (US unless stated, last week's positions in brackets):

1. (1) Tiger Woods 15.60 average points

2. (2) Phil Mickelson 7.87

3. (3) Steve Stricker 7.47

4. (4) Paul Casey (Britain) 6.12

5. (5) Lee Westwood (Britain) 6.00

6. (6) Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 5.73

7. (7) Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 5.69

8. (8) Kenny Perry 5.45

9. (10) Sergio Garcia (Spain) 5.33

10. (9) Jim Furyk 5.31

11. (11) Martin Kaymer (Germany) 5.04

12. (13) Stewart Cink 4.78

13. (14) Sean O'Hair 4.76

14. (12) Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) 4.76

15. (21) Ian Poulter (Britain) 4.74

16. (15) Lucas Glover 4.25

17. (26) Ross Fisher (Britain) 4.18

18. (16) Rory McIlroy (Britain) 4.14

19. (18) Camilo Villegas (Colombia) 4.08

20. (17) Vijay Singh (Fiji) 4.08

European Tour Race to Dubai (British unless otherwise stated):

1. Lee Westwood 2,305,315 euros

2. Martin Kaymer (Germany) 2,204,678

3. Rory McIlroy 2,140,270

4. Ross Fisher 2,066,014

5. Paul Casey 2,014,063

6. Oliver Wilson 1,641,109

7. Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) 1,606,805

8. Angel Cabrera (Argentina) 1,547,999

9. Simon Dyson 1,444,230

10. Ian Poulter 1,342,559

11. Sergio Garcia (Spain) 1,277,456

12. Soren Kjeldsen (Denmark) 1,272,636

13. Francesco Molinari (Italy) 1,166,508

14. Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spain) 1,148,835

15. Peter Hanson (Sweden) 1,136,451

16. Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 1,104,366

17. Soren Hansen (Denmark) 1,095,307

18. Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 1,078,073

19. Thongchai Jaidee (Thailand) 1,053,452

20. Anders Hansen (Denmark) 1,016,669

US Tour money list (US unless otherwise stated):

1. Tiger Woods $10,508,163

2. Steve Stricker $6,332,636

3. Phil Mickelson $5,332,755

4. Zach Johnson $4,583,213

5. Kenny Perry $4,445,562

6. Sean O'Hair $4,316,493

7. Jim Furyk $3,946,515

8. Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) $3,866,270

9. Lucas Glover $3,692,580

10. Yang Yong-eun (South Korea) $3,489,516

11. Retief Goosen (South Africa) $3,232,650

12. Nick Watney $3,221,421

13. Brian Gay $3,178,676

14. David Toms $3,017,957

15. Dustin Johnson $2,977,901

16. Hunter Mahan $2,941,349

17. Stewart Cink $2,821,030

18. Rory Sabbatini (South Africa) $2,752,291

19. Kevin Na $2,724,825

20. Padraig Harrington (Ireland) $2,628,377

Reuters