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Woods lifts world rankings lead

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LONDON, England -- Tiger Woods stretched his commanding lead at the top of the world rankings on Monday after his win at the Wachovia Championship.

The 31-year-old American, who finished with a 13-under total of 275 in Charlotte, North Carolina on Sunday, is now 13.16 average points ahead of second-placed Jim Furyk.

Furyk has a narrow lead of 0.01 points over Phil Mickelson after the left-hander shared third position behind Woods at Quail Hollow.

Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano climbed 86 places to 117th after his playoff victory over Austrian Markus Brier at the Italian Open.

Latest world rankings: (U.S. unless stated, last week's positions in brackets)

1. (1) Tiger Woods 20.77

2. (2) Jim Furyk 7.61

3. (3) Phil Mickelson 7.60

4. (4) Adam Scott (Australia) 7.07

5. (5) Ernie Els (South Africa) 7.04

6. (6) Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 6.15

7. (7) Vijay Singh (Fiji) 6.15

8. (8) Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) 5.79

9. (9) Retief Goosen (South Africa) 5.73

10. (10) Luke Donald (Britain) 5.49

11. (11) Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 5.04

12. (12) Trevor Immelman (South Africa) 4.73

13. (13) Paul Casey (Britain) 4.58

14. (14) Sergio Garcia (Spain) 4.42

15. (15) Zach Johnson 4.00

16. (16) Charles Howell III 3.74

17. (18) Rory Sabbatini (South Africa) 3.72

18. (42) Steve Stricker 3.46

19. (17) Nick O'Hern (Australia) 3.29

20. (19) David Toms 3.23


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