Through the WGC-American Express
1. Tiger WOODS 1,887.500
2. Phil MICKELSON 766.875
3. Christian DiMARCO 462.500
4. Davis LOVE III 421.875
5. David TOMS 366.417
6. Jim FURYK 301.000
7. Kenny PERRY 258.000
8. Fred COUPLES 247.727
9. Fred FUNK 233.333
10. Vaughn TAYLOR 230.833
11. Stew CINK 225.227
12. Ben CRANE 221.250
13. Tom LEHMAN 201.250
14. Patrick PEREZ 197.500
15. Ryan PALMER 192.500
16. Charles HOWELL III 175.727
17. Jason BOHN 175.000
18. Timothy HERRON 171.667
19. Justin LEONARD 167.500
20. Zach JOHNSON 166.477
21. Joe OGILVIE 161.352
22. Mark CALCAVECCHIA 160.000
23. Bart BRYANT 156.477
24. Woody AUSTIN 150.000
25. Jerry KELLY 143.750
2006 RYDER CUP WORLD POINTS LIST
Through 10/16/05
1. Colin MONTGOMERIE (Scot) 68.37
2. Henrik STENSON (Swe) 53.62
3. Sergio GARCIA (Sp) 50.91
4. Kenneth FERRIE (Eng) 35.20
5. José Maria OLAZÁBAL (Sp) 28.64
6. David HOWELL (Eng) 27.22
7. Paul MCGINLEY (Ire) 25.66
8. Raphaël JACQUELIN (Fr) 24.00
9. Luke DONALD (Eng) 21.78
10. David LYNN (Eng) 21.31
11. Lee WESTWOOD (Eng) 20.35
12. Paul CASEY (Eng) 19.47
13. Nick DOUGHERTY (Eng) 19.29
14. Anders HANSEN (Den) 19.23
15. John BICKERTON (Eng) 17.43
16. Peter GUSTAFSSON (Swe) 16.45
17. Stuart LITTLE (Eng) 15.63
18. Pierre FULKE (Swe) 15.11
19. Robert KARLSSON (Swe) 15.06
20. Paul LAWRIE (Scot) 14.40
21. Graeme MCDOWELL (N.Ire) 14.01
22. Darren CLARKE (N.Ire) 13.97
23. Padraig HARRINGTON (Ire) 12.52
24. Bradley DREDGE (Wal) 10.97
25. Steven JEPPESEN (Swe) 9.28
2006 RYDER CUP POINTS LIST
Through the Open de Madrid
(10/16/05)
1. Colin MONTGOMERIE (Scot) 1,040,566.20
2. Henrik STENSON (Swe) 708,364.70
3. Kenneth FERRIE (Eng) 597,456.05
4. Sergio GARCIA (Sp) 576,633.90
5. Paul MCGINLEY (Ire) 468,679.07
6. José Maria OLAZÁBAL (Sp) 367,523.72
7. David HOWELL (Eng) 349,905.17
8. Luke DONALD (Eng) 293,437.21
9. Anders HANSEN (Den) 259,453.30
10. Nick DOUGHERTY (Eng) 251,055.29
11. Robert KARLSSON (Swe) 232,969.97
12. Paul CASEY (Eng) 230,254.70
13. Peter GUSTAFSSON (Swe) 230,214.70
14. David LYNN (Eng) 222,049.17
15. Padraig HARRINGTON (Ire) 216,570.62
16. Pierre FULKE (Swe) 194,041.21
17. Graeme MCDOWELL (N.Ire) 174,698.10
18. Raphaël JACQUELIN (Fr) 171,157.00
19. Bradley DREDGE (Wal) 153,732.57
20. Darren CLARKE (N.Ire) 144,401.21
21. Thomas BJÖRN (Den) 125,561.53
22. Anthony WALL (Eng) 125,204.04
23. Lee WESTWOOD (Eng) 121,688.79
24. Stuart LITTLE (Eng) 113,863.57
25. Niclas FASTH (Swe) 111,407.28
U. S. Ryder Cup Qualifications
The 2006 U.S. Ryder Cup Team is chosen on the basis of points compiled by The PGA of America, which players accumulated from Aug. 22, 2004 (WGC-NEC Invitational) through the 88th PGA Championship at Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Ill., which concludes Aug. 20, 2006. Points are awarded for top-10 finishes at PGA Tour co-sponsored events as follows: 2004 Regular events: 75, 45, 40, 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, 5; 2005 Regular events: 75, 45, 40, 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, 5; 2005 Majors: 450, 225, 200, 175, 150, 125, 100, 75, 50, 25; 2006 Regular events: 375, 180, 160, 140, 120, 100, 80, 60, 40, 20; 2006 Majors: 675, 360, 320, 280, 240, 200, 160, 120, 80, 40. The top-10 finishers on the points list qualify for the 12-man team, and the U.S. Ryder Cup Captain Tom Lehman will select the two final players to complete the team.
European Ryder Cup Qualifications
The leading five players on The Ryder Cup World Points List (1) as of Sunday, 3 September, 2006 will qualify for The 2006 European Ryder Cup Team. In the event of a tie (equal number of points accumulated), placings will be decided by the player with the higher ranking on the Official World Golf Ranking as of Monday 28th August, 2006. The leading five players, not otherwise qualified (having selected the five players from The Ryder Cup World Points List (A) above), from The Ryder Cup European Points List (2) as of Sunday, 3 September, 2006 will qualify for The 2006 European Ryder Cup Team. In the event of a tie (equal number of points accumulated), placings will be decided by the player with the higher ranking on the 2006 European Tour Order of Merit as of 3 September, 2006.
The Captain, Ian Woosnam, will choose the remaining two players for The 2006 European Ryder Cup Team.
(1) The Ryder Cup World Points List is comprised of World Ranking Points won by a European Tour Member from each tournament in which he participates between 1 September, 2005 and 3 September, 2006. For the final week of qualifying only, World Ranking Points will be awarded solely for the BMW International Open on The European Tour Schedule. World Ranking Points are allocated to all officially sanctioned tournaments (on any Federated Tour) by the Official World Golf Ranking and are allocated according to the Event Rating of the tournament.
(2) The Ryder Cup European Points List is comprised of points (1 point = 1 Euro) earned by a European Tour Member from all officially sanctioned European Tour events on the European Tour Order of Merit between 1 September, 2005 and 3 September, 2006.
The 36th Ryder Cup Matches will be held September 22-24, 2006, at The K Club in Straffan, Ireland
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