Rory McIlroy has returned to the top of the world rankings after Luke Donald finished a disappointing joint 37th at the RBC Heritage.
Donald needed a top-eight finish to prevent McIlroy from regaining the number one spot but the Englishman struggled for consistency over the course of the weekend and a second successive 71 left him on two-over. McIlroy moved to the top of the rankings following his victory at the Honda Classic but Donald reclaimed the spot when he landed the Transitions Championship just a fortnight later.
"#1 again without touching a golf club this week.... I wish it was that easy!" McIlroy wrote on Twitter.
Donald struggled at The Masters last week and he was never in contention at Hilton Head as he fired an opening round of 75 to sit well off the pace. The tournament itself was won by Sweden's Carl Pettersson, who shot a final round 69 to finish five shots clear of American Zach Johnson. Pettersson never looked like losing the tournament and his closing effort brought him to 14-under.
"The swing felt good. I felt calm. It was a great feeling today," Pettersson told reporters.
"In '08 I had a good year. I won Greensboro that year. I was trying to figure out what I was going to do to get to the next level and fitness, and I really started working out and eating better, and I lost 30 pounds very quickly.
"That was during the off-season, and it really threw my golf game. In '09 I played terrible, I finished 150-something on the money list.
"It took a long time, just the last six months I felt comfortable again. Threw my timing off," he said, adding that his Canadian win in 2010 was more like catching "lightning in a bottle.
"I felt like this year my game was starting to come back to where it was. I played really solid. It's fun to play again, and I kept the weight on."
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