Cabrera-Bello soars in world rankings
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Rafael Cabrera-Bello's one-shot win at the Dubai Desert Classic on Sunday resulted in a big jump in this week's world rankings.
Additionally, Phil Mickelson moved up the rankings with an emphatic victory at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
Cabrera-Bello earned his second European Tour victory and moved him to 60th in the rankings, up 59 spots from last week. The win also qualified him for next week's WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
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The Spaniard's victory was all the more notable because he beat Lee Westwood, who rose to second. Luke Donald remains the No. 1 player this week, while Rory McIlroy dropped a place to third.
The rest of the top-10 remains unchanged from last week -- Martin Kaymer, Steve Stricker, Webb Simpson, Jason Day, Adam Scott, Charl Schwartzel and Dustin Johnson.
Mickelson, who fired a bogey-free eight-under 64 on Sunday to win at Pebble Beach, moved up six places to 11th.
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His rise bumped Graeme McDowell, Matt Kuchar, Nick Watney, K.J. Choi, Brandt Snedeker and Sergio Garcia down a spot each. They fill the 12th through 17th positions.
Tiger Woods, who faltered at Pebble Beach with a final-round 75, remained at No. 18. Bubba Watson and Justin Rose are 19th and 20th again this week.