Tiger Woods has strong hold on No.1 ranking going into U.S. Open |
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![]() Woods has been No. 1 in the rankings for 635 weeks -- about 12 1/4 years. The sole change in the Top 10 going into the year's second major sees Luke Donald pass Brandt Snedeker for the No. 6 spot with Snedeker now seventh. Harris English won the FedEx St. Jude Classic for his first PGA title. He goes from 139th to No. 84 in the rankings. Joost Luiten, the winner at the Lyoness Open in Austria for his second European Tour championship, improves 41 ranking spots this week to No. 96. The men's world golf rankings, with ranking points average: 1. Tiger Woods, 13.11 2. Rory McIlroy, 9.86 3. Adam Scott, 7.58 4. Matt Kuchar, 6.81 5. Justin Rose, 6.37 6. Luke Donald, 6.02 7. Brandt Snedeker, 5.91 8. Graeme McDowell, 5.67 9. Louis Oosthuizen, 5.38 10. Phil Mickelson, 5.35
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