Lee moves ahead of Rory in rankings

LEE WESTWOOD has taken the world number two spot off Rory McIlroy with his seven-shot victory at the Thailand Championship.

Ian Poulter, meanwhile, is back in the top 20 and will end the year 16th, thanks to his three-stroke win at the JBWere Masters in Australia. England now have five of the world’s top 20, led, of course, by number one Luke Donald.

Spain’s Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, meanwhile, moves back into the top 50 just in time to secure a Masters debut at Augusta next April. Of the year-ending top 10, American Webb Simpson has made the biggest leap forward, all the way from 213rd to 10th.