Through the Masters
1. Tiger WOODS 2,930.000
2. Phil MICKELSON 2,034.375
3. David TOMS 1,068.917
4. Chad CAMPBELL 1,009.602
5. Jim FURYK 651.000
6. Davis LOVE III 631.875
7. Fred COUPLES 627.727
8. Zach JOHNSON 496.477
9. Arron OBERHOLSER 477.500
10. Scott VERPLANK 475.667
11. Chris DIMARCO 470.000
12. Lucas GLOVER 461.376
13. Tom LEHMAN 432.917
14. Kirk TRIPLETT 426.875
15. J.J. HENRY 403.750
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. Stewart CINK 296.894
24. Tom PERNICE 295.000
25. Justin LEONARD 287.500
2006 RYDER CUP
WORLD POINTS LIST
Through 4/9/06
1. José Maria OLAZÁBAL 173.26
2. Henrik STENSON 163.42
3. Sergio GARCIA 145.31
4. Colin MONTGOMERIE 124.84
5. Luke DONALD 120.51
6. David HOWELL 119.36
7. Paul BROADHURST 89.53
8. Paul MCGINLEY 88.54
9. Darren CLARKE 85.27
10. Nick DOUGHERTY 79.20
11. Paul CASEY 71.89
12. Lee WESTWOOD 69.51
13. Padraig HARRINGTON 60.22
14. Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ 55.86
15. Greg OWEN 53.74
16. Carl PETTERSSON 49.71
17. David LYNN 47.48
18. Kenneth FERRIE 46.27
19. Raphaël JACQUELIN 45.86
20. Anders HANSEN 45.12
21. Niclas FASTH 41.70
22. Johan AXGREN 41.66
23. Ian POULTER 38.23
24. Gregory BOURDY 36.91
25. Bernhard LANGER 33.30
2006 RYDER CUP POINTS LIST
Through 4/9/06)
1. Colin MONTGOMERIE 1,573,672.56
2. David HOWELL 1,414,488.98
3. Henrik STENSON 1,381,042.13
4. Sergio GARCIA 1,254,249.17
5. Paul MCGINLEY 1,228,273.83
6. José Maria OLAZÁBAL 1,155,653.87
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 626,429.18
12. Padraig HARRINGTON 605,725.38
13. Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ 553,928.07
14. Anders HANSEN 459,301.82
15. David LYNN 431,198.05
16. Niclas FASTH 417,814.85
17. Thomas BJÖRN 391,588.65
18. Raphaël JACQUELIN 376,057.05
19. Robert KARLSSON 370,367.57
20. Bradley DREDGE 349,702.73
21. Lee WESTWOOD 344,353.00
22. Ian POULTER 339,659.71
23. José Manuel LARA 321,666.53
24. Darren CLARKE 318,638.49
25. Anthony WALL 313,087.08
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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