Monday, December 8, 2008

STENSON IN SEVENTH HEAVEN

STENSON IN SEVENTH HEAVEN


Henrik Stenson's runaway nine-stroke victory in the Nedbank Challenge in South Africa has lifted him back to seventh in the world.

It was the Swede's second successive victory, coming just a week after he partnered Robert Karlsson to the World Cup title in China, and meant he moved up five places in the rankings.

Latest leading positions:

1 Tiger Woods 12.88 points, 2 Sergio Garcia 8.42, 3 Phil Mickelson 7.49, 4 Padraig Harrington 7.30, 5 Vijay Singh 7.05, 6 Robert Karlsson 5.27, 7 Henrik Stenson 5.11, 8 Camilo Villegas 5.09, 9 Ernie Els 4.84, 10 Lee Westwood 4.76.

11 Geoff Ogilvy 4.67, 12 Anthony Kim 4.65, 13 Jim Furyk 4.58, 14 Steve Stricker 4.16, 15 Stewart Cink 4.09, 16 Adam Scott 4.07, 17 Kenny Perry 4.06, 18 KJ Choi 4.02 4.02, 19 Justin Rose 3.93, 20 Miguel Angel Jimenez 3.53.

Other leading Europeans:

25 Ian Poulter, 26 Martin Kaymer, 28 Luke Donald, 31 Ross Fisher, 33 Graeme McDowell, 38 Paul Casey, 40 Oliver Wilson, 45 Soren Hansen, 48 Soren Kjeldsen, 49 Rory McIlroy, 52 Peter Hanson, 59 Carl Pettersson, 65 Fredrik Jacobson, 66 Darren Clarke, 74 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, 75 Nick Dougherty, 77 Alvaro Quiros, 80 Francesco Molinari, 85 Anders Hansen, 87 Peter Hedblom, 96 Pablo Larrazabal, 98 Alexander Noren, 100 Niclas Fasth.


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