Rose slips in rankings

Justin Rose has paid a price for not playing in last week’s HSBC Champions tournament in Shanghai – he is no longer Europe’s top-ranked player.

Padraig Harrington has gone back above Rose at seventh in the world thanks to his fifth place finish in China.

Winner Phil Mickelson has closed the gap on Tiger Woods at the top, while joint runners-up Lee Westwood and Ross Fisher are now 25th and 90th respectively.

Latest leading positions:

1 Tiger Woods 22.23pts, 2 Phil Mickelson 9.79, 3 Jim Furyk 7.48, 4 Steve Stricker 7.09, 5 Ernie Els 6.91, 6 Adam Scott 6.40, 7 Padraig Harrington 6.10, 8 Justin Rose 6.08, 9 Vijay Singh 5.67, 10 Rory Sabbatini 5.57 11 Sergio Garcia 5.37, 12 KJ Choi 5.35, 13 Geoff Ogilvy 5.33, 14 Angel Cabrera 4.95, 15 Zach Johnson 4.70, 16 Henrik Stenson 4.49, 17 Luke Donald 4.35, 18 Aaron Baddeley 3.85, 19 Niclas Fasth 3.71, 20 Trevor Immelman 3.65.

Other leading Europeans:

22 Paul Casey, 25 Lee Westwood, 29 Ian Poulter, 44 Soren Hansen, 45 Robert Karlsson, 47 Anders Hansen, 49 Nick Dougherty, 52 Bradley Dredge, 54 Carl Pettersson, 55 Colin Montgomerie, 60 Miguel Angel Jimenez, 61 Jose Maria Olazabal, 62 Peter Hanson, 63 Mikko Ilonen, 66 Simon Dyson, 73 Soren Kjeldsen, 74 Bernhard Langer, 75 Martin Kaymer, 78 Fredrik Jacobson, 81 Raphael Jacquelin, 86 Steve Webster, 90 Ross Fisher, 96 Thomas Bjorn, 99 Markus Brier.