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Mickelson up to No. 2 in the world rankings


Phil Mickelson earned his first World Golf Championships victory on Sunday and moved back to No. 2 in the world rankings with his second win of the season.

Tiger Woods held on to the top spot, but his lead over Mickelson is just 0.52 average points. Woods led last week's No. 2 Sergio Garcia by 1.59 average points.

With Mickelson's move up to No. 2, Garcia slipped to third in the new rankings. He was followed by Geoff Ogilvy, Padraig Harrington and Vijay Singh. Camilo Villegas jumped three notches to seventh.

Kenny Perry and Robert Karlsson exchanged places with Perry up to No. 8, while Henrik Stenson fell three to 10th.