It took longer than he would have wanted, but Kevin Stadler is now a winner on the PGA Tour. A back-and-forth back nine with Bubba Watson and several other contenders, none who seemed to want to step up to win the tournament, ended with Stadler's 72nd-hole par as the decisive stroke to win the Waste Management Phoenix Open. The win gives Stadler a trip to the Masters, where he will join his father, '82 champion Craig, to become the first father-son pair to play in the same Masters.
A world away in Dubai, it appeared to be Rory McIlroy's championship to lose at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic. McIlroy stumbled in the final round at Emirates G.C., however, opening the door for defending champion Stephen Gallacher to become the first player in the quarter-century history of the event to repeat.
Here's a look at the Official World Golf Ranking top 50:
| Rank | Prev | Change | Country | Player | Avg Pts | Total | Events |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | USA | Tiger Woods | 10.4055 | 437.03 | 42 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | AUS | Adam Scott | 8.8013 | 378.45 | 43 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | SWE | Henrik Stenson | 8.7296 | 453.94 | 52 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | USA | Phil Mickelson | 6.936 | 339.87 | 49 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | ENG | Justin Rose | 6.6413 | 338.7 | 51 |
| 6 | 7 | 1 | USA | Zach Johnson | 6.2488 | 324.94 | 52 |
| 7 | 6 | -1 | NIR | Rory McIlroy | 6.2315 | 311.58 | 50 |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | USA | Matt Kuchar | 5.8645 | 304.96 | 52 |
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| 9 | 9 | 0 | ESP | Sergio Garcia | 5.8591 | 292.96 | 50 |
| 10 | 10 | 0 | AUS | Jason Day | 5.4696 | 235.19 | 43 |
| 11 | 11 | 0 | USA | Steve Stricker | 5.2175 | 208.7 | 40 |
| 12 | 14 | 2 | USA | Dustin Johnson | 4.7913 | 220.4 | 46 |
| 13 | 12 | -1 | ENG | Ian Poulter | 4.7884 | 239.42 | 50 |
| 14 | 13 | -1 | USA | Jason Dufner | 4.7275 | 245.83 | 52 |
| 15 | 17 | 2 | NIR | Graeme McDowell | 4.7239 | 236.19 | 50 |
| 16 | 16 | 0 | USA | Jordan Spieth | 4.6768 | 187.07 | 40 |
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| 17 | 15 | -2 | USA | Brandt Snedeker | 4.6532 | 232.66 | 50 |
| 18 | 18 | 0 | RSA | Charl Schwartzel | 4.4745 | 232.68 | 52 |
| 19 | 19 | 0 | USA | Webb Simpson | 4.4139 | 225.11 | 51 |
| 20 | 20 | 0 | ENG | Luke Donald | 4.2068 | 210.34 | 50 |
| 21 | 21 | 0 | USA | Jim Furyk | 4.1082 | 197.19 | 48 |
| 22 | 23 | 1 | JPN | Hideki Matsuyama | 4.1063 | 164.25 | 40 |
| 23 | 22 | -1 | USA | Keegan Bradley | 4.0346 | 209.8 | 52 |
| 24 | 24 | 0 | DEN | Thomas Bjorn | 3.7603 | 195.53 | 52 |
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| 25 | 30 | 5 | USA | Bubba Watson | 3.706 | 170.48 | 46 |
| 26 | 34 | 8 | CAN | Graham Delaet | 3.5076 | 182.39 | 52 |
| 27 | 25 | -2 | WAL | Jamie Donaldson | 3.4271 | 174.78 | 51 |
| 28 | 33 | 5 | USA | Ryan Moore | 3.2963 | 164.81 | 50 |
| 29 | 26 | -3 | ENG | Lee Westwood | 3.2894 | 171.05 | 52 |
| 30 | 27 | -3 | RSA | Louis Oosthuizen | 3.2743 | 166.99 | 51 |
| 31 | 31 | 0 | FRA | Victor Dubuisson | 3.2615 | 133.72 | 41 |
| 32 | 29 | -3 | USA | Bill Haas | 3.2613 | 169.59 | 52 |
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| 33 | 36 | 3 | USA | Hunter Mahan | 3.1498 | 163.79 | 52 |
| 34 | 28 | -6 | RSA | Ernie Els | 3.1444 | 163.51 | 52 |
| 35 | 32 | -3 | USA | Jimmy Walker | 3.1379 | 163.17 | 52 |
| 36 | 35 | -1 | USA | Nick Watney | 2.9948 | 155.73 | 52 |
| 37 | 67 | 30 | SCO | Stephen Gallacher | 2.8614 | 148.79 | 52 |
| 38 | 37 | -1 | ESP | Gonzalo Fdez-Castano | 2.7997 | 145.58 | 52 |
| 39 | 38 | -1 | ESP | Miguel A Jimenez | 2.7074 | 129.96 | 48 |
| 40 | 39 | -1 | USA | Kevin Streelman | 2.7014 | 140.47 | 52 |
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| 41 | 40 | -1 | USA | Billy Horschel | 2.6802 | 139.37 | 52 |
| 42 | 46 | 4 | USA | Harris English | 2.6533 | 137.97 | 52 |
| 43 | 41 | -2 | NED | Joost Luiten | 2.6217 | 136.33 | 52 |
| 44 | 43 | -1 | ITA | Francesco Molinari | 2.6157 | 136.02 | 52 |
| 45 | 42 | -3 | USA | Patrick Reed | 2.6035 | 117.16 | 45 |
| 46 | 49 | 3 | SWE | Jonas Blixt | 2.5143 | 130.74 | 52 |
| 47 | 44 | -3 | GER | Martin Kaymer | 2.5077 | 130.4 | 52 |
| 48 | 45 | -3 | RSA | Branden Grace | 2.5074 | 130.39 | 52 |
| 49 | 48 | -1 | USA | Chris Kirk | 2.4901 | 129.48 | 52 |
| 50 | 47 | -3 | ITA | Matteo Manassero | 2.467 | 128.29 | 52 |
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