Spieth up to second

16 April 2015 08:17

Jordan Spieth's record-breaking victory in the Masters has lifted the 21-year-old American from fourth in the world to second in the latest rankings.

Spieth carded a record number of birdies (28) at Augusta National and became the first player to reach 19 under par before a bogey on the 72nd hole meant he had to settle for a share of the 72-hole scoring record with Tiger Woods.

Woods finished joint 17th after a closing 73, moving from 111th to 101st as a result, while joint runner-up Justin Rose climbed from 11th to eighth.

Ian Poulter and Paul Casey shared sixth place at Augusta and moved up to 26th and 36th respectively.

Latest leading positions and points average:

1 Rory McIlroy (NIrl) 11.53, 2 Jordan Spieth (USA) 9.14, 3 Henrik Stenson (Swe) 7.63, 4 Bubba Watson (USA) 7.40, 5 Jason Day (Aus) 6.38, 6 Dustin Johnson (USA) 6.28, 7 Adam Scott (Aus) 6.17, 8 Justin Rose (Eng) 6.00, 9 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 5.73, 10 Jim Furyk (USA) 5.69, 11 Jimmy Walker (USA) 5.50, 12 JB Holmes (USA) 4.90, 13 Rickie Fowler (USA) 4.72, 14 Patrick Reed (USA) 4.58, 15 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn) 4.51, 16 Martin Kaymer (Ger) 4.48, 17 Matt Kuchar (USA) 4.44, 18 Phil Mickelson (USA) 4.38, 19 Billy Horschel (USA) 3.89, 20 Brooks Koepka (USA) 3.63.

Source: PA