Woods extends lead at rankings summit

Tiger Woods has opened up a huge lead at the top of the world rankings again following his successful defence of the Ford Championship in Miami.

Joint runner-up David Toms moved up to eighth, while Yorkshire’s Simon Dyson, winner of the Indonesian Open, climbed 60 places to world number 140.

Latest leading positions in the world rankings:

1 Tiger Woods 18.14pts,

2 Vijay Singh 8.99,

3 Retief Goosen 7.77,

4 Ernie Els 7.34,

5 Phil Mickelson 7.22,

6 Sergio Garcia 6.85,

7 Jim Furyk 5.44,

8 David Toms 5.33,

9 Adam Scott 5.27,

10 Chris DiMarco 4.73.

11 Colin Montgomerie 4.36,

12 Luke Donald 4.23,

13 David Howell 4.20,

14 Davis Love 4.20,

15 Michael Campbell 4.19,

16 Rory Sabbatini 4.03,

17 Kenny Perry 4.02,

18 Henrik Stenson 3.98,

19 Chad Campbell 3.96,

20 Padraig Harrington 3.92.

(OTHER IRISH: 27 Darren Clarke, 30 Paul McGinley, 69 Graeme McDowell)

Other leading Europeans

26 Jose Maria Olazabal,

33 Thomas Bjorn,

39 Miguel Angel Jimenez,

42 Lee Westwood,

50 Carl Pettersson,

56 Paul Casey,

57 Niclas Fasth,

59 Bernhard Langer,

64 Paul Broadhurst,

65 Ian Poulter,

71 Jesper Parnevik,

73 Nick Dougherty,

82 Kenneth Ferrie,

84 Raphael Jacquelin,

85 David Lynn,

89 Bradley Dredge,

91 Fredrik Jacobson,

93 Justin Rose,

96 Stephen Dodd