Scott moving up in the world

Adam Scott's victory in the Houston Open has moved the Australian back to third in the official world rankings.

Scott carded a final-round 66 for a three-stroke victory over compatriot Stuart Appleby who is 19th in the standings.

Spain's Pablo Martin, who became the first amateur to win on the European Tour with a one-shot victory in the Portuguese Open, jumps to 280th after previously being unranked.

Ireland's Padraig Harrington remains in 10th.

Official world rankings: 1 Tiger Woods (USA) 20.16 pts, 2 Jim Furyk (USA) 8.31, 3 Adam Scott (Aus) 7.5, 4 Phil Mickelson (USA) 7.27, 5 Ernie Els (Rsa) 6.78, 6 Henrik Stenson (Swe) 6.51, 7 Vijay Singh (Fij) 6.29, 8 Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 6.14, 9 Retief Goosen (Rsa) 5.46, 10 Padraig Harrington (Irl) 5.1, 11 Luke Donald (Eng) 5.07, 12 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 4.85, 13 Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 4.83, 14 Paul Casey (Eng) 4.6, 15 Charles Howell (USA) 3.81, 16 Nick O'Hern (Aus) 3.6, 17 Robert Allenby (Aus) 3.33, 18 Davis Love-III (USA) 3.29, 19 Stuart Appleby (Aus) 3.18, 20 David Toms (USA) 3.17.

Leading Europeans: 21 David Howell (Eng) 3.15, 23 Colin Montgomerie (Sco) 3.02, 29 Ian Poulter (Eng) 2.81, 31 Niclas Fasth (Swe) 2.72, 32 Jose M Olazabal (Spa) 2.72, 33 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 2.72, 34 Justin Rose (Eng) 2.71, 45 Carl Pettersson (Swe) 2.38, 52 Johan Edfors (Swe) 2.31, 55 Thomas Bjorn (Den) 2.18, 60 Lee Westwood (Eng) 2.07, 63 Darren Clarke (Irl) 1.97, 65 Miguel A Jimenez (Spa) 1.95, 68 Bradley Dredge (Wal) 1.89, 75 Simon Dyson (Eng) 1.79, 77 Anthony Wall (Eng) 1.76, 93 Paul Broadhurst (Eng) 1.51, 97 Paul McGinley (Irl) 1.47.