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Mickelson up to world number two

Phil Mickelson is back as world number two following his victory in the Players Championship in Florida.

Lee Westwood's victory in Spain, meanwhile, has lifted him up 15 places to 48th - and if he stays in the top 50 for two more weeks he will not have to qualify for next month's United States Open.

Latest leading positions:

1 Tiger Woods 20.49pts, 2 Phil Mickelson 9.34, 3 Jim Furyk 7.53, 4 Adam Scott 7.23, 5 Ernie Els 6.86, 6 Vijay Singh 6.07, 7 Henrik Stenson 6.03, 8 Geoff Ogilvy 5.76, 9 Retief Goosen 5.60, 10 Luke Donald 5.42, 11 Sergio Garcia 5.24, 12 Padraig Harrington 4.99, 13 Trevor Immelman 4.58, 14 Paul Casey 4.43, 15 Zach Johnson 4.07, 16 Rory Sabbatini 3.72, 17 Charles Howell 3.70, 18 Stewart Cink 3.64, 19 Steve Stricker 3.39, 20 Nick O'Hern 3.18

Other leading Europeans:

26 Jose Maria Olazabal, 27 Ian Poulter, 28 Justin Rose, 31 Robert Karlsson, 32 David Howell, 35 Colin Montgomerie, 39 Niclas Fasth, 43 Carl Pettersson, 48 Lee Westwood, 55 Johan Edfors, 60 Raphael Jacquelin, 65 Thomas Bjorn, 69 Miguel Angel Jimenez, 74 Simon Dyson, 77 Bradley Dredge, 84 Anthony Wall, 85 Darren Clarke

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