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Woods wins, tightens hold on No. 1 ranking

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Tiger Woods poses with the trophy after winning the AT&T National at Congressional Country Club in Potomac, Maryland on July 5, 2009. Tiger won the tournament with a combined score of 267, 13-under-par. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch) 
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Published: July 6, 2009 at 9:47 AM

VIRGINIA WATER, England, July 6 (UPI) -- Tiger Woods has run his reign as the No 1 golfer in the world to 213 consecutive weeks, rankings released Monday indicate.

Woods won his own tournament Sunday, which solidified his hold on the rankings' top spot. He defeated Hunter Mahan, who had a course-record tying 62 Sunday to get into contention while Anthony Kim finished third.

Woods has been the top-rated men's golfer for 555 weeks. Greg Norman (331 weeks) is the only other golfer to be No. 1 for more than 100 weeks in the 23 years of the rankings.

Phil Mickelson is still second on the current list with Paul Casey third, Kenny Perry fourth and Sergio Garcia in fifth.

Geoff Ogilvy, now sixth, switched places with No. 7 Henrik Stenson in the only change in the Top 10 this week.

Steve Stricker is eighth, followed by, in order, Jim Furyk and Vijay Singh.

Mahan's strong finish allowed him to improve 13 spots to a No. 26 ranking. Kim went from 15th to 14th this week.

Topics: Anthony Kim, Greg Norman, Hunter Mahan, Tiger Woods
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