PHILADELPHIA, April 9 (UPI) -- Zach Johnson has ridden his victory at The Masters to No. 15 in the world golf rankings.
While the Augusta National Golf Club course and weather played havoc with the game of the world's best golfers, it had little effect on the latest golf rankings, except for Johnson, who shot a three-under-par 69 Sunday to claim the year's first major.
He entered the week rated 56th and is the first golfer since the rankings began 21 years ago to win The Masters while ranked higher than 50th.
Tiger Woods, one of three players tied for second two strokes behind Johnson, remained the top-ranked golfer and Nos. 2-7 -- Jim Furyk, Adam Scott, Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, Henrik Stenson and Vijay Singh -- remained the same.
Retief Goosen, also tied for second at The Masters, moved up one spot to eighth, knocking Geoff Ogilvy to ninth. Padraig Harrington is 10th.
