Tiger Woods is within sight of his first title since February after extending his lead at the top of the Dunlop Phoenix leaderboard to 10 strokes with a five-under 65 in Miyazaki, Japan today.

Ireland's top two have dropped back another place on the World Rankings.

Both Padraig Harrington and Darren Clarke have dropped down the rankings this week.

Padraig Harrington has single-handedly since April kept Europe representation in the top 10, golf’s end-of-year world rankings released today reveal.

World Golf Ranking: