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Olesen rises in OWGR after win in Turkey

After hanging on to win the Turkish Airlines Open, Denmark's Thorbjorn Olesen is racing back up the Official World Golf Rankings.

Olesen jumped 23 spots to No. 69 in the latest rankings following his victory in Antalya, the first of three events in the European Tour's revamped Final Series. It marks Olesen's highest standing since he was world No. 67 following the Olympics in August.

The biggest OWGR move this week came from Rod Pampling, a surprise winner at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. The 47-year-old Aussie earned his third career victory but first since the 2006 Arnold Palmer Invitational, and as a result Pampling rocketed from No.