Rate it!

2 votes

England's Ian Poulter has moved back into the top 20 of the world rankings this week without hitting a ball.

With all the big names taking time off ahead of this week's season-ending Tour Championship at East Lake, Poulter was able to leapfrog Antony Kim in the rankings as the American lost points acquired last season.

The big climber was Rafael Cabrera Bello of Spain who won the Austrian Open thanks to a sensational closing round of 60 in Vienna.

Bello jumped from 220th to 127th in the rankings.

Tiger Woods has now been world number one for 224 weeks in a row - that makes it 566 weeks in total.

The top-placed British player in the rankings remains Paul Casey at number four.

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

1. (1) Tiger Woods 15.87 average points

2. (2) Steve Stricker 7.87

3. (3) Phil Mickelson 7.39

4. (4) Paul Casey (Britain) 6.38

5. (5) Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 5.95

6. (6) Kenny Perry 5.81

7. (7) Sergio Garcia (Spain) 5.73

8. (8) Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 5.63

9. (9) Jim Furyk 5.56

10. (10) Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) 5.43

11. (11) Lee Westwood (Britain) 5.21

12. (12) Stewart Cink 5.04

13. (13) Martin Kaymer (Germany) 4.98

14. (14) Vijay Singh (Fiji) 4.51

15. (15) Sean O'Hair 4.44

16. (16) Camilo Villegas (Colombia) 4.34

17. (17) Lucas Glover 4.32

18. (18) Zach Johnson 4.25

19. (19) Retief Goosen (South Africa) 4.14

20. (21) Ian Poulter (Britain) 4.11

European Tour Race to Dubai (English unless stated):

1. Martin Kaymer (Germany) 1,982,055 euros

2. Paul Casey 1,965,150

3. Rory McIlroy 1,726,927

4. Lee Westwood 1,684,452

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

6. Ross Fisher 1,524,347

7. Angel Cabrera (Argentina) 1,385,499

8. Soren Kjeldsen (Denmark) 1,232,109

9. Oliver Wilson 1,217,865

10. Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spain) 1,130,735

11. Sergio Garcia (Spain) 1,095,031

12. Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 1,040,991

13. Yang Yong-eun (South Korea) 1,037,635

14. Soren Hansen (Denmark) 997,494

15. Thongchai Jaidee (Thailand) 954,013

16. Alvaro Quiros (Spain) 935,451

17. Peter Hanson (Sweden) 911,175

18. Anders Hansen (Denmark) 891,342

19. Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain) 872,832

20. Ernie Els (South Africa) 847,963

US Tour money list (US unless stated):

1. Tiger Woods $9,698,163

2. Steve Stricker $6,062,636

3. Zach Johnson $4,427,213

4. Kenny Perry $4,115,562

5. Phil Mickelson $3,982,755

6. Sean O'Hair $3,798,993

7. Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) $3,710,270

8. Jim Furyk $3,514,215

9. Lucas Glover $3,490,080

10. Yang Yong-eun (South Korea) $3,339,516

11. Retief Goosen (South Africa) $3,097,650

12. Nick Watney $3,047,421

13. Brian Gay $3,030,195

14. David Toms $2,835,053

15. Dustin Johnson $2,815,251

16. Hunter Mahan $2,737,949

17. Stewart Cink $2,677,030

18. Rory Sabbatini (South Africa) $2,607,791

19. Kevin Na $2,604,825

20. Paul Casey (Britain) $2,582,181

FedEx Cup (US unless stated - Reset points totals after BMW Championship):

1. Tiger Woods 2,500 points

2. Steve Stricker 2,250

3. Jim Furyk 2,000

4. Zach Johnson 1,800

5. Heath Slocum 1,600

6. Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 1,400

7. Sean O'Hair 1,200

8. Scott Verplank 1,000

9. Kenny Perry 800

10. Jason Dufner 600

11. Dustin Johnson 480

12. Nick Watney 460

13. Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) 440

14. Phil Mickelson 420

15. Retief Goosen (South Africa) 400

16. Marc Leishman (Australia) 380

17. Brian Gay 360

18. Kevin Na 340

19. David Toms 320

20. Lucas Glover 310

Reuters