McIlroy up to second in rankings

Rory McIlroy’s victory in the Open Championship has taken him from eighth to second in the latest world rankings.

McIlroy held off a determined challenge from Sergio Garcia to lift the Claret Jug at Royal Liverpool and claim his third major title. McIlroy has been world number one on four occasions and a total of 39 weeks, losing it to Tiger Woods in March 2013.