Laird and Ogilvy rise in World Rankings

Scot Martin Laird is up to 84th in the world after his fourth-placed finish at the US Tour-opening SBS Championship in Hawaii.

The event was won for a second year running by Australian Geoff Ogilvy, who returns to the world’s top 10 in ninth spot just ahead of 20-year-old Rory McIlroy.

England’s Paul Casey, the only other European in the field, came joint 10th and is just ahead of Ogilvy in the rankings.

Latest leading positions:

1 Tiger Woods 14.13pts, 2 Phil Mickelson 7.95, 3 Steve Stricker 6.73, 4 Lee Westwood 6.43, 5 Jim Furyk 5.58, 6 Padraig Harrington 5.35, 7 Henrik Stenson 5.23, 8 Paul Casey 5.18, 9 Geoff Ogilvy 5.09, 10 Rory McIlroy 4.75

11 Kenny Perry 4.69, 12 Ian Poulter 4.51, 13 Sergio Garcia 4.46, 14 Martin Kaymer 4.32, 15 Sean O’Hair 4.31, 16 Stewart Cink 4.08, 17 Ernie Els 3.99, 18 Ross Fisher 3.92, 19 Retief Goosen 3.89, 20 Robert Allenby 3.79

Other leading Europeans:

28 Robert Karlsson, 31 Luke Donald, 35 Soren Kjeldsen, 38 Francesco Molinari, 39 Anders Hansen, 40 Graeme McDowell, 41 Oliver Wilson, 45 Simon Dyson, 47 Edoardo Molinari, 52 Soren Hansen, 53 Miguel Angel Jimenez, 56 Alvaro Quiros, 59 Alexander Noren, 60 Peter Hanson, 65 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, 67 Ross McGowan, 70 Justin Rose, 76 Chris Wood, 84 Martin Laird, 85 Anthony Wall, 86 Gregory Bourdy.