Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – Matt Jones became the second straight Australian winner on the PGA Tour on Sunday and that win helped him jump into the top 50 in this week’s world golf rankings.<\/p>\n
Jones, who won for the first time on the PGA Tour, soared 49 spots to No. 41 in the latest rankings.<\/p>\n
The top five remained unchanged with Tiger Woods followed by Adam Scott, Henrik Stenson, Jason Day and Phil Mickelson.<\/p>\n
Sergio Garcia finished third in Houston and moved up two spots to No. 6, while Matt Kuchar lost to Jones in a playoff, but still improved four spots to seventh.<\/p>\n
Justin Rose and Rory McIlroy were both down two to eighth and ninth. Zach Johnson and Dustin Johnson, no relation, both dipped one to 10 and 11.<\/p>\n
Bubba Watson held steady in 12th and was followed by Jordan Spieth, Graeme McDowell, Steve Stricker, Jason Dufner, Charl Schwartzel and Keegan Bradley.<\/p>\n
Brandt Snedeker and Ian Poulter exchanged places with Snedeker up to 19th and Poulter dipping to 20th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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