Scott rises to No. 5 in world rankings

Posted: Mon Apr 28 4:01 PM

Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Adam Scott beat Ryan Moore in a playoff on Sunday to win the Byron Nelson Championship, a victory that vaulted him five places to No. 5 in the world rankings.

Tiger Woods, of course, remained No. 1 and was followed again by Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els and Steve Stricker. Scott's move to No. 5 bumped Geoff Ogilvy to sixth, while K.J. Choi held on to the seventh spot.

Jim Furyk was down two places to eighth, Vijay Singh dropped one spot to ninth and Justin Rose was down one place to 10th.

Padraig Harrington, Rory Sabbatini, Henrik Stenson, Stewart Cink, Trevor Immelman, Aaron Baddeley, Sergio Garcia, Luke Donald, Angel Cabrera and Lee Westwood rounded out the top 20 in the same positions they held last week.