Rose leapfrogs Pádraig in rankings

JUSTIN ROSE has gone back above Padraig Harrington to be Europe’s leading player on the world rankings.

Rose returns to seventh place as a result of his runners-up finish to South African Trevor Immelman in the Nedbank Challenge at Sun City.

Immelman bogeyed the last three holes, but won by a shot when Rose double-bogeyed the 18th.

Latest leading positions:

1 Tiger Woods 21.16pts, 2 Phil Mickelson 9.35, 3 Jim Furyk 7.17, 4 Steve Stricker 6.85, 5 Ernie Els 6.70, 6 Adam Scott 6.16, 7 Justin Rose 6.16, 8 Padraig Harrington, Irl 5.95, 9 Vijay Singh 5.47, 10 KJ Choi 5.38 11 Rory Sabbatini 5.36, 12 Geoff Ogilvy 5.15, 13 Sergio Garcia 5.13, 14 Angel Cabrera 4.68, 15 Zach Johnson 4.48, 16 Henrik Stenson 4.41, 17 Luke Donald 4.29, 18 Aaron Baddeley 4.16, 19 Trevor Immelman 4.01, 20 Niclas Fasth 3.64

Other leading Europeans:

21 Ian Poulter, 22 Paul Casey, 25 Lee Westwood, 39 Robert Karlsson, 40 Miguel Angel Jimenez, 44 Soren Hansen, 48 Nick Dougherty, 49 Anders Hansen, 53 Bradley Dredge, 55 Peter Hanson, 56 Colin Montgomerie, 57 Carl Pettersson, 63 Mikko Ilonen, 65 Jose Maria Olazabal, 67 Simon Dyson, 73 Soren Kjeldsen, 76 Martin Kaymer, 77 Bernhard Langer, 79 Fredrik Jacobson, 83 Steve Webster, 84 Raphael Jacquelin, 85 Ross Fisher, 92 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, 97 Thomas Bjorn.