The Swede's play-off victory over Martin Kaymer and Ross Fisher at St Andrews on Sunday takes him from 18th to eighth in the new rankings.

Colin Montgomerie's failure to survive the cut has dropped the struggling Scott, a nine-time winner of the European Tour's Order of Merit crown, out of the top 100 again.

The top 30 golfers on the Official World Ranking list as updated on Monday, October 6, 2008 (USA unless stated):

Top 30
1 Tiger Woods 15.69
2 Phil Mickelson 8.91
3 Vijay Singh (Fij) 7.63
4 Padraig Harrington (Irl) 7.46
5 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 7.14
6 Anthony Kim 5.29
7 Camilo Villegas (Col) 5.27
8 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 5.22
9 Ernie Els (RSA) 5.19
10 Henrik Stenson (Swe) 5.16
11 Jim Furyk 5.03
12 Lee Westwood (Eng) 5.02
13 Steve Stricker 4.99
14 Stewart Cink 4.69
15 Justin Rose (Eng) 4.55
16 KJ Choi (Kor) 4.51
17 Adam Scott (Aus) 4.50
18 Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 4.41
19 Kenny Perry 4.16
20 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 4.12
21 Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 3.80
22 Mike Weir (Can) 3.70
23 Justin Leonard 3.65
24 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 3.58
25 Ian Poulter (Eng) 3.52
26 Luke Donald (Eng) 3.45
27 Stephen Ames (Can) 3.39
28 Ben Curtis 3.36
29 Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 3.31
30 Andres Romero (Arg) 3.31

Other European golfers in the top 100
33 Graeme McDowell (NIrl) 3.08
34 Martin Kaymer (Ger) 3.06
38 Ross Fisher (Eng) 2.89
40 Paul Casey (Eng) 2.86
41 Soren Hansen (Den) 2.65
47 Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 2.40
48 Carl Pettersson (Swe) 2.36
50 Oliver Wilson (Eng) 2.34
57 Peter Hanson (Swe) 2.10
62 Darren Clarke (NIrl) 2.07
64 Nick Dougherty (Eng) 2.00
69 Anders Hansen (Den) 1.90
74 Niclas Fasth (Swe) 1.86
88 Gregory Havret (Fra) 1.67
89 Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa) 1.66
92 Paul McGinley (Irl) 1.62
94 Alastair Forsyth (Sco) 1.58
99 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 1.54
100 Daniel Chopra (Swe) 1.51