Elevation to world No 1 not assured for Westwood if Kaymer wins again

Lee Westwood is not certain yet to go to world No 1 later this month – Martin Kaymer could deny him.

Although Westwood will overtake Tiger Woods on October 31 – assuming neither plays before then – Kaymer's decision to enter the Andalucia Valderrama Masters in Spain that same week gives him the chance to leapfrog both.

The German moved up to fourth in the world with his third successive European Tour victory in the Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews .

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Westwood, hampered by a recurrence of his leg injury all week, needed to gain a top-two finish to move ahead of Woods, who has led the rankings since June 2005.

Even a top-seven finish would have guaranteed that Westwood took over as No 1 this Sunday given he was pulling out of his Portugal Masters title defence this week to rest his calf, but a closing 73 saw him drop down to 11th.

Latest leading positions: 1 T Woods 8.67pts, 2 L Westwood 8.35, 3 P Mickelson 8.27, 4 M Kaymer 8.04, 5 S Stricker 7.57, 6 J Furyk 7.39, 7 P Casey 6.18, 8 L Donald 5.76, 9 R McIlroy 5.49, 10 E Els 5.35, 11 M Kuchar 5.27, 12 D Johnson 5.06, 13 G McDowell 4.79, 14 E Molinari 4.72, 15 I Poulter 4.65, 16 H Mahan 4.64, 17 R Goosen 4.46, 18 Z Johnson 4.09, 19 L Oosthuizen 4.09, 20 A Kim 4.03.

Other leading Europeans: 22 Pg Harrington, 23 J Rose, 25 M A Jimenez, 26 R Fisher, 34 F Molinari, 39 R Karlsson, 43 P Hanson, 45 H Stenson, 47 A Quiros, 57 M Laird, 59 R Davies, 64 D Willett, 66 S Garcia, 68 S Dyson, 72 S Gallacher, 75 O Wilson, 76 F A Hed, 85 D Horsey, 86 B Davis, 90 S Kjeldsen, 94 C Wood, 96 D Clarke, 99 A Hansen, 100 S Hansen.