LONDON, Nov 7: Tiger Woods strengthened his hold at the top of the world rankings after his second place behind fellow American Bart Bryant at the season-ending Tour Championship in Atlanta.

Woods, who fired a one-under-par 69 to finish six strokes adrift of Bryant at East Lake Golf Club on Sunday, boosted his points average to 18.07.

Second-ranked Vijay Singh trails Woods by an average of 7.30 world ranking points after tying for fourth in Atlanta.

Fijian Singh, a four-times winner on the PGA Tour this season, has had three spells as world number one since ending Woods’s five-year reign at the top last September.

U.S. PGA champion Phil Mickelson, who skipped the Atlanta tournament, and twice U.S. Open winner Retief Goosen, who fell back into a share of fourth with a final-round 74, stayed third and fourth in the official world rankings announced on Monday.—Reuters