ROSE AND McDOWELL ON THE RISE

Justin Rose and Graeme McDowell are up to 33rd and 36th in the world after their wins on both sides of the Atlantic.

Rose's first US Tour victory at the Memorial Tournament lifts him 33 spots, while McDowell improves just eight after lifting the Wales Open at Celtic Manor.

Welshman Rhys Davies, runner-up there just as he was to Luke Donald in Madrid the week before, moves into the top 50 for the first time at 45th.

Because of the relative strengths of the fields - Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson were competing in Ohio - Rose earned 66 ranking points compared to McDowell's 38.

Latest leading positions in the world golf rankings:

1 Tiger Woods 10.33pts, 2 Phil Mickelson 9.48, 3 Lee Westwood 7.54, 4 Steve Stricker 7.33, 5 Jim Furyk 6.86, 6 Ian Poulter 5.72, 7 Ernie Els 5.69, 8 Luke Donald 5.66, 9 Paul Casey 5.57, 10 Rory McIlroy 5.32

11 Anthony Kim 4.99, 12 Martin Kaymer 4.75, 13 Robert Allenby 4.66, 14 Padraig Harrington 4.46, 15 Camilo Villegas 4.24, 16 Zach Johnson 4.11, 17 Retief Goosen 4.10, 18 Geoff Ogilvy 4.00, 19 YE Yang 3.81, 20 Lucas Glover 3.78

Other leading Europeans:

26 Henrik Stenson, 33 Justin Rose, 34 Robert Karlsson, 35 Alvaro Quiros, 36 Graeme McDowell, 37 Sergio Garcia, 38 Ross Fisher, 40 Edoardo Molinari, 41 Francesco Molinari, 44 Miguel Angel Jimenez,

45 Rhys Davies, 48 Peter Hanson, 57 Oliver Wilson, 60 Soren Hansen, 63 Soren Kjeldsen, 70 Anders Hansen, 71 Simon Dyson, 73 Brian Davis, 79 Ross McGowan, 81 Chris Wood, 85 Fredrik Andersson Hed, 86 Fredrik Jacobson, 90 Alexander Noren, 95 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, 100 Shane Lowry