Karlsson climbs to top ten in world rankings

Robert Karlsson has made it into the world’s top 10 for the first time at the age of 39.

The Swede’s play-off victory over Martin Kaymer and Ross Fisher at the Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews takes him from 18th to eighth in the new rankings.

Colin Montgomerie’s failure to survive the cut drops him out of the top 100 again.

Latest leading positions in the world rankings:

1 Tiger Woods 15.69pts, 2 Phil Mickelson 8.91, 3 Vijay Singh 7.63, 4 Padraig Harrington 7.46, 5 Sergio Garcia 7.14, 6 Anthony Kim 5.29, 7 Camilo Villegas 5.27, 8 Robert Karlsson 5.22, 9 Ernie Els 5.19, 10 Henrik Stenson 5.16 11 Jim Furyk 5.03, 12 Lee Westwood 5.02, 13 Steve Stricker 4.99, 14 Stewart Cink 4.69, 15 Justin Rose 4.55, 16 KJ Choi 4.51, 17 Adam Scott 4.50, 18 Geoff Ogilvy 4.41, 19 Kenny Perry 4.16, 20 Miguel Angel Jimenez 4.12

Other leading Europeans:

25 Ian Poulter, 26 Luke Donald, 33 Graeme McDowell, 34 Martin Kaymer, 38 Ross Fisher, 40 Paul Casey, 41 Soren Hansen, 47 Fredrik Jacobson, 48 Carl Pettersson, 50 Oliver Wilson, 57 Peter Hanson, 62 Darren Clarke, 64 Nick Dougherty, 69 Anders Hansen, 74 Niclas Fasth, 88 Gregory Havret, 89 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, 92 Paul McGinley, 94 Alastair Forsyth, 99 Soren Kjeldsen, 100 Daniel Chopra