Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - With his late rally and stunning collapse
by Adam Scott, Ernie Els won his fourth major championship on Sunday. The win
helped him soar 25 places to 15th in this week's world rankings.
Els has now won the U.S. and British Opens twice each. He narrowly missed out
on this year's Masters, but will be invited for the next five years with this
victory.
Luke Donald shared fifth behind Els and expanded his lead atop the rankings,
but there is a new name behind him.
Tiger Woods tied for third at Royal Lytham and that helped him jump up two
spots to No. 2 this week. That knocked Rory McIlroy and Lee Westwood down to
third and fourth.
Webb Simpson remained No. 5 and was followed by Scott, who climbed seven spots
to sixth in the rankings. Bubba Watson, Jason Dufner, Matt Kuchar and Justin
Rose all dipped one spot apiece.
Graeme McDowell and Zach Johnson exchanged places with McDowell up to 11th.
Hunter Mahan slid three to 13th, while Steve Stricker held steady in 14th.
Behind Els, Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson flip-flopped positions with
Johnson up to 16th. Martin Kaymer dipped three to 18th, Louis Oosthuizen was
down one to 19 and Rickie Fowler remained No. 20.
Charl Schwartzel fell out of the top 20 as he dropped from 19th to 22nd this
week.
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