Steve Stricker’s victory in the opening PGA Tour event of the season has lifted him back to fifth in the golf world rankings.
The American’s elevation makes him the leading non-European in the list again.
Martin Laird, the Scot who birdied five of the last seven holes at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions in Hawaii to finish second, improves from 47th to 33rd.
England’s Luke Donald still leads the ranking list ahead of compatriot Lee Westwood.
Updated golf world rankings: 1 Luke Donald 10.21, 2 Lee Westwood 7.92, 3 Rory McIlroy 7.65, 4 Martin Kaymer 6.43, 5 Steve Stricker 6.00, 6 Adam Scott 5.41, 7 Webb Simpson 5.40, 8 Dustin Johnson 5.17, 9 Charl Schwartzel 5.16, 10 Jason Day 4.99, 11 Matt Kuchar 4.79, 12 Graeme McDowell 4.63, 13 Nick Watney 4.60, 14 KJ Choi 4.55, 15 Phil Mickelson 4.37, 16 Justin Rose 3.92, 17 Hunter Mahan 3.83, 18 Sergio Garcia 3.83, 19 Ian Poulter 3.81, 20 Paul Casey 3.65
Other leading Europeans: 21 Alvaro Quiros, 27 Robert Karlsson, 28 Simon Dyson, 33 Martin Laird, 37 Anders Hansen, 38 Thomas Bjorn, 39 Francesco Molinari, 41 Fredrik Jacobson, 44 Peter Hanson, 45 Miguel Angel Jimenez, 49 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, 51 Darren Clarke, 58 Matteo Manassero, 62 Joost Luiten, 63 Alexander Noren, 64 Edoardo Molinari, 74 Nicolas Colsaerts, 75 Pablo Larrazabal, 84 Padraig Harrington, 87 Paul Lawrie, 88 Gregory Havret, 92 Jamie Donaldson, 94 David Lynn, 97 Richie Ramsay, 98 Michael Hoey, 100 Ross Fisher
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