Teenager Rory McIlroy has clung on to 50th place in the world rankings a week before the top 50 qualify for next April's US Masters.
The Northern Ireland 19-year-old missed the halfway cut in the Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa and would have dropped to 51st if Matthew Goggin had won rather than lost a play-off for the Australian Open.
McIlroy plays this week's South African Open to try to secure a spot at Augusta, where fellow Irishman Padraig Harrington will be trying for a third successive major title.
England's Ross Fisher and Oliver Wilson, 29th and 39th in the rankings, are certain to make their debuts.
Latest leading positions:
1 Tiger Woods 12.57pts
2 Sergio Garcia 8.32
3 Phil Mickelson 7.34
4 Padraig Harrington 7.18
5 Vijay Singh 6.91
6 Robert Karlsson 5.21
7 Camilo Villegas 5.03
8 Henrik Stenson 5.01
9 Ernie Els 4.83
10 Lee Westwood 4.73
11 Geoff Ogilvy 4.60
12 Anthony Kim 4.59
13 Jim Furyk 4.49
14 Steve Stricker 4.06
15 Stewart Cink 4.01
16 Kenny Perry 4.00
17 Adam Scott 3.98
18 KJ Choi 3.93
19 Justin Rose 3.84
20 Trevor Immelman 3.49
Other leading Europeans:
21 Miguel Angel Jimenez
25 Ian Poulter
26 Martin Kaymer
29 Ross Fisher
31 Luke Donald
35 Graeme McDowell
39 Oliver Wilson
41 Paul Casey
46 Soren Hansen
48 Soren Kjeldsen
50 Rory McIlroy
54 Peter Hanson
60 Carl Pettersson
66 Fredrik Jacobson
68 Darren Clarke
75 Alvaro Quiros
76 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano
78 Nick Dougherty
79 Francesco Molinari
88 Anders Hansen
89 Peter Hedblom
96 Alexander Noren
98 Pablo Larrazabal.
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McILROY MAKES TOP 50 DEBUT
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