Through the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am
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. Arron OBERHOLSER 477.500
7. Scott VERPLANK 471.667
8. Chris DIMARCO 462.500
9. Davis LOVE III 451.875
10. John HOLMES 381.667
11. Ryan PALMER 365.834
12. Vaughn TAYLOR 360.833
13. Lucas GLOVER 351.376
14. Justin LEONARD 287.500
15. Jonathan BYRD 277.500
16. J.J. HENRY 273.750
17. Bart BRYANT 271.477
18. Kenny PERRY 258.000
19. Stewart CINK 256.894
20. Fred COUPLES 247.727
21. Tom LEHMAN 242.917
22. Ben CRANE 233.750
23. Fred FUNK 233.333
24. Jonathan KAYE 222.500
25. Patrick PEREZ 197.500
2006 RYDER CUP
WORLD POINTS LIST
Through 2/12/06
1. Henrik STENSON 136.20
2. Sergio GARCIA 126.45
3. Colin MONTGOMERIE 120.42
4. José Maria OLAZÁBAL 98.89
5. Paul MCGINLEY 83.12
6. David HOWELL 81.14
7. Paul CASEY 66.60
8. Paul BROADHURST 63.48
9. Nick DOUGHERTY 58.42
10. Luke DONALD 51.78
11. David LYNN 46.13
12. Kenneth FERRIE 45.03
13. Darren CLARKE 45.02
14. Anders HANSEN 40.01
15. Raphaël JACQUELIN 37.86
16. Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ 36.72
17. Lee WESTWOOD 35.26
18. Niclas FASTH 34.55
19. Padraig HARRINGTON 31.29
20. Ian POULTER 29.71
21. Thomas BJÖRN 29.05
22. Bradley DREDGE 28.97
23. Robert KARLSSON 26.07
24. Paul LAWRIE 25.86
25. John BICKERTON 25.22
2006 RYDER CUP POINTS LIST
Through (2/12/06)
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 CASEY 659,137.18
10. Paul BROADHURST 638,117.84
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. Robert KARLSSON 349,990.60
17. Padraig HARRINGTON 347,746.72
18. Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ 345,186.16
19. Bradley DREDGE 343,778.98
20. Lee WESTWOOD 310,837.10
21. Raphaël JACQUELIN 310,411.15
22. Ian POULTER 310,262.77
23. Peter GUSTAFSSON 290,612.19
24. José Manuel LARA 255,721.71
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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