Graeme McDowell, winner of the Ballantine's Championship in South Korea, and Colin Montgomerie — who missed the cut in America — are 59th and 66th respectively in the world rankings as they chase a place in the top 50 in time for The Masters in three weeks.
Both play in this week's CA world championship in Miami. The cut-off point for Augusta comes a week later.
Tiger Woods' lead at the top is now a massive 12.05 points over Phil Mickelson, following his seventh successive tournament victory. Woods took the Arnold Palmer Invitational with a 24-foot birdie putt on the final hole
Latest leading positions:
1 Tiger Woods 21.75, 2 Phil Mickelson 9.70, 3 Ernie Els 6.68, 4 Steve Stricker 6.41, 5 Adam Scott 5.72, 6 KJ Choi 5.69, 7 Justin Rose 5.61, 8 Rory Sabbatini 5.39, 9 Jim Furyk 5.37, 10 Vijay Singh 5.22
11 Padraig Harrington 5.05, 12 Henrik Stenson 4.86, 13 Sergio Garcia 4.25, 14 Stewart Cink 4.24, 15 Luke Donald 4.17, 16 Angel Cabrera 4.16, 17 Geoff Ogilvy 3.88, 18 Aaron Baddeley 3.66, 19 Lee Westwood 3.59, 20 Zach Johnson 3.55
Other leading Europeans:
21 Niclas Fasth, 23 Martin Kaymer, 25 Ian Poulter, 28 Paul Casey, 44 Soren Hansen, 47 Robert Karlsson, 48 Miguel Angel Jimenez, 50 Nick Dougherty, 55 Anders Hansen, 59 Graeme McDowell, 65 Peter Hanson, 66 Colin Montgomerie, 67 Daniel Chopra, 72 Bradley Dredge, 77 Simon Dyson, 78 Carl Pettersson, 81 Soren Kjeldsen, 85 Peter Hedblom, 87 Fredrik Jacobson, 91 Steve Webster, 94 Ross Fisher, 95 Mikko Ilonen, 96 Johan Edfors, 98 Ross McGowan
