Rankings joy for Choi

South Korean KJ Choi has climbed to a personal best of seventh on the world rankings after his wire-to-wire win at the Sony Open in Hawaii.

South African Richard Sterne is up to 33rd thanks to his play-off success in the Joburg Open, where Darren Clarke continued his return to form with a fourth place finish. The Ryder Cup star now stands 204th in the world.

Latest leading positions:

1 Tiger Woods 18.83pts, 2 Phil Mickelson 8.39, 3 Steve Stricker 6.91, 4 Jim Furyk 6.51, 5 Ernie Els 6.29, 6 Justin Rose 5.96, 7 KJ Choi 5.89, 8 Adam Scott 5.68, 9 Padraig Harrington 5.37, 10 Rory Sabbatini 5.34

11 Vijay Singh 4.99, 12 Sergio Garcia 4.70, 13 Geoff Ogilvy 4.52, 14 Angel Cabrera 4.26, 15 Zach Johnson 3.95, 16 Henrik Stenson 3.86, 17 Aaron Baddeley 3.85, 18 Luke Donald 3.77, 19 Trevor Immelman 3.63, 20 Niclas Fasth 3.31

Other leading Europeans: 21 Paul Casey, 22 Ian Poulter, 23 Lee Westwood, 41 Miguel Angel Jimenez, 44 Robert Karlsson, 48 Soren Hansen, 49 Nick Dougherty, 50 Anders Hansen, 54 Peter Hanson, 55 Bradley Dredge, 60 Daniel Chopra, 61 Colin Montgomerie, 63 Carl Pettersson, 64 Mikko Ilonen, 68 Simon Dyson, 71 Soren Kjeldsen, 76 Martin Kaymer, 78 Jose Maria Olazabal, 79 Steve Webster, 82 Bernhard Langer, 84 Fredrik Jacobson, 85 Ross Fisher, 93 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, 98 Raphael Jacquelin, 100 Joost Luiten