Horschel makes another big move in world rankings

Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) - Thanks to his second consecutive win, Billy Horschel has moved into the top 20 in this week's world rankings.

Horschel followed his BMW Championship victory with a win at the Tour Championship. After moving up 22 spots last week, Horschel climbed another nine places this week to No. 14.

Rory McIlroy shared second behind Horschel and extended his lead atop the rankings. McIlroy was again followed by Adam Scott, Sergio Garcia and Henrik Stenson.

Jim Furyk shared second with McIlroy at East Lake and that helped Furyk climb two spots to fifth. That bumped Justin Rose and Bubba Watson down to sixth and seventh. Jason Day and Matt Kuchar were eighth and ninth again this week.

Rickie Fowler and Phil Mickelson exchanged places with Fowler up to 10th. Martin Kaymer and Jordan Spieth were 12 and 13 again this week, and were followed by Horschel.

Horschel's move pushed Tiger Woods, Zach Johnson, Dustin Johnson, Graeme McDowell, Jimmy Walker, Hideki Matsuyama and Hunter Mahan all down one notch and they now rank 15th to 21st.

Paul Casey claimed his 13th European Tour title on Sunday, and that helped him jump 26 places to No. 62. Justin Thomas earned his first victory on the Web.com Tour and he improved 76 spots to No. 129 in the new rankings.