Harrington jumps up rankings

Padraig Harrington is back in the world's top 10 despite the triple-bogey eight which cost him the chance of beating Tiger Woods on Sunday.

Harrington, who this week defends his US PGA title, was one ahead with three to play in the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, but ended up losing to Woods by four and sharing second place with Australian Robert Allenby.

It was the Dubliner’s first top 10 finish since January, a barren spell which had seen him fall from third in the world to 17th.

Woods is now 4.66 points clear at the top again. When he began his comeback from injury in March he led Phil Mickelson by only 0.2, but he has won five times since then.

Latest leading positions:
1 Tiger Woods 12.93pts, 2 Phil Mickelson 8.27, 3 Paul Casey 6.65, 4 Kenny Perry 6.27, 5 Steve Stricker 6.07, 6 Sergio Garcia 5.90, 7 Henrik Stenson 5.81, 8 Geoff Ogilvy 5.64, 9 Stewart Cink 5.24, 10 Padraig Harrington 4.90 11 Jim Furyk 4.88, 12 Vijay Singh 4.82, 13 Lee Westwood 4.73, 14 Martin Kaymer 4.64, 15 Camilo Villegas 4.54, 16 Anthony Kim 4.32, 17 Robert Karlsson 4.24, 18 Retief Goosen 4.21, 19 Sean O'Hair 4.20, 20 Lucas Glover 4.04

Other leading Europeans:
21 Ian Poulter, 23 Ross Fisher, 25 Luke Donald, 29 Rory McIlroy, 36 Soren Kjeldsen, 37 Miguel Angel Jimenez, 39 Alvaro Quiros, 42 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, 45 Oliver Wilson, 47 Soren Hansen, 49 Graeme McDowell, 52 Justin Rose, 57 Chris Wood, 58 Peter Hanson, 60 Anders Hansen, 70 Nick Dougherty, 74 Francesco Molinari, 85 Thomas Levet, 86 Anthony Wall, 93 Steve Webster, 98 Johan Edfors