Schwartzel up to 11th, Donald into 3rd
Charl Schwartzel is up from 29th to a career-high 11th in the world after his Masters triumph tonight.
Charl Schwartzel, the third South African to win the Masters, is up from 29th to a career-high 11th in the World Rankings after his Augusta National triumph on Sunday.
And Tiger Woods is upwardly mobile again again after closing with a 10-under in joint 4th place, has leap-frogged Graeme McDowell and Paul Casey and goes back to 5th
Germany’s Martin Kaymer stays number one despite missing the halfway cut like McDowell, while fourth-placed Luke Donald moves back above Phil Mickelson into third.
The latest top 12 rankings are
1 MARTIN KAYMER 7.79
2 LEE WESTWOOD 7.52
3 LUKE DONALD 6.97
4 PHIL MICKELSON 6.73
5 TIGER WOODS 6.06
6 GRAEME McDOWELL 6.01
7 PAUL CASEY 5.64
8 STEVE STRICKER 5.59
9 RORY McILROY 5.51
10 MATT KUCHAR 5.21
11 CHARL SCHWARTZEL 5.16
12 DUSTIN JOHNSON 5.03
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