Philadelphia, PA (My Sportsbook) - Tiger Woods picked up his fourth win of the 2009 season on Sunday and that helped him extend his lead atop the world golf rankings. Woods' lead stretched from 2.21 average points to 2.84 average points with his win at the Buick Open. The next four players behind Woods remained the same with Phil Mickelson followed by Paul Casey, Kenny Perry and Sergio Garcia. Steve Stricker and Henrik Stenson exchanged spots with Stricker up to sixth. Geoff Ogilvy held steady in eighth and was trailed by Stewart Cink, who moved up one to knock Jim Furyk down to No. 10. Furyk was followed by Vijay Singh and Martin Kaymer. Lee Westwood moved up one to 13 and bumped Camilo Villegas down a notch to 14. Anthony Kim also inched up one to 15 dropping Sean O'Hair to No. 16. Padraig Harrington, Robert Karlsson and Retief Goosen held steady in the 17th to 19th positions, while Lucas Glover inched up one to close out the top 20. Glover's move knocked Ian Poulter out of the top 20. Oskar Henningsson collected his first European Tour win on Sunday and that helped him soar 302 places to No. 211 this week. |
