Through the Buick Invitational
1. Tiger Woods 2,307.500
2. Phil Mickelson 916.875
3. David Toms 741.417
4. Chad Campbell 679.602
5. Jim Furyk 521.000
6. Chris DiMarco 462.500
7. Davis Love III 451.875
8. Vaughn Taylor 360.833
9. Lucas Glover 351.376
10. Scott Verplank 331.667
11. Bart Bryant 271.477
12. Kenny Perry 258.000
13. Stewart Cink 256.894
14. Fred Couples 247.727
15. Ben Crane 233.750
16. Fred Funk 233.333
17. Justin Leonard 227.500
18. Ryan Palmer 225.834
19. Jonathan Kaye 222.500
20. Tom Lehman 202.917
21. Pat Perez 197.500
22. Tim Herron 196.667
23. John Rollins 180.000
24. Charles Howell III 175.727
25. Jason Bohn 175.000
2006 RYDER CUP
WORLD POINTS LIST
Through 1/29/06
1. Henrik STENSON 128.04
2. Sergio GARCIA 126.45
3. Colin MONTGOMERIE 120.42
4. José Maria OLAZÁBAL 95.05
5. David HOWELL 79.02
6. Paul MCGINLEY 77.60
7. Paul BROADHURST 60.84
8. Paul CASEY 58.56
9. Nick DOUGHERTY 51.46
10. Kenneth FERRIE 45.03
11. Luke DONALD 44.48
12. David LYNN 42.77
13. Darren CLARKE 36.86
14. Lee WESTWOOD 33.14
15. Padraig HARRINGTON 31.29
16. Raphaël JACQUELIN 30.50
17. Niclas FASTH 28.55
18. Thomas BJÖRN 27.81
19. Anders HANSEN 27.05
20. John BICKERTON 25.22
21. Bradley DREDGE 24.09
22. Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ 23.76
23. Paul LAWRIE 23.22
24. Robert KARLSSON 22.74
25. Peter GUSTAFSSON 22.53
2006 RYDER CUP POINTS LIST
Through (1/29/06)
1. Colin MONTGOMERIE 1,498,161.02
2. Henrik STENSON 1,251,120.14
3. Sergio GARCIA 1,236,372.90
4. Paul MCGINLEY 1,183,631.41
5. David HOWELL 1,099,223.14
6. José Maria OLAZÁBAL 824,190.42
7. Kenneth FERRIE 735,315.98
8. Nick DOUGHERTY 630,106.61
9. Paul BROADHURST 617,244.01
10. Paul CASEY 606,583.58
11. Luke DONALD 500,103.91
12. David LYNN 391,590.32
13. Thomas BJÖRN 349,509.55
14. Padraig HARRINGTON 347,746.72
15. Anders HANSEN 334,887.93
16. Robert KARLSSON 324,360.63
17. Niclas FASTH 320,309.51
18. Bradley DREDGE 313,375.08
19. Lee WESTWOOD 293,821.47
20. Peter GUSTAFSSON 290,612.19
21. Raphaël JACQUELIN 264,745.58
22. José Manuel LARA 255,721.71
23. Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ 253,776.60
24. Ian POULTER 246,571.97
25. Graeme MCDOWELL 246,183.79
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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