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Padraig flies up to third
Padraig Harrington has launched up 11 places to his highest ranking of third in the world after his fantastic Open Championship triumph.
However he still faces a big battle to get the number one spot, even victories in the next two majors may not be enough for him to catch Tiger Woods.
Woods, out of action for the rest of the year following knee surgery, still has more than double the points average of second-placed Phil Mickelson and over three times that of Harrington.
It has already been calculated that if Open champion Harrington won next month's US PGA and next April's Masters - providing Woods does not play until Augusta - he would still need some high finishes in other events to overtake the American.
Open runner-up Ian Poulter improves from 42nd to 23rd, while Greg Norman, who finished joint third, makes the biggest leap in rankings history - from 646th to 166th.
Latest leading positions:
1 Tiger Woods 19.50, 2 Phil Mickelson 9.68, 3 Padraig Harrington 6.37, 4 Adam Scott 5.54, 5 Ernie Els 5.53, 6 Geoff Ogilvy 5.40, 7 Sergio Garcia 5.36, 8 Stewart Cink 5.33, 9 Steve Stricker 5.22, 10 Jim Furyk 5.04
Posted: Friday, July 17th, 2009 @ 00:07 am by BigTips Admin
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