World Golf Rankings: Who are the biggest movers after Scottie Scheffler's 2025 Open triumph

Scottie Scheffler became a four-time major champion on Sunday with victory at the Open Championship at Royal Portrush.

The world number one cruised to a four-shot win in Northern Ireland to move one away from joining Rory McIlroy and other golfing greats in securing the career Grand Slam.

However, while the American strengthened his position at the top of the World Golf Rankings, which other players bolstered their positions in the global standings after last week's performances?

HARRIS ENGLISH

The form of Harris English has gone under the radar, the big-hitting American having won the Farmers Insurance Open at the start of the year and made 11 successive cuts.

That became 12 last week as the 35-year-old contested the positions in the top 10 before finishing as runner-up to Scheffler with a final-round 66.

As a result, English goes from 19th to eighth in the World Golf Rankings, his highest-ever position.

CHRIS GOTTERUP

Prior to the Scottish Open two weeks ago, Chris Gotterup was your run-of-the-mill PGA Tour player at 158th in the World Golf Rankings, but his surprise victory at the Renaissance Golf Club transformed his career.

Backing up the best performance of his career a week later felt unlikely, yet the 26-year-old posted 65, 68 and 67 in his final three rounds to finish in third.

Gotterup now sits in 27th place in the World Golf Rankings and is in line to participate in all of next year's majors.

LI HAOTONG

Back in February, Li Haotong was down at 300th in the rankings before he lifted the Qatar Masters.

Fast forward six months and the Chinese had three top-four finishes to move him up to 111th prior to Royal Portrush.

Despite a missed cut at the Scottish Open, the 29-year-old played the final round with Scheffler and eventually placed fourth, seeing him progress up to 77th in the World Golf Rankings.

LEE WESTWOOD

Advancing nearly 4,000 places with a 34th-placed finish feels far-fetched, yet that is exactly what Lee Westwood did at this year's Open.

The veteran Englishman will be disappointed that a final-round 73 cost him most ranking points, but the LIV player will be relieved to finally have points on the World Golf Rankings for the first time in a while.

Similar applies to the likes of Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson who 45th and 56th respectively.

Written by
Darren Plant