Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Rory McIlroy's historic 8-shot victory
Sunday at the PGA Championship moved him back to No. 1 in this week's world
rankings.
McIlroy first became No. 1 after his win at The Honda Classic, but lost it to
Luke Donald shortly after. Donald had been No. 1 for 10 weeks, but fell to No.
2.
Tiger Woods dipped one to third, followed by Lee Westwood and U.S. Open
champion Webb Simpson.
Adam Scott inched up to sixth while Justin Rose, who shared third at Kiawah
Island, climbed three to seventh. Masters champion Bubba Watson dropped two to
eighth, Jason Dufner slipped one to ninth and Steve Stricker moved up one to
No. 10.
Matt Kuchar missed the cut at the PGA and fell two to 11th this week. Keegan
Bradley tied for third in his title defense this week and jumped up three to
12th. Graeme McDowell, Zach Johnson and Hunter Mahan each fell a spot to
complete the top 15.
Louis Oosthuizen, Ernie Els, Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson and Rickie Fowler
all held their spots from last week.
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