Casey on the rise

The new world rankings made happy reading for Paul Casey today – but not so Ryder Cup team-mate Lee Westwood.

While Casey is up to a best-ever 17th following his victory in the HSBC World Match Play Championship, Westwood has been knocked out of the top 50.

The Worksop golfer, one of Ian Woosnam’s two wild cards for this week’s match at the K Club, slips to 51st as a result of Ian Poulter’s win in the Madrid Masters.

Lee Westwood’s slide is set to cost him a place in the American Express World Championship at the Grove, near Watford, along with team-mate Paul McGinlay.

Both would need to get back into the top 50 by next Monday but, of course, neither are playing for ranking points this week.

Latest leading rankings:

1 Tiger Woods 22.30,

2 Phil Mickelson 8.77,

3 Jim Furyk 8.73,

4 Vijay Singh 7.13,

5 Adam Scott 6.59,

6 Retief Goosen 6.49,

7 Ernie Els 6.10,

8 Sergio Garcia 5.69,

9 Luke Donald 5.59,

10 Geoff Ogilvy 5.41

11 Henrik Stenson 4.82,

12 Trevor Immelman 4.49,

13 David Howell 4.44,

14 Colin Montgomerie 4.42,

15 Chris DiMarco 4.26,

16 David Toms 4.25,

17 Paul Casey 4.21,

18 Padraig Harrington 4.00,

19 Jose Maria Olazabal 4.00,

20 Tim Clark 3.84

Other members of European and United States Ryder Cup teams:

22 Chad Campbell,

23 Stewart Cink,

24 Darren Clarke,

36 Robert Karlsson,

37 Scott Verplank,

42 Zach Johnson,

51 Lee Westwood,

53 Paul McGinley,

60 Vaughn Taylor,

64 JJ Henry,

68 Brett Wetterich