Through the Sony Open
1. Tiger WOODS 1,932.500
2. Phil MICKELSON 766.875
3. David TOMS 741.417
4. James FURYK 521.000
5. Chris DiMARCO 462.500
6. Davis LOVE III 451.875
7. Vaughn TAYLOR 360.833
8. Chad Campbell 304.602
9. Bart BRYANT 271.477
10. Kenny PERRY 258.000
11. Stewart CINK 256.894
12. Fred COUPLES 247.727
13. Lucas GLOVER 238.042
14. Ben CRANE 233.750
15. Fred FUNK 233.333
16. Justin LEONARD 227.500
17. Ryan PALMER 222.500
18. Tom LEHMAN 202.917
19. Patrick PEREZ 197.500
20. Timothy HERRON 196.667
21. Charles HOWELL III 175.727
22. Jason BOHN 175.000
23. Mark CALCAVECCHIA 172.500
24. Woody AUSTIN 170.000
25. Zach JOHNSON 166.477
2006 RYDER CUP
WORLD POINTS LIST
Through 1/15/06
1. Colin MONTGOMERIE 112.44
2. Sergio GARCIA 100.97
3. David HOWELL 76.88
4. Paul MCGINLEY 71.66
5. José Maria OLAZÁBAL 67.05
6. Henrik STENSON 58.84
7. Paul CASEY 57.34
8. Kenneth FERRIE 45.03
9. Luke DONALD 41.51
10. Nick DOUGHERTY 40.12
11. Darren CLARKE 33.97
12. Lee WESTWOOD 33.14
13. Padraig HARRINGTON 31.29
14. David LYNN 31.16
15. Paul BROADHURST 31.07
16. Raphaël JACQUELIN 28.36
17. Anders HANSEN 23.69
18. Paul LAWRIE 23.22
19. John BICKERTON 23.08
20. Bradley DREDGE 21.95
21. José Manuel LARA 20.25
22. Peter GUSTAFSSON 19.81
23, Thomas BJÖRN 19.73
24. Gregory BOURDY 19.51
25. Niclas FASTH 18.43
2006 RYDER CUP POINTS LIST
Through (1/15/06)
1. Colin MONTGOMERIE 1,444,455.20
2. Paul MCGINLEY 1,151,402.70
3, Sergio GARCIA 1,132,927.20
4. David HOWELL 1,083,521.97
5, José Maria OLAZÁBAL 824,190.42
6. Henrik STENSON 792,056.04
7. Kenneth FERRIE 731,349.37
8. Paul CASEY 598,155.90
9. Nick DOUGHERTY 556,643.04
10. Luke DONALD 500,103.91
11. Paul BROADHURST 412,234.35
12. Padraig HARRINGTON 347,746.72
13. David LYNN 327,633.86
14. Anders HANSEN 309,933.56
15. Thomas BJÖRN 300,838.60
16. Bradley DREDGE 297,673.91
17. Lee WESTWOOD 293,821.47
18. Robert KARLSSON 287,836.98
19. Peter GUSTAFSSON 271,111.37
20. Niclas FASTH 255,273.62
21. Raphaël JACQUELIN 248,303.34
22. Graeme MCDOWELL 246,183.79
23. Pierre FULKE 237,626.92
24. José Manuel LARA 235,724.07
25. Simon KHAN 230,588.13
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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