Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – Bill Haas won the Humana Challenge for
a second time on Sunday and that helped him return to the top-25 in the world
rankings.
Haas closed with a 67 and ended one stroke clear of five players. He improved
from 41st to 23rd in the new rankings.
Rory McIlroy maintained his big lead atop the rankings, and he is back in
action this week in Dubai. McIlroy was again followed by Henrik Stenson, Adam
Scott, Bubba Watson, Justin Rose, Sergio Garcia, Jim Furyk, Jason Day and
Jordan Spieth, who remained second to ninth.
Matt Kuchar shared second place behind Haas and inched up to No. 10. That
bumped Rickie Fowler down a spot to 11th.
Martin Kaymer stayed put at No. 12 and he was trailed by Jimmy Walker, Billy
Horschel and Patrick Reed. Victor Dubuisson and Phil Mickelson exchanged spots
with the Frenchman up to 16th. Hideki Matsuyama and Graeme McDowell were 18
and 19 again this week.
Chris Kirk moved up one to 20th and that pushed Zach Johnson out of the top-20
to 21st.
Branden Grace picked up his sixth European Tour title on Saturday in Qatar,
and he jumped 35 places to No. 44 in the new rankings.
