Justin Rose and Tommy Fleetwood finished joint third at The Masters, falling short against Rory McIlroy, who defended his title with a one-shot victory over Scottie Scheffler. Rose's and Fleetwood's new Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) has been confirmed following the tournament.
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Justin Rose and Tommy Fleetwood were in contention entering the final day of The Masters, but eventually came up short against Rory McIlroy.
McIlroy successfully defended his title at Augusta National, securing a one-shot victory over his American rival Scottie Scheffler.
But right behind him were McIlroyâs European Ryder Cup teammates Rose and Tyrrell Hatton, who finished joint third alongside American duo Russell Henley and Cameron Young.
Fleetwood, however, endured a very disappointing four-over 76 on Masters Sunday, which saw him plummet to T33.
And such performances have also ensured significant change in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR), with Rose now overtaking Fleetwood.
Despite winning The Masters, Rory McIlroy still finds himself second in the rankings behind world number one Scheffler.
And there is also no change for Young in third place, but Rose is the new world number four, rising five places from the previous week.
His countryman Fleetwood has dropped one spot to fifth, while Henley has climbed six places to sixth.
Fitzpatrick has also suffered a drop of one to seventh, with Collin Morikawa suffering the same fate from seventh to eighth.
His countryman Xander Schauffele is up from 10th to ninth, but J.J. Spaun has dropped from fifth down to 10th.
Only two other changes in the top 20 have taken place, with Robert MacIntyre falling from eighth to 12th, and Patrick Reed climbing from 23rd to 20th.
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The OWGR has experienced a major change this season, with LIV Golf finally finding some light at the end of the tunnel in their lengthy standoff.
It was confirmed earlier this year that the top 10 players and ties in each LIV tournament will receive ranking points.
But the majority of LIV players really had a week to forget at The Masters, with their blushes spared only by Hatton.
He has climbed eight places to 23rd in the OWGR after a superb week at Augusta, having been one of only five players to make the cut.
LIV Golf had 10 players at the major tournament at the start of the week, but that total was halved by Saturday.
On one of those players missing out, Bryson DeChambeau has fallen one spot to 25th, while Jon Rahm has dropped from 30th to 31st after finishing T38 at Augusta.
Sergio Garcia and Charl Schwartzel also made the cut but finished third last and last out of 54 respectively, while Dustin Johnson finished T33.
Joining DeChambeau in a week to forget were Bubba Watson, Cameron Smith, Tom McKibbin and Carlos Ortiz.
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