Ian Poulter and Ross Fisher both moved
into the top 20 in the world rankings after posting big wins over the weekend.
Poulter was a wire-to-wire champion at the Singapore Open, collecting his
first title in three years, and moved up six places to a career-best 15th in
the rankings.
Fisher also secured a career-high ranking after beating Anthony Kim in the
final of the World Match Play Championship, jumping nine spots to No. 17.
Tiger Woods remained No. 1 and was followed again by Phil Mickelson, Steve
Stricker, Paul Casey, Lee Westwood, Padraig Harrington, Henrik Stenson and
Kenny Perry as the top eight places went unchanged.
Sergio Garcia moved up a spot to ninth, bumping Jim Furyk to 10th, and Martin
Kaymer remained 11th. Stewart Cink and Sean O'Hair inched up one notch apiece
to 12th and 13th, kicking Geoff Ogilvy down two pegs to 14th.
Poulter's move to 15th knocked Lucas Glover to 16th, while Fisher's jump to
17th helped drop Rory McIlroy, Camilo Villegas, Vijay Singh and Retief Goosen
from their positions last week.
McIlroy fell two spots to 18th, Villegas was down one to 19th, Singh dropped
three to 20th and Goosen slipped two to 21st.
Zach Johnson also fell out of the top 20, tumbling three places to 23rd.
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