Day climbs rankings
02/06/2012 08:25:47 PM
Australia's Jason Day was the big mover in the latest men's world golf rankings.
Day moved from 10th to seven thanks to his second place behind Scotland's Paul Lawrie at Sunday's European Tour's Qatar Masters.
The runners-up spot allowed him to pass Adam Scott, Charl Schwartzel and Dustin Johnson in the updated rankings.
Day was four strokes behind Lawrie at Qatar.
That finish allowed Lawrie to go from 78th to No. 47 in the rankings. Kyle Stanley, who won the Phoenix Open, improves 35 places to 52nd.
Luke Donald, with a ranking points average of 9.588, tops the list for the 36th consecutive week. Donald is seventh in terms of most weeks atop the list.
Rory McIlroy is second at 7.860, with Lee Westwood in third at 7.537. Martin Kaymer (6.102), Steve Stricker (5.737) and Webb Simpson (5.303) retain the number 4-6 spots, respectively.
Day's average is 5.167 while Scott comes in at No. 8 with an average of 5.072. Schwartzel (5.004) is ninth and Johnson (4.783) completes the top 10.