Rose climbs to seventh in world rankings

Justin Rose jumped five places to seventh in the world rankings.

Justin Rose won for the second time in 2007 on Sunday and in doing so claimed the top spot on the European Tour’s Order of Merit and also jumped five places to seventh in the world rankings.

The top six in the rankings remained the same with Tiger Woods trailed by Phil Mickelson, Jim Furyk, Ernie Els, Steve Stricker and Adam Scott.

Rose followed that group, while Padraig Harrington and Rory Sabbatini were down one spot apiece to eighth and ninth.

Vijay Singh finished second to Angel Cabrera in an Asian Tour event in Singapore. That moves Singh up three places to 10th. K.J. Choi, Sergio Garcia and Geoff Ogilvy all dropped two places to 11th to 13th.

Cabrera moved up to 14th with his win at the Barclays Singapore Open. The next three players — Zach Johnson, Henrik Stenson and Luke Donald — were down one place apiece.

Aaron Baddeley and Trevor Immelman exchanged places with Baddeley up to 18th. Niclas Fasth held steady at No. 20 this week.

Stephen Ames won the final PGA Tour event of the year and jumped 19 spots to 30th in the new rankings.

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