After 3 big wins, Scottie Scheffler greatly extends lead on Rory McIlroy in world rankings

Scottie Scheffler has increased his lead atop the Official World Golf Ranking to a significant margin, thanks to a torrid stretch.

The Masters champion is now nearly double the points average of world No. 2 Rory McIlroy. Scheffler stands at 13.99 while McIlroy is at 7.65.

The difference between the two is almost the same as that between McIlroy and world No. 83 Rasmus Hojgaard.

Scheffler has won three huge tournaments in six weeks: the signature Arnold Palmer Invitational, The Players and the Masters. Ahead of Bay Hill, he was only 1.18 average points ahead of McIlroy.

While Scheffler further cemented his status as the world's best, other players made some OWGR moves with their performances at Augusta National.

Ludvig Åberg finished alone in second and climbed from ninth to seventh. Max Homa, Tommy Fleetwood and Collin Morikawa tied for third. Homa went 11^th to ninth; Fleetwood 13^th to 11^th; Morikawa 20^th to 13^th.

LIV Golf’s Cam Smith and Bryson DeChambeau tied for sixth. Smith jumped 16 spots to 52^nd. DeChambeau climbed 100 positions to 110^th.

Tiger Woods, who made the cut but finished in last place, went from 959^th to 784^th.