Through the FBR Open
1. Tiger WOODS 2,307.500
2. Phil MICKELSON 976.875
3. David TOMS 741.417
4. Chad CAMPBELL 679.602
5. Jim FURYK 521.000
6. Scott VERPLANK 471.667
7. Chris DIMARCO 462.500
8. Davis LOVE III 451.875
9. J. B. HOLMES 381.667
10. Ryan PALMER 365.834
11. Vaughn TAYLOR 360.833
12. Lucas GLOVER 351.376
13. Justin LEONARD 287.500
14. J.J. HENRY 273.750
15. Bart BRYANT 271.477
16. Kenny PERRY 258.000
17. Stewart CINK 256.894
18. Fred COUPLES 247.727
19. Ben CRANE 233.750
20. Fred FUNK 233.333
21. Jonathan KAYE 222.500
22. Tom LEHMAN 202.917
23. Patrick PEREZ 197.500
24. Timothy HERRON 196.667
25. John ROLLINS 180.000
2006 RYDER CUP
WORLD POINTS LIST
Through 2/2/06
1. Henrik STENSON 136.20
2. Sergio GARCIA 126.45
3. Colin MONTGOMERIE 120.42
4. José Maria OLAZÁBAL 95.05
5. David HOWELL 81.14
6. Paul MCGINLEY 77.60
7. Paul BROADHURST 63.48
8, .Paul CASEY 62.64
9. Nick DOUGHERTY 58.42
10. David LYNN 46.13
11. Kenneth FERRIE 45.03
12. Darren CLARKE 45.02
13. Luke DONALD 44.48
14. Anders HANSEN 40.01
15. Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ 36.72
16. Raphaël JACQUELIN 36.50
17. Lee WESTWOOD 35.26
18. Niclas FASTH 34.55
19. Padraig HARRINGTON 31.29
20. Thomas BJÖRN 29.05
21. Bradley DREDGE 28.97
22. Paul LAWRIE 25.86
23. John BICKERTON 25.22
24. Robert KARLSSON 24.86
25. Gregory BOURDY 22.75
2006 RYDER CUP POINTS LIST
Through (2/5/06)
1. Colin MONTGOMERIE 1,498,161.02
2. Henrik STENSON 1,305,530.59
3. Sergio GARCIA 1,236,372.90
4. Paul MCGINLEY 1,183,631.41
5. David HOWELL 1,116,238.77
6. José Maria OLAZÁBAL 824,190.42
7. Kenneth FERRIE 735,315.98
8. Nick DOUGHERTY 672,052.12
9. Paul BROADHURST 638,117.84
10. Paul CASEY 633,294.17
11. Luke DONALD 500,103.91
12. Anders HANSEN 426,297.49
13. David LYNN 415,333.05
14. Thomas BJÖRN 358,215.22
15. Niclas FASTH 355,527.91
16. Padraig HARRINGTON 347,746.72
17. Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ 345,186.16
18. Bradley DREDGE 343,778.98
19. Robert KARLSSON 341,376.26
20. Lee WESTWOOD 310,837.10
21. Raphaël JACQUELIN 299,963.98
22. Peter GUSTAFSSON 290,612.19
23. José Manuel LARA 255,721.71
24. Ian POULTER 255,277.64
25. Simon KHAN 247,603.76
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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