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Merritt Moves Up In World Golf Rankings; Fowler Cracks Top 5

 width=For the first time since first appearing at No. 1,414 in August 2008, Troy Merritt has cracked the Official World Golf Ranking's top 100.

Thanks to his victory at the Quicken Loans National on Sunday, Merritt is now 99th in the world, up from 180th. The 29-year-old will play in the WGC-Bridgestone this week and in his first career major, the PGA Championship, next week.

One spot behind Merritt on the leaderboard, Rickie Fowler used his runner-up finish to vault to No. 5, tying his highest career ranking, which he ascended to and dropped from last month.

And in the weekly Tiger Woods watch, the former world No. 1 actually moved up four spots, from 266th to 262nd, with his T-18 finish in Virginia. This marks, believe it or not, the first upward movement for Woods in the OWGR since the week of April 11. He now sits sandwiched between the United States' Hudson Swafford and England's David Horsey.

The top 10 for the week of Aug. 2 saw 1. Rory McIlroy, 2. Jordan Spieth, 3. Bubba Watson, 4. Jason Day, 5. Rickie Fowler, 6. Jim Furyk, 7. Dustin Johnson, 8. Justin Rose, 9. Henrik Stenson, 10. Sergio Garcia.

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