Tuesday, May 27, 2008

JIMENEZ ON THE UP

JIMENEZ ON THE UP

Miguel Angel Jimenez is up 20 places to 21st in the world thanks to his BMW PGA Championship victory, while runner-up Oliver Wilson leaps 30 spots to a career-high 45th.

Phil Mickelson's latest win in America, achieved with a remarkable closing birdie, brings him just over 10 points behind world number one Tiger Woods.

Colin Montgomerie is down to 95th after missing the halfway cut at Wentworth and has lost his position as Scotland's top player to Alastair Forsyth.

Latest leading positions:

1 Tiger Woods 20.21pts, 2 Phil Mickelson 10.19, 3 Ernie Els 5.95, 4 Adam Scott 5.85, 5 Geoff Ogilvy 5.47, 6 Steve Stricker 5.40, 7 Jim Furyk 5.29, 8 KJ Choi 5.24, 9 Vijay Singh 5.16, 10 Sergio Garcia 5.15

11 Justin Rose 5.02, 12 Padraig Harrington 4.94, 13 Stewart Cink 4.87, 14 Henrik Stenson 4.85, 15 Rory Sabbatini 4.70, 16 Trevor Immelman 4.32, 17 Luke Donald 4.06, 18 Aaron Baddeley 3.95, 19 Anthony Kim 3.88, 20 Lee Westwood 3.64

Other leading Europeans:

21 Miguel Angel Jimenez, 27 Ian Poulter, 29 Niclas Fasth, 30 Robert Karlsson, 35 Martin Kaymer, 39 Paul Casey, 45 Oliver Wilson, 50 Soren Hansen, 56 Nick Dougherty, 65 Anders Hansen, 69 Graeme McDowell, 76 Soren Kjeldsen, 77 Daniel Chopra, 79 Peter Hanson, 80 Steve Webster, 84 Bradley Dredge, 86 Carl Pettersson, 87 Fredrik Jacobson, 92 Alastair Forsyth, 94 Simon Dyson, 95 Colin Montgomerie, 99 Peter Hedblom


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