Jeev, Jyoti move up in world golf ranking

Riding on a commendable tied third finish at UBS Hong Kong Open, the Indians registered significant jumps in the latest rankings.

Riding on a commendable tied third finish at UBS Hong Kong Open, Jeev Milkha Singh and Jyoti Randhawa registered significant jumps in the latest world golf rankings.

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Jeev, who set the trend by breaking into the top 100 earlier this year, moved from 70th to 63rd spot while Randhawa took a leap of nine places to climb to the 80th spot from last week's 89th position.

Shiv Kapur, who was ranked 184th last week after a major improvement following his tied 18th place finish at HSBC Open, went five places up by virtue of his tied 13th finish at Dunlop Phoenix Tournament.

However, compatriot Gaurav Ghei's rankings plummeted by eight spots due to his dismal tied 42nd finish at the Hong Kong.