Khan shoots up world rankings

Simon Khan has climbed a massive 365 places on the world rankings to 106th following his stunning BMW PGA Championship victory at Wentworth.

It continues the amazing rollercoaster ride of the Essex player’s career.

He reached as high as 69th four years ago after finishing runner-up in the same event, but last year managed only one top 10 finish all season and had to go back to the European Tour qualifying school.

Khan won that, however, and last Monday received an invitation to the Tour’s flagship event. Now he has won that as well, he has a five-year Tour exemption and a place in the next three Open Championships.

Latest leading positions in the world golf rankings:

1 Tiger Woods 10.60pts, 2 Phil Mickelson 9.62, 2 Lee Westwood 7.76, 4 Steve Stricker 7.76, 5 Jim Furyk 7.00, 6 Ian Poulter 5.92, 7 Ernie Els 5.81, 8 Paul Casey 5.66, 9 Rory McIlroy 5.32, 10 Anthony Kim 5.12

11 Martin Kaymer 4.91, 12 Robert Allenby 4.71, 13 Luke Donald 4.67, 14 Padraig Harrington 4.48, 15 Camilo Villegas 4.35, 16 Retief Goosen 4.16, 17 Geoff Ogilvy 4.09, 18 Hunter Mahan 3.98, 19 Lucas Glover 3.86, 20 YE Yang 3.84

Other leading Europeans:

22 Henrik Stenson, 30 Robert Karlsson, 32 Sergio Garcia, 33 Alvaro Quiros, 34 Ross Fisher, 38 Edoardo Molinari, 39 Francesco Molinari, 42 Miguel Angel Jimenez, 43 Peter Hanson, 49 Graeme McDowell, 50 Oliver Wilson, 53 Soren Hansen, 57 Soren Kjeldsen, 62 Anders Hansen, 64 Justin Rose, 68 Simon Dyson, 70 Ross McGowan, 71 Chris Wood, 75 Rhys Davies, 78 Fredrik Andersson Hed, 84 Fredrik Jacobson, 85 Alex Noren, 91 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, 97 Gregory Bourdy, 100 Danny Willett