Day moves to No. 7 in golf rankings

VIRGINIA WATER, England, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Jason Day jumped three places in the men's world golf rankings Monday, moving from 10th to No. 7.

Day finished second at the European Tour's Qatar Masters, which allowed him to pass Adam Scott, Charl Schwartzel and Dustin Johnson in the updated rankings.

Day was four strokes behind Paul Lawrie at Qatar. That finish allowed Lawrie to go from 78th to No. 47 in the rankings. Kyle Stanley, who won the PGA's Waste Management Phoenix Open, improves 35 places to 52nd.

Luke Donald, with a ranking points average of 9.588, is No. 1 for the 36th consecutive week. Donald is seventh in terms of most weeks atop the list.

Rory McIlroy is second at 7.860, with Lee Westwood in third at 7.537. Martin Kaymer (6.102), Steve Stricker (5.737) and Webb Simpson (5.303) retain the Nos. 4-6 spots, respectively.

Day's average is 5.167 while Scott comes in at No. 8 with an average of 5.072. Schwartzel (5.004) is ninth and Johnson (4.783) completes the Top 10.