Els within touching distance of Woods

Ernie Els is even closer to replacing Tiger Woods at the top of the World Rankings after losing out on the British Open in a play-off.

Official World Rankings:

1 Tiger Woods (USA) 12.24,

2 Ernie Els (Rsa) 11.3,

3 Vijay Singh (Fij) 10.28,

4 Phil Mickelson (USA) 8.78,

5 Davis Love-III (USA) 7.83,

6 Retief Goosen (Rsa) 7.52,

7 Mike Weir (Can) 6.80,

8 Padraig Harrington (Irl) 5.75,

9 Jim Furyk (USA) 5.47,

10 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 4.97,

11 Adam Scott (Aus) 4.90,

12 Kenny Perry (USA) 4.86,

13 Chad Campbell (USA) 4.71,

14 Darren Clarke (NIrl) 4.54,

15 Stuart Appleby (Aus) 4.42,

16 Todd Hamilton (USA) 4.24,

17 David Toms (USA) 4.06,

18 Scott Verplank (USA) 4.06,

19 Stephen Ames (Can) 3.93,

20 Fred Couples (USA) 3.87,

21 Jay Haas (USA) 3.60,

22 Choi Kyung-Ju (Kor) 3.57,

23 Nick Price (Zim) 3.44,

24 Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) 3.42,

25 Steve Flesch (USA) 3.42.