Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) - Sergio Garcia defeated Henrik Stenson in Thailand over the weekend and that helped the Spaniard move back into the top 10 in this week's world golf rankings.
Garcia improved nine places to No. 10 thanks to his fourth Asian Tour title.
The top nine in the rankings remained unchanged with No. 1 Tiger Woods followed by Adam Scott, Henrik Stenson, Justin Rose, Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy, Matt Kuchar, Steve Stricker and Zach Johnson.
Garcia was followed by Jason Day, who remained No. 11, and Ian Poulter, who improved a pair to 12th. Brandt Snedeker tumbled three notches to 13th, while Graeme McDowell dipped a pair to 14th.
Jason Dufner, Dustin Johnson, Luke Donald, Charl Schwartzel and Jim Furyk all dropped one spot and are now ranked 15th through 19th respectively. Keegan Bradley rounded out the top 20 again this week.
With this being the final rankings of 2013, 14 players, who were not already eligible, gained a spot in the 2014 Masters for being ranked in the top 50 of the final world rankings of the year.
Those 14 are -- Hideki Matsuyama, Thomas Bjorn, Jamie Donaldson, Victor Dubuisson, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Miguel A. Jimenez, Francesco Molinari, Rickie Fowler, Matteo Manassero, David Lynn, Thongchai Jaidee, Peter Hanson, Joost Luiten and Branden Grace.
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