Chopra jumps to second place in rankings

Sweden’s Daniel Chopra has leapt all the way to second place in the European Ryder Cup race and 61st in the world after his shock victory in the US Tour’s season-opening Mercedes Benz Championship in Hawaii.

Chopra went into the event world-ranked 120th, but beat American star Steve Stricker at the fourth hole of a play-off to claim the first prize of over a million dollars and a Mercedes car. Stricker still improves to a best-ever position of world number three despite losing.