Woods out of top 50 in World Golf Rankings

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Tiger Woods fell out of the top 50 in the World Golf Rankings on Monday for the first time in nearly 15 years.

Woods, who has not won a tournament since the 2009 JBWere Masters in Australia, fell two spots to No. 51, ending a streak of 778 weeks in the top 50, dating to when he was No. 61 on Oct. 13, 1996.

He was No. 2 at the start of this season after being unseated late last year by Lee Westwood of England, but has gone into free fall while playing only nine times this season because of left leg injuries and mediocre play.

Woods holds records for being No. 1 in the world for a total of 623 weeks and for holding the top spot for 281 consecutive weeks until last October.

He had another streak of 264 weeks ended by Vijay Singh in September of 2004.

Hoping to sharpen his game for the Presidents Cup in Australia next month, Woods is playing this week in the Frys.com Open at CordeValle Golf Club in San Martin, Calif.. the second of four Fall Series events on the PGA TourHe has not played since missing the cut at the PGA Championship in the middle of August, as he failed to qualify for the PGA Tour playoffs for the FedEx Cup, which he has won twice.