Tiger's victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational has seen him climb 12 places up to sixth in the world rankings.

It's the former world number one's first time back in the top 10 since May of last year and he's now the second top ranked American behind Steve Stricker in fifth.

With none of the top four playing this week, things remain unchanged at the top, with Luke Donald's recent victory at the Transitions Championship still seeing him in first place, just head of Rory McIlroy, with Lee Westwood and Martin Kaymer in third and fourth.

Graeme McDowell's second place at the Arnold Palmer Invitational lifted him from 17th to 13th.

Further down the list, there was good news for Paul Lawrie (46th) and Ben Crane (49th), who have both qualified for the Masters by virtue of being inside the top 50 in the world following Sunday's final round at Bay Hill.

Latest leading positions in the world golf rankings:

1 Luke Donald 9.87pts

2 Rory McIlroy 9.72

3 Lee Westwood 8.02

4 Martin Kaymer 5.76

5 Steve Stricker 5.71

6 Tiger Woods 5.60

7 Charl Schwartzel 5.17

8 Justin Rose 5.13

9 Webb Simpson 5.10

10 Adam Scott 4.96

11 Jason Day 4.95

12 Dustin Johnson 4.91

13 Graeme McDowell 4.90

14 Hunter Mahan 4.86

15 Phil Mickelson 4.68

16 Bill Haas 4.56

17 Matt Kuchar 4.55

18 Bubba Watson 4.54

19 Nick Watney 4.18

20 Keegan Bradley 4.11

Other leading Europeans:

21 Sergio Garcia

24 Ian Poulter

25 Peter Hanson

30 Thomas Bjorn

32 Paul Casey

33 Alvaro Quiros

34 Martin Laird

36 Simon Dyson

37 Robert Karlsson

40 Anders Hansen

43 Francesco Molinari

44 Fredrik Jacobson

46 Paul Lawrie

51 Miguel Angel Jimenez

53 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano

57 Darren Clarke

59 Robert Rock

61 Matteo Manassero

65 Rafael Cabrera Bello

69 Nicolas Colsaerts

74 Michael Hoey

75 Joost Luiten

79 Alexander Noren

84 Pablo Larrazabal

87 Edoardo Molinari

91 David Lynn

93 Padraig Harrington

94 Jamie Donaldson

95 Carl Pettersson

99 Gregory Havret

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