Lefty back in the top 10

Last updated: 4th February 2013

Phil Mickelson's wire-to-wire victory at the Phoenix Open has lifted him back into the world's top 10.

It's the first time since May of last year that the American has been ranked that high, after an indifferent series of results in the second half of last season saw him drop down to 22nd.

Mickelson, who just missed out on a 59 in the opening round in Phoenix, finished four clear of Brandt Snedeker, who was also runner-up to Tiger Woods at Torrey Pines a week earlier.

Snedeker has moved to a career-high sixth in the world following those two performances.

Scotland's Stephen Gallacher leaps from 111th to 60th after making the Omega Dubai Desert Classic only his second success in 404 European Tour starts.

After this week's events the top 64 qualify for the Accenture Match Play Championship in Arizona on February 20-24.

Latest leading positions in the world golf rankings:

1 Rory McIlroy 12.23pts

2 Tiger Woods 9.16

3 Luke Donald 7.76

4 Justin Rose 6.54

5 Louis Oosthuizen 6.52

6 Brandt Snedeker 6.25

7 Adam Scott 5.97

8 Lee Westwood 5.62

9 Bubba Watson 5.26

10 Phil Mickelson 5.24

11 Jason Dufner 5.05

12 Ian Poulter 5.01

13 Steve Stricker 4.95

14 Keegan Bradley 4.87

15 Sergio Garcia 4.79

16 Dustin Johnson 4.78

17 Webb Simpson 4.76

18 Charl Schwartzel 4.55

19 Graeme McDowell 4.50

20 Peter Hanson 4.45

Other leading Europeans:

28 Martin Kaymer

30 Jamie Donaldson

31 Paul Lawrie

33 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano

34 Carl Pettersson

35 Francesco Molinari

39 Nicolas Colsaerts

40 Thorbjorn Olesen

43 Matteo Manassero

47 Padraig Harrington

49 Thomas Bjorn

50 Alexander Noren

52 Henrik Stenson

53 David Lynn

56 Rafael Cabrera Bello

59 Richie Ramsay

60 Stephen Gallacher

61 Chris Wood

62 Marcel Siem

64 Shane Lowry

65 Bernd Wiesberger

66 Miguel Angel Jimenez

67 Anders Hansen

68 Scott Jamieson

73 Fredrik Jacobson

75 Simon Dyson

81 Kristoffer Broberg

82 Jonas Blixt

85 Danny Willett

86 Martin Laird

96 Fredrik Andersson Hed