Tiger Woods slides down rankings

Tiger Woods is out of the world's top 20 for the first time since January 1997.



The American, who held the number one spot for more than 11 years in 10 different spells, has not been able to play since May 12 because of knee and Achilles tendon injuries.



Woods has dropped from eighth to 21st in the rankings in that time although he's expected to announce later this week that he is returning to action at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational early next month.



Meanwhile, Sergio Garcia has earned a place in next week's world championship by keeping his place in the game's top 50.



Back to form with two successive top-10 finishes in majors and a play-off defeat in Germany in between, Garcia is 48th going into this week's Greenbrier Classic in West Virginia.