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Updated April 15th, 2019 at 20:04 IST

Rankings out: Here's what Tiger Woods' first major championship win in 11 years has done for his overall rank

Tiger Woods continued his stunning rise up the world rankings on Monday, April 15, by officially returning to the top 10 for the first time since 2014 after his dramatic fifth Masters win

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Tiger Woods continued his stunning rise up the world rankings on Monday, April 15, by officially returning to the top 10 for the first time since 2014 after his dramatic fifth Masters win.

The 43-year-old climbed six spots to sixth after a one-shot victory at Augusta National which crowned one of the greatest comeback stories in sport with a first major title since the 2008 US Open.

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Woods' next target may be a return to the top of the rankings, where he spent a record 683 weeks between 1997 and 2014, including 281 consecutively.

He was ranked outside the top 1,000 in November 2017 when he embarked on his comeback from a fourth back surgery, but now has the top five of Dustin Johnson, Justin Rose, Brooks Koepka, Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas in his sights.

Johnson reclaimed the world number one ranking from Rose just a week after losing it to the Englishman, thanks to his tied-second finish behind Woods as Rose missed the Masters cut for the first time in his career.

Koepka jumped back above McIlroy to third despite narrowly missing out on a fourth major title in just seven attempts.

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Xander Schauffele, the other runner-up in Georgia, moved up one place to ninth.

World top 20

1. Dustin Johnson (USA)    10.01 average pts (+1) 

2. Justin Rose (ENG)        9.20 (-1)

3. Brooks Koepka (USA)      8.96 (+1)

4. Rory McIlroy (NIR)       8.32 (-1)

5. Justin Thomas (USA)      8.04

6. Tiger Woods (USA)        7.74 (+6)

7. Francesco Molinari (ITA) 7.43

8. Bryson DeChambeau (USA)  7.24 (-2)

9. Xander Schauffele (USA)  6.56 (+1)

10. Rickie Fowler (USA)     6.00 (-1)

11. Jon Rahm (ESP)          5.98 (-3)

12. Paul Casey (ENG)        5.40 (-1)

13. Jason Day (AUS)         5.23 (+1)

14. Tony Finau (USA)        5.15 (+1)

15. Tommy Fleetwood (ENG)   5.02 (-2)

16. Matt Kuchar (USA)       4.87

17. Bubba Watson (USA)      4.60

18. Patrick Cantlay (USA)   4.36 (+3)

19. Patrick Reed (USA)      4.35 (-1)

20. Webb Simpson (USA)      4.22 (+3). 

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Published April 15th, 2019 at 20:04 IST

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