Double major winner Padraig Harrington remains third in the world rankings but has closed to just over two points behind second-placed Phil Mickelson.
Spain's Sergio Garcia, denied by the Irishman at the US PGA just as he was in last year's Open, is up to fourth and Sweden's Henrik Stenson improves to sixth.
Latest leading positions: 1 Tiger Woods 18.36pts, 2 Phil Mickelson 9.87, 3 Padraig Harrington 7.85, 4 Sergio Garcia 6.13, 5 Vijay Singh 5.63, 6 Henrik Stenson 5.31, 7 Ernie Els 5.24, 8 Stewart Cink 5.13, 9 Geoff Ogilvy 5.12, 10 Steve Stricker 5.07, 11 Adam Scott 5.01, 12 Justin Rose 4.84, 13 Jim Furyk 4.73, 14 Lee Westwood 4.70, 15 Anthony Kim 4.60, 16 KJ Choi 4.59, 17 Kenny Perry 4.34, 18 Trevor Immelman, 19 Rory Sabbatini 3.99, 20 Miguel Angel Jimenez 3.97.
Other leading Europeans: 21 Robert Karlsson, 22 Luke Donald, 23 Ian Poulter, 30 Graeme McDowell, 35 Paul Casey, 41 Martin Kaymer, 45 Soren Hansen, 47 Fredrik Jacobson, 48 Oliver Wilson, 52 Niclas Fasth, 53 Ross Fisher, 56 Anders Hansen, 71 Carl Pettersson, 73 Nick Dougherty, 83 Alastair Forsyth, 86 Soren Kjeldsen, 87 Colin Montgomerie, 88 Daniel Chopra, 89 Peter Hanson, 90 Darren Clarke, 100 Steve Webster.
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