Through the BellSouth Classic
1. Tiger WOODS 2,690.000
2. Phil MICKELSON 1,359.375
3. David TOMS 1,068.917
4. Chad CAMPBELL 769.602
5. Jim FURYK 651.000
6. Davis LOVE III 631.875
7. Zach JOHNSON 496.477
8. Arron OBERHOLSER 477.500
9. Scott VERPLANK 475.667
10. Chris DIMARCO 470.000
11. Lucas GLOVER 461.376
12. Tom LEHMAN 432.917
13. Kirk TRIPLETT 426.875
14. J.J. HENRY 403.750
15. Fred COUPLES 387.727
16. J. B. HOLMES 381.667
17. Vaughn TAYLOR 380.833
18. Jonathan BYRD 377.500
19. Ryan PALMER 365.834
20. Jerry KELLY 363.750
21. Patrick PEREZ 327.500
22. John ROLLINS 310.000
23. Tom PERNICE 295.000
24. Justin LEONARD 287.500
25. Bubba WATSON 280.000
2006 RYDER CUP
WORLD POINTS LIST
Through 4/2/06
1. Henrik STENSON 163.42
2. José Maria OLAZÁBAL 146.86
3. Sergio GARCIA 142.41
4. Colin MONTGOMERIE 124.84
5. Luke DONALD 117.31
6. David HOWELL 112.36
7. Paul BROADHURST 89.53
8. Paul MCGINLEY 88.54
9. Darren CLARKE 79.67
10. Nick DOUGHERTY 79.20
11. Paul CASEY 71.89
12. Lee WESTWOOD 69.51
13. Padraig HARRINGTON 55.56
14. Greg OWEN 53.74
15. David LYNN 47.48
16. Kenneth FERRIE 46.27
17. Raphaël JACQUELIN 45.86
18. Anders HANSEN 45.12
19. Carl PETTERSSON 45.05
20. Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ 43.86
21. Niclas FASTH 41.70
22. Ian POULTER 38.23
23. Gregory BOURDY 34.75
24. Johan AXGREN 34.46
25. Bernhard LANGER 33.30
2006 RYDER CUP POINTS LIST
Through 4/2/06)
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. Paul BROADHURST 875,844.78
8. Nick DOUGHERTY 821,069.75
9. Kenneth FERRIE 747,378.48
10. Paul CASEY 704,687.56
11. Luke DONALD 605,092.99
12. Padraig HARRINGTON 564,782.96
13. Anders HANSEN 459,301.82
14. David LYNN 431,198.05
15. Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ 421,297.69
16. Niclas FASTH 417,814.85
17. Raphaël JACQUELIN 376,057.05
18. Robert KARLSSON 370,367.57
19. Thomas BJÖRN 358,215.22
20. Bradley DREDGE 349,702.73
21. Lee WESTWOOD 340,234.04
22. Ian POULTER 339,659.71
23. José Manuel LARA 321,666.53
24. Anthony WALL 313,087.08
25. Peter GUSTAFSSON 307,278.23
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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