Vegas shoots up rankings

Venezuelan Jhonattan Vegas is up from 187th to 86th in the world after producing the third shock result in a row on the PGA Tour this season.

Following the wins by Jonathan Byrd and Mark Wilson – ranked 121st and 237th respectively at the time – 26-year-old rookie Vegas beat Americans Bill Haas and Gary Woodland on the second extra hole of the Bob Hope Classic.

It was only the fifth PGA Tour event Vegas had played in his career and in addition to the USD 900,000 prize he earns a Masters debut at Augusta.

Latest leading positions:

1 Lee Westwood 8.69pts,

2 Martin Kaymer 8.09,

3 Tiger Woods 7.12,

4 Graeme McDowell 6.41,

5 Steve Stricker 6.02,

6 Phil Mickelson 5.99,

7 Rory McIlroy 5.92,

8 Jim Furyk 5.64,

9 Paul Casey 5.63,

10 Luke Donald 5.42

11 Ernie Els 5.31,

12 Ian Poulter 5.21,

13 Matt Kuchar 4.84,

14 Retief Goosen 4.57,

15 Francesco Molinari 4.42,

16 Dustin Johnson 4.42,

17 Robert Karlsson 4.25,

18 Louis Oosthuizen 3.97,

19 Edoardo Molinari 3.89,

20 Tim Clark 3.84

Other leading Europeans:

24 Miguel Angel Jimenez,

28 Padraig Harrington,

29 Justin Rose,

34 Ross Fisher,

39 Peter Hanson,

47 Martin Laird,

49 Alvaro Quiros,

55 Henrik Stenson,

60 Matteo Manassero,

66 Simon Dyson,

68 Anders Hansen,

72 Rhys Davies,

74 Danny Willett,

75 Fredrik Anderrson Hed,

76 Brian Davis,

80 Sergio Garcia,

87 Soren Kjeldsen,

88 Carl Pettersson,

89 Stephen Gallacher,

90 Chris Wood,

93 Oliver Wilson,

96 Joost Luiten,

99 Jamie Donaldson,

100 David Horsey