Kaymer rise continues in world rankings

Martin Kaymer is just outside the world’s top 20 after following his Abu Dhabi Championship victory with second place in the Dubai Desert Classic on Sunday.

Latest leading positions in the world golf rankings:

1 Tiger Woods 20.43, 2 Phil Mickelson 9.18, 3 Steve Stricker 6.47, 4 Ernie Els 6.37, 5 Adam Scott 6.07, 6 Jim Furyk 5.98, 7 Justin Rose 5.95, 8 Rory Sabbatini 5.63, 9 KJ Choi 5.61, 10 Padraig Harrington 5.07.

11 Vijay Singh 4.84, 12 Sergio Garcia 4.73, 13 Henrik Stenson 4.67, 14 Geoff Ogilvy 4.19, 15 Angel Cabrera 4.08, 16 Zach Johnson 3.86, 17 Aaron Baddeley 3.77, 18 Lee Westwood 3.67, 19 Luke Donald 3.58, 20 Trevor Immelman 3.46.

Other leading Europeans:

21 Martin Kaymer, 23 Niclas Fasth, 24 Ian Poulter, 25 Paul Casey, 40 Soren Hansen, 41 Robert Karlsson, 42 Miguel Angel Jimenez, 50 Nick Dougherty, 52 Anders Hansen, 57 Bradley Dredge, 60 Peter Hanson, 61 Colin Montgomerie, 63 Daniel Chopra, 68 Carl Pettersson, 70 Simon Dyson, 71 Mikko Ilonen, 73 Soren Kjeldsen, 74 Steve Webster, 83 Bernhard Langer, 87 Ross Fisher, 88 Graeme McDowell, 89 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, 90 Jose Maria Olazabal, 92 Fredrik Jacobson, 97 Ross McGowan.