Kerr moves to No. 3 in women's golf

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., March 21 (UPI) -- Cristie Kerr, Karrie Webb and Paula Creamer, all top finishers at the LPGA Founders Cup, made gains in the world women's golf rankings Monday.

Webb, who made up a six-shot deficit Sunday, won the inaugural event by one stroke over Creamer and Kerr was fourth. Those results move Kerr from fifth to third in the rankings while Webb is up two places to eighth and Creamer jumps three to ninth.

Yani Tseng and Jayai Shin, who tied for 29th at the Founders Cup, retain the top two spots. Tseng has a rankings point average of 11.23 and Shin is at 9.46. Kerr's average is 9.24.

Choi No-yeon and Suzann Pettersen, who both drop one place this week, each have an average of 9.20 but Choi is ranked higher because she has appeared in more events.

Ai Miyazato (8.18) and Kim In-kyung (7.47) keep the Nos. 6 and 7 spots, respectively.

After Webb (7.30) and Creamer (6.81) is Park Inbee (6.56), who falls from ninth to 10th. Michelle Wie (6.46) was eighth last week and is now 11th.