Tiger Woods makes big jump in world golf rankings. Golf News – Times of India

Tiger woods I posted the two worst periods of my career masters over the weekend, but just making the cut saw the 15-time major winner vault 228 places Official World Golf Ranking.
Woods, who hasn’t played a competitive round since the 2020 Masters in November that year, finished last week at 973. He dropped to 745th place after his 47th place performance. Augusta National,
It is a far cry from the 679 weeks he spent at No. 1, but the 46-year-old’s ability to compete again has been in question since he lost his leg in a car accident 14 months ago.
Woods unlikely to resume anything close to perfect PGA Tour program in the future, but said after Sunday’s round that he intended to play in Open Championship St Andrews in July.
Scotty Scheffler tightens his grip on the top spot with his win. Anointed as the new No. 1 just last week, Schaeffler now has a lead of 180.17 points Colin MorikawaJoe returned to No. 2 in the world with his solo fifth at The Masters.
Jon Rahm has slipped a spot for the second week in a row and is at number three in the Masters after T27. Victor Hovland is at No. 4, followed by Cameron Smith, who rose to a career-best No. 5 on Sunday despite a disappointing 73 that left him in a third-place tie.
Rory McIlroy tied Sunday’s scoring record at the Masters with 64 and his runner-up finish lifted him two places to 7th, just two places behind Patrick Cantley. Justin Thomas, Dustin Johnson and Sam Burns round out the top 10. Burns missed the cut by a shot but entered the top 10 for the first time, slipping away from Xander Schöffele, who also failed to make the weekend.
Joaquin Niemann also achieved a new career best, rising five places to be in 15th place. The young Chilean got off to a warm start with 69 in Augusta while playing with Woods on Thursday before cooling off over the weekend and settling for a T35.
Sungjae Im (No. 21) and Shane Lowry (30) each jumped five places with their top-10 finishes.
Phil Mickelson, who opted not to play the Masters while taking a break from competitive golf, steadied at number 51, just outside the coveted top-50, to qualify for all major events around the world.
After failing to qualify for the Masters for the second year in a row, Ricky Fowler dropped four places to number 138. This is the lowest Fowler has been ranked since finishing in 251st place in 2009.