Through the Bay Hill
1. Tiger WOODS 2,690.000
2. David TOMS 1,068.917
3. Phil MICKELSON 984.375
4. Chad CAMPBELL 769.602
5. Davis LOVE III 631.875
6. Jim FURYK 521.000
7. Arron OBERHOLSER 477.500
8. Scott VERPLANK 475.667
9. Chris DIMARCO 470.000
10. Lucas GLOVER 461.376
11. Tom LEHMAN 432.917
12. Kirk TRIPLETT 426.875
13. Fred COUPLES 387.727
14. J. B. HOLMES 381.667
15. Ryan PALMER 365.834
16. Jerry KELLY 363.750
17. Vaughn TAYLOR 360.833
18. Zach JOHNSON 326.477
19. Tom PERNICE 295.000
20. John ROLLINS 290.000
21. Justin LEONARD 287.500
22. Bubba WATSON 280.000
23. Billy MAYFAIR 279.166
T24. Craig BARLOW 277.500
T25. Jonathan BYRD 277.500
2006 RYDER CUP
WORLD POINTS LIST
Through 3/19/06
1. Henrik STENSON 140.62
2. Sergio GARCIA 134.61
3. Colin MONTGOMERIE 124.84
4. Luke DONALD 111.07
5. David HOWELL 107.14
6. José Maria OLAZÁBAL 106.46
7. Paul MCGINLEY 88.54
8. Nick DOUGHERTY 77.62
9. Darren CLARKE 74.27
10. Paul CASEY 71.89
11. Lee WESTWOOD 66.79
12. Paul BROADHURST 65.53
13. Padraig HARRINGTON 54.35
14. Greg OWEN 49.26
15. David LYNN 46.13
16. Raphaël JACQUELIN 45.86
17. Anders HANSEN 45.12
18. Kenneth FERRIE 45.03
19. Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ 41.14
20. Niclas FASTH 36.60
21. Gregory BOURDY 34.75
22. Johan AXGREN 34.46
23. Carl PETTERSSON 34.25
24. Ian POULTER 33.13
25. Johan EDFORS 33.00
2006 RYDER CUP POINTS LIST
Through (3/19/06)
1. Colin MONTGOMERIE 1,569,553.60
2. Henrik STENSON 1,376,923.17
3. David HOWELL 1,339,523.99
4. Sergio GARCIA 1,236,372.90
5. Paul MCGINLEY 1,224,154.87
6. José Maria OLAZÁBAL 895,583.00
7. Nick DOUGHERTY 806,494.75
8. Kenneth FERRIE 735,315.98
9. Paul CASEY 704,687.56
10. Paul BROADHURST 667,514.78
11. Luke DONALD 605,092.99
12. Padraig HARRINGTON 564,782.96
13. Anders HANSEN 457,429.82
14. Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ 421,297.69
15. David LYNN 415,333.05
16. Niclas FASTH 384,924.85
17. Raphaël JACQUELIN 376,057.05
18. Robert KARLSSON 360,523.82
19. Thomas BJÖRN 358,215.22
20. Bradley DREDGE 343,778.98
21. Lee WESTWOOD 340,234.04
22. Ian POULTER 339,659.71
23. Peter GUSTAFSSON 307,278.23
24. Simon DYSON 281,761.12
25. José Manuel LARA 277,916.53
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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