Mon May 5 13:14:45 2008

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Inkster returns to top 10 in world rankings

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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Juli Inkster was a playoff loser to Paula Creamer on Sunday, but she jumped five spots to No. 9 in the world rankings for women's golf.

The top seven in the rankings remained the same with No. 1 Lorena Ochoa followed by Annika Sorenstam, Suzann Pettersen, Creamer, Karrie Webb, Cristie Kerr and Ji-Yai Shin.

Jeong Jang climbed two to eighth and was followed by Inkster. Jee Young Lee was bumped down a pair to 10th. The next four -- Momoko Ueda, Mi Hyun Kim, Se Ri Pak and Morgan Pressel -- were down one apiece and are now 11th to 14th.

Stacy Prammanasudh remained in 15th and was again followed by Maria Hjorth and Sakura Yokomine. Angela Stanford jumped two to 18th, knocking Seon-Hwa Lee and Yuri Fudoh down to 19th and 20th.