Through the Chrysler Championship
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. Stew Cink 250.227
9. Fred Couples 247.727
10. Frederick Funk 233.333
11. Vaughn Taylor 230.833
12. Ryan Palmer 222.500
13. Ben Crane 221.250
14. Tom Lehman 202.920
15. Patrick Perez 197.500
16. Timothy Herron 196.667
17. Charles Howell 175.727
18. Jason Bohn 175.000
19. Mark Calcavecchia 172.500
20. Justin Leonard 167.500
21. Zach Johnson 166.477
22. Joe Ogilvie 161.352
23. Bart Bryant 156.477
24. Brandt Jobe 153.210
25. Woody Austin 150.000
2006 RYDER CUP WORLD POINTS LIST
Through 10/30/05
1. Sergio GARCIA (Sp) 88.91
2. Colin MONTGOMERIE (Scot) 82.78
3. Paul MCGINLEY (Ire) 71.66
4. José Maria OLAZÁBAL (Sp) 67.05
5. Henrik STENSON (Swe) 56.85
6. Kenneth FERRIE (Eng) 40.95
7. Luke DONALD (Eng) 36.19
8. David HOWELL (Eng) 28.88
9. Paul BROADHURST (Eng) 28.00
10. Lee WESTWOOD (Eng) 27.86
11. Raphaël JACQUELIN (Fr) 26.03
12. David LYNN (Eng) 24.99
13. Paul CASEY (Eng) 23.50
14. Nick DOUGHERTY (Eng) 23.32
15. Anders HANSEN (Den) 20.73
16. John BICKERTON (Eng) 20.01
17. Bradley DREDGE (Wal) 19.96
18. Padraig HARRINGTON (Ire) 18.27
19. José Manuel LARA (Sp) 18.22
20. Pierre FULKE (Swe) 17.59
21. Robert KARLSSON (Swe) 17.09
22. Paul LAWRIE (Scot) 16.98
23. Simon KHAN (Eng) 16.73
24. Graeme MCDOWELL (N.Ire) 16.49
25. Peter GUSTAFSSON (Swe) 16.45
2006 RYDER CUP POINTS LIST
Through the Volvo Masters
(10/30/05)
1. Colin MONTGOMERIE (Scot) 1,247,232.90
2. Paul MCGINLEY (Ire) 1,135,339.07
3. Sergio GARCIA (Sp) 1,132,927.20
4. José Maria OLAZÁBAL (Sp) 824,190.42
5. Henrik STENSON (Swe) 758,364.70
6. Kenneth FERRIE (Eng) 669,556.05
7. Luke DONALD (Eng) 500,103.91
8. David HOWELL (Eng) 379,005.17
9. Paul BROADHURST (Eng) 362,718.93
10. Nick DOUGHERTY (Eng) 310,218.62
11. Padraig HARRINGTON (Ire) 288,670.62
12. Paul CASEY (Eng) 286,804.70
13. Anders HANSEN (Den) 285,403.30
14. Robert KARLSSON (Swe) 280,639.97
15. David LYNN (Eng) 279,659.88
16. Bradley DREDGE (Wal) 263,982.57
17. Peter GUSTAFSSON (Swe) 247,714.70
18. Pierre FULKE (Swe) 237,626.92
19. Simon KHAN (Eng) 230,588.13
20. Lee WESTWOOD (Eng) 224,888.79
21. Graeme MCDOWELL (N.Ire) 218,283.81
22. Niclas FASTH (Swe) 214,607.28
23. José Manuel LARA (Sp) 213,190.80
24. Raphaël JACQUELIN (Fr) 207,637.00
25. Stephen DODD (Wal) 172,807.87
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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