Singh overtakes Harrington in World Rankings

Vijay Singh, down to 15th in the world only five weeks ago, is back to third after registering his third victory in that spell at the Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston last night.

The 45-year-old Fijian, who has now won the first two legs of the FedEx Cup play-off series, relegates Open and US PGA champion Padraig Harrington to fourth and Sergio Garcia to fifth.

Latest leading positions:

1 Tiger Woods 17.33pts, 2 Phil Mickelson 9.53, 3 Vijay Singh 7.73, 4 Padraig Harrington 7.70, 5 Sergio Garcia 6.86, 6 Henrik Stenson 5.48, 7 Ernie Els 5.35, 8 Steve Stricker 5.06, 9 Stewart Cink 5.00, 10 Geoff Ogilvy 4.87

11 Adam Scott 4.78, 12 Lee Westwood 4.77, 13 Jim Furyk 4.77, 14 Justin Rose 4.73, 15 Anthony Kim 4.57, 16 KJ Choi 4.50, 17 Kenny Perry 4.37, 18 Miguel Angel Jimenez 4.06, 19 Trevor Immelman 3.91, 20 Rory Sabbatini 3.82

Other leading Europeans:

21 Robert Karlsson, 22 Luke Donald, 25 Ian Poulter, 31 Graeme McDowell, 36 Paul Casey, 43 Martin Kaymer, 44 Soren Hansen, 46 Carl Pettersson, 48 Oliver Wilson, 49 Fredrik Jacobson, 52 Ross Fisher, 56 Niclas Fasth, 57 Peter Hanson, 60 Nick Dougherty, 61 Darren Clarke, 62 Anders Hansen, 85 Gregory Havret, 86 Paul McGinley, 90 Alastair Forsyth, 93 Soren Kjeldsen, 95 Colin Montgomerie, 96 Daniel Chopra