Tiger slips from No 1 to No 58 in 12 months

Tiger Woods returns to action in the Australian Open this week down at 58th in the world – just one year after losing the No 1 spot to Lee Westwood.

The event in Sydney brings together Woods and his former caddie Steve Williams, who admitted that remarks he made about the American on Friday night “could be construed as racist”.

Williams has since issued an apology, but the controversy is bound to dominate the build-up to this week and next week’s Presidents Cup in Melbourne.

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Further up the order, Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy replaces Westwood in second place, while England’s Luke Donald retains top spot.

World Rankings: 1 Luke Donald (Eng) 10.47pts, 2 Rory McIlroy (NIrl) 7.51, 3 Lee Westwood (Eng) 7.48, 4 Martin Kaymer (Ger) 7.11, 5 Dustin Johnson (US) 6.06, 6 Steve Stricker (US) 6.02, 7 Jason Day (Aus) 5.58, 8 Adam Scott (Aus) 5.48, 9 Matt Kuchar (US) 5.33, 10 Webb Simpson (US) 5.29, 11 Phil Mickelson (US) 5.26, 12 Nick Watney (US) 5.13, 13 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 4.79, 14 Graeme McDowell (NIrl) 4.73, 15 K J Choi (Kor) 4.71, 16 Justin Rose (Eng) 4.15, 17 Bubba Watson (US) 4.11, 18 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 4.08, 19 Hunter Mahan (US) 4.01, 20 Paul Casey (Eng) 3.87, 21 David Toms (US) 3.85, 22 Bill Haas (US) 3.70, 23 Bo Van Pelt (US) 3.64, 24 Kyung-tae Kim (Kor) 3.60, 25 Ian Poulter (Eng) 3.52, 26 Keegan Bradley (US) 3.47, 27 Rickie Fowler (US) 3.45, 28 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 3.45, 29 Thomas Bjorn (Den) 3.42, 30 Brandt Snedeker (US) 3.41, 31 Simon Dyson (Eng) 3.33, 32 Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 3.27, 33 Sang-moon Bae (Kor) 3.26, 34 Anders Hansen (Den) 3.22, 35 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 3.19, 36 Darren Clarke (NIrl) 3.19, 37 Jason Dufner (US) 3.19, 38 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 3.15, 39 Jim Furyk (US) 3.09, 40 Martin Laird (Sco) 3.04, 41 Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 3.00, 42 Y.E. Yang (Kor) 2.96, 43 Gary Woodland (USA) 2.95, 44 Zach Johnson (US) 2.92, 45 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 2.90, 46 Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 2.89, 47 Retief Goosen (Rsa) 2.81, 48 Ernie Els (Rsa) 2.78, 49 Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn) 2.77, 50 Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 2.75. Others: 58 Tiger Woods (US) 2.43, 59 Vijay Singh (Fij) 2.36, 80 Padraig Harrington (Irl) 1.88, 82 Anthony Kim (US) 1.87.