How many OWGR spots did Stephan Jaeger jump after the Texas Children’s Houston Open win? Rankings explored

The victory at the Texas Children’s Houston Open has helped Stephan Jaeger jump inside the top 50 in the latest Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR) update. He now ranks 43rd, a 28-spot jump from last week. This is also his best ranking of a 12-year-long professional career.

Jaeger was ranked 71st ahead of the week at Memorial Park and was nowhere near being the favorite to win this week. As per BetMGM, he was +5000 to win the tournament, and Scottie Scheffler, who finished runner-up, was +275 for this week.

At the beginning of the 2024 season, Jaeger was ranked 101st in the world. However, thanks to the good season so far, his ranking has been continuously on the rise. Before winning the Texas Children's Houston Open, he had made six cuts out of eight starts and already had two T3 finishes at the Farmers Insurance Open and Mexico Open at Vidanta, respectively.

The win at Memorial Park has also secured Jaeger's spot in the upcoming Masters. This will be his first appearance at the Augusta National.

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Who is leading the OWGR after the Houston Open? The latest world rankings explored

Here are the rankings after the Houston Open (updated on Sunday, March 31):

1. Scottie Scheffler
2. Rory Mcilroy
3. Jon Rahm
4. Wyndham Clark
5. Xander Schauffele
6. Viktor Hovland
7. Patrick Cantlay
8. Brian Harman
9. Ludvig Aberg
10. Max Homa
11. Matt Fitzpatrick
12. Tommy Fleetwood
13. Cameron Young
14. Hideki Matsuyama
15. Sahith Theegala
16. Collin Morikawa
17. Tyrrell Hatton
18. Keegan Bradley
19. Jordan Spieth
20. Sam Burns
21. Tom Kim
22. Jason Day
23. Russell Henley
24. Matthieu Pavon
25. Nick Taylor
26. Tony Finau
27. Chris Kirk
28. Justin Thomas
29. Sepp Straka
30. Will Zalatoris
31. Brooks Koepka
32. Min Woo Lee
33. Shane Lowry
34. Rickie Fowler
35. Lucas Glover
36. Emiliano Grillo
37. Nicolai Hojgaard
38. Eric Cole
39. Sungjae Im
40. Harris English
41. Kurt Kitayama
42. Byeong Hun An
43. Stephan Jaeger
44. J.T. Poston
45. Si Woo Kim
46. Adam Hadwin
47. Corey Conners
48. Jake Knapp
49. Ryan Fox
50. Austin Eckroat
51. Denny Mccarthy
52. Adam Scott
53. Taylor Moore
54. Grayson Murray
55. Adrian Meronk
56. Justin Rose
57. Tom Hoge
58. Christiaan Bezuidenhout
59. Adam Schenk
60. Cameron Davis
61. Erik Van Rooyen
62. Cameron Smith
63. Mackenzie Hughes
64. Thomas Detry
65. Luke List
66. Alex Noren
67. Peter Malnati
68. Brendon Todd
69. Nick Dunlap
70. Andrew Putnam
71. Thorbjorn Olesen
72. Lee Hodges
73. Aaron Rai
74. Mark Hubbard
75. Keith Mitchell
76. Beau Hossler
77. Adam Svensson
78. Keita Nakajima
79. Robert Macintyre
80. Billy Horschel
81. Rasmus Hojgaard
82. Lucas Herbert
83. Sami Valimaki
84. Taylor Montgomery
85. Patrick Rodgers
86. Ryo Hisatsune
87. Akshay Bhatia
88. Rikuya Hoshino
89. Kyoung-Hoon Lee
90. Victor Perez
91. Joaquin Niemann
92. Jordan Smith
93. Thriston Lawrence
94. Matt Wallace
95. Ben Griffin
96. Matt Kuchar
97. Alejandro Tosti
98. Alexander Bjork
99. Justin Suh
100. Taylor Pendrith