Appleby climbs rankings after Hawaii success

Stuart Appleby’s third successive victory in the Mercedes Championship in Hawaii – on the first hole of a play-off with Vijay Singh – moves the Australian up from 30th to 21st in the world rankings.

Leading positions:

1 Tiger Woods 17.02,

2 Vijay Singh 10.04,

3 Phil Mickelson 8.01,

4 Retief Goosen 7.96,

5 Ernie Els 7.84,

6 Sergio Garcia 7.19,

7 Jim Furyk 5.91,

8 Adam Scott 4.68,

9 Colin Montgomerie 4.64,

10 Chris DiMarco 4.57