Cameron Smith breaks into golf top 10

Australia's Cameron Smith has entered the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time.

The Queenslander jumped 11 places to No. 10 following his win at the opening tournament of the year of Champions, where he beat Jon Rahm by one shot to equal the PGA Tour's 72-hole scoring record at 34-under.

Rahm retained his No. 1 position ahead of Colin Morikawa.

The biggest mover of the week was Australia's Matt Jones, who jumped 38 places to be ranked 66th. He finished third with a 32-under in Hawaii after setting the tour's 36-hole scoring record by posting 62 and 61 over the weekend.

The top 50 at that time usually receive an automatic entry into the first major of the season, the Masters at Augusta.

Smith is the 113rd player to break into the top 10 since OWGR was launched in 1986 and the ninth Australian to do so. He follows Stuart Appleby, Ian Baker-Finch, Roger Davis, Jason Day, Steve Elkington, Greg Norman, Geoff Ogilvy and Adam Scott.

Americans Dustin Johnson, Patrick Kentley and Justin Thomas are in the top five, followed by Norway's Victor Hovland, Americans Xander Schöffel and Bryson DeChambeau, Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy and Smith.

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