Rank Player Avg Pts.

 1. Woods 20.95 
 2. Mickelson 9.50 
 3. Els 6.17 
 4. Scott 5.96 
 5. Stricker 5.58 
 6. Ogilvy 5.56 
 7. Furyk 5.53 
 8. Choi 5.42 
 9. Singh 5.35 
 10. Garcia 5.31 
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Week 19 - GARCIA BACK INTO THE WORLD TOP 10 WITH WIN AT THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP

5/12/08 6:08 AM

Sergio Garcia from Spain became the first European winner of THE PLAYERS Championship since Sandy Lyle 21 years earlier when he overcame Paul Goydos at the first extra hole, the famous 17th at TPC Sawgrass. The pair tied on 5-under-par totals of 283 after Garcia parred the 72nd hole while Goydos, in the final group, made bogey there. Garcia jumps 8 places in the Official World Golf Ranking to 10th while Goydos moves up to World Number 59.
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TIGER WOODS has held the World Number One position for a total of 495 weeks and has a lead over Phil Mickelson of 11.45 average points.

The other players who have had official World Number 1 status in the 22 year history of the Ranking are BERNHARD LANGER (3 weeks), SEVE BALLESTEROS (61 weeks), GREG NORMAN (331 weeks), NICK FALDO (97 weeks), IAN WOOSNAM (50 weeks), FRED COUPLES (16 weeks), NICK PRICE (44 weeks), TOM LEHMAN (1 week), ERNIE ELS (9 weeks), DAVID DUVAL (15 weeks) and VIJAY SINGH (32 weeks)
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Official World Golf Ranking as of 5/12/2008 in the World.

Rank

 Player Pt.s
Avg.		 Tot.
Pts.		 # of
Evts.		 Pts.
Lost		 Pts.
Gained
 1   Tiger Woods,  USA   20.95   838.06   40   -272.78   326.24 
 2   Phil Mickelson,  USA   9.50   417.87   44   -127.11   161.51 
 3   Ernie Els,  Zaf   6.17   345.67   56   -117.54   85.66 
 4   Adam Scott,  Aus   5.96   304.18   51   -111.08   130.73 
 5   Steve Stricker,  USA   5.58   262.34   47   -77.02   81.42 
 6   Geoff Ogilvy,  Aus   5.56   255.66   46   -86.62   123.82 
 7   Jim Furyk,  USA   5.53   282.02   51   -137.09   91.56 
 8   K.J. Choi,  Kor   5.42   308.86   57   -90.33   100.75 
 9   Vijay Singh,  Fji   5.35   321.22   60   -109.19   120.53 
 10   Sergio Garcia,  Esp   5.31   275.93   52   -79.45   111.64 

 


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