Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – Dustin Johnson claimed his first World Golf Championship victory on Sunday and that helped him move back into the top 20 in this week’s world golf rankings.<\/p>\n
Johnson, who earned his eighth PGA Tour victory, soared 11 spots to No. 12 this week.<\/p>\n
Tiger Woods and Adam Scott remained the top-two ranked players. Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson exchanged places with Stenson inching up to No. 3.<\/p>\n
U.S. Open champion Justin Rose held steady at No. 5 and was again followed by Rory McIlroy, Steve Stricker, Matt Kuchar, Brandt Snedeker and Jason Dufner.<\/p>\n
Graeme McDowell, who shared second place behind Dustin Johnson, inched up one to 11th. Dustin Johnson moved into 12th and those two moves bumped Zach Johnson down a pair to 13th.<\/p>\n
Jim Furyk dipped one to 14, Keegan Bradley stayed put at 15 and Luke Donald slid a pair to 16th. Ian Poulter, who shared second with McDowell, jumped five to No. 17, while Sergio Garcia inched up one to 18.<\/p>\n
Webb Simpson, Jason Day and Charl Schwartzel all fell three spots to 19th-21st, respectively. Jordan Spieth also fell out of the top 20 as he dropped a pair to 22nd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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