Ryder Cup debutant Oliver Wilson, desperate to be in the world’s top 50 at the end of the year to secure a first appearance in The Masters at Augusta next April, has slipped to 51st by 0.001 points.

American Zach Johnson is up to 33rd in the new rankings, after capturing the Texas Open, and the victory by South African Charl Schwartzel at the Madrid Masters takes him to 66th.

Latest leading positions in the world rankings:

1 Tiger Woods 15.37pts
2 Phil Mickelson 8.76
3 Vijay Singh 7.54
4 Padraig Harrington 7.38
5 Sergio Garcia 7.05
6 Anthony Kim 5.24
7 Camilo Villegas 5.24
8 Robert Karlsson 5.17
9 Ernie Els 5.09
10 Henrik Stenson 5.07
11 Jim Furyk 5.04
12 Lee Westwood 4.96
13 Steve Stricker 4.90
14 Stewart Cink 4.61
15 Justin Rose 4.45
16 KJ Choi 4.42
17 Adam Scott 4.40
18 Geoff Ogilvy 4.32
19 Kenny Perry 4.19
20 Miguel Angel Jimenez 3.98

Other leading Europeans:
25 Ian Poulter, 27 Luke Donald, 34 Graeme McDowell, 36 Martin Kaymer, 40 Ross Fisher, 41 Paul Casey, 42 Soren Hansen, 47 Fredrik Jacobson, 48 Carl Pettersson, 51 Oliver Wilson, 59 Peter Hanson, 60 Darren Clarke, 64 Nick Dougherty, 72 Anders Hansen, 75 Niclas Fasth, 86 Gregory Havret, 91 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, 93 Paul McGinley, 98 Alastair Forsyth, 100 Soren Kjeldsen