Casey climbs to sixth
12 April 2012
Paul Casey goes into The Masters this week at a career-high sixth in the world after his play-off victory at the Houston Open.
Casey, who beat American JB Holmes at the first extra hole for his first US Tour success, moves up six places.
He began the year 41st and without a win for almost two years, but so far in 2009 has lifted titles in Abu Dhabi and the United States and reached the final of the WGC-Accenture Match Play in Arizona.
Tiger Woods retains the number one spot for a 200th successive week, making it a total of 542 weeks in his career.
Northern Ireland's Michael Hoey is now 148th after his first European Tour title in Portugal. That is a leap of 125 places for the former British amateur champion.
