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Milkha Singh climbed two places to 146th in the latest World Golf Rankings on the back of his tied fifth place finish at the Sega Sammy Cup on the Japan Tour.

The Chandigarh golfer, who failed to qualify for the British Open at Royal Liverpool Club in Hoylake, England, had fallen four spots last week after enjoying a considerable jump in rankings due to his excellent form this season which has taken him to the top of the Asian Tour Order of Merit.

Shiv Kapur, the sole Indian representative at British Open, the oldest major in the world, failed to make the cut and saw his ranking fall from 175th to 184th.

Jyoti Randhawa, who was the highest ranked Indian not too long ago, continued to move in the wrong direction as he slid three spots to 164th.

Arjun Atwal managed to arrest the free fall in his ranking by managing a tied 17th place finish at the B C Open on the USPGA Tour. With only his third top-20 finish of the current season, Atwal climbed up a notch to 183rd spot.

Swedish golfer of Indian origin, Daniel Chopra who finished tied 41st in the same event, fell four spots to 175th.

Tiger Woods consolidated his lead at the top of the rankings by claiming his third claret jug at Royal Liverpool. He leads compatriot Phil Mickelson and Fijian Vijay Singh. American Jim Furyk climbs one place to fourth at the expense of South African Retief Goosen.

After his impressive outing at the open championship, Ernie Els moved a place up to seventh behind Australian Adam Scott. Another Aussie, US Open winner Geoff Ogilvy is eighth while Europeans Sergio Garcia and Luke Donald round off the top ten.