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Villegas climbs nine spots in world rankings

Mon 8th, March 2010

Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Camilo Villegas cruised to a five-stroke win Sunday at the Honda Classic and soared nine spots to No. 12 in this week's official world rankings.

Tiger Woods remained No. 1 and the top nine was unchanged from last week with Steve Stricker, Phil Mickelson, Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter, Paul Casey, Jim Furyk, Martin Kaymer and Rory McIlroy following Woods.

Henrik Stenson and Geoff Ogilvy moved up one spot apiece to 10th and 11th and were followed by Villegas, who has three top-eight finishes on the PGA Tour this year.

Padraig Harrington tumbled three places to 13th, while Kenny Perry and Robert Allenby exchanged positions with Perry up to 14th.

Sergio Garcia slid three to 16, Retief Goosen dipped one to 17 and Stewart Cink jumped up two to 18th. Sean O'Hair held steady in 19th and Ernie Els was down three to 20th this week. Robert Karlsson dropped out of the top 20, tumbling three to 21st.

South Korean teenager Seung-yul Noh was victorious on the European Tour and soared 136 places to No. 130 this week, while Steve Pate climbed to No. 424 with his Nationwide Tour victory in Bogota.