Harrington closing in on Mickelson in World Rankings

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08/11/2008 - Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Padraig Harrington won his second straight major championship on Sunday and closed the gap on Phil Mickelson in this week's Official World Golf Rankings.

Harrington trailed No. 2 Mickelson by 3.39 points last week and is now just 2.02 points back. Tiger Woods remains a solid No. 1.

Sergio Garcia shared second place behind Harrington and he moved up two spots to No. 4 in the new rankings. Vijay Singh fell one to five, while Henrik Stenson climbed five spots to No. 6.

Ernie Els slipped a pair to seventh, Stewart Cink moved up one to eighth and Geoff Ogilvy slid two to ninth.

Steve Stricker held steady in the 10th position, while Adam Scott tumbled three to 11th. Justin Rose jumped four positions to 12th with Jim Furyk behind Rose at No. 13.

Lee Westwood fell a pair of places to 14th and was followed by Anthony Kim, who was 15th again this week. K.J. Choi also fell two spots to 16th and was followed Kenny Perry and Trevor Immelman, who stayed put in 17th and 18th.

Rory Sabbatini and Miguel Angel Jimenez exchanged places with Sabbatini up to 19th this week.

Ben Curtis, who shared second with Garcia, soared 40 places to No. 37 in the new rankings.

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Kurt Warner to start, Matt Leinart to watch

Despite the debate that's swirling , Kurt Warner will remain the starting quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals, coach Dennis Green said today. The Arizona Cardinals are the +7 point underdog at online sportsbook MySportsbook.com for this Sunday's game.

Green's comment came in a statement released by the team following an ESPN report that Green decided that rookie Matt Leinart would replace Warner as starter for Sunday's game at Atlanta.

"Generally talking about the starting lineup is not something we do," Green told the AP. "However, given the speculation that was out there we want to make it clear. We're disappointed after last week, but we still expect to be a playoff football team and we fully expect Kurt Warner to be the quarterback that leads us. That has not changed."

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