Ernie Els is up from 40th to 15th in the world after his amazing Open Championship win at Royal Lytham - and Tiger Woods is now second.

Els won by a stroke after he birdied the last hole and Australian Adam Scott bogeyed the last four.

Tiger Woods

Woods was in a tie for third with fellow American Brandt Snedeker and now has only England's Luke Donald ahead of him eight months after slumping from first to 58th.

Latest leading positions in the world golf rankings:

1 Luke Donald 9.81pts
2 Tiger Woods 8.45
3 Rory McIlroy 8.41
4 Lee Westwood 7.89
5 Webb Simpson 6.47
6 Adam Scott 6.27
7 Bubba Watson 6.23
8 Jason Dufner 5.87
9 Matt Kuchar 5.75
10 Justin Rose 5.47
11 Graeme McDowell 5.38
12 Zach Johnson 5.31
13 Hunter Mahan 5.26
14 Steve Stricker 4.90
15 Ernie Els 4.81
16 Dustin Johnson 4.71
17 Phil Mickelson 4.52
18 Martin Kaymer 4.50
19 Louis Oosthuizen 4.43
20 Rickie Fowler 4.40