Through the Shell Houston Open
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 831.000
6. Davis LOVE III 631.875
7. Fred COUPLES 627.727
8. Vaughn TAYLOR 530.833
9. Zach JOHNSON 496.477
10. Arron OBERHOLSER 477.500
11. Scott VERPLANK 475.667
12. Jerry KELLY 473.750
13. Chris DIMARCO 470.000
14. Lucas GLOVER 461.376
15. Tom LEHMAN 432.917
16. Billy MAYFAIR 429.166
17. Kirk TRIPLETT 426.875
18. J.J. HENRY 403.750
19. J. B. HOLMES 381.667
20. Jonathan BYRD 377.500
21. Ryan PALMER 365.834
22. Patrick PEREZ 327.500
23. John ROLLINS 310.000
24. Stewart CINK 296.894
25. Tom PERNICE 295.000
2006 RYDER CUP
WORLD POINTS LIST
Through 4/23/06
1. Henrik STENSON 182.82
2. José Maria OLAZÁBAL 173.26
3. Sergio GARCIA 145.31
4. Colin MONTGOMERIE 135.34
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. Paul CASEY 83.61
11. Nick DOUGHERTY 80.59
12. Lee WESTWOOD 69.51
13. Padraig HARRINGTON 62.09
14. Gonzalo FDEZ-CASTAÑO 60.42
15. David LYNN 57.08
16. Greg OWEN 56.73
17. Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ 55.86
18. Carl PETTERSSON 49.71
19. Kenneth FERRIE 46.27
20. Raphaël JACQUELIN 45.86
21. Anders HANSEN 45.12
22. Ian POULTER 41.95
23. Niclas FASTH 41.70
24. Johan AXGREN 41.66
25. Simon DYSON 41.39
2006 RYDER CUP POINTS LIST
Through 4/23/06
1. Colin MONTGOMERIE 1,657,383.10
2. Henrik STENSON 1,562,396.46
3. David HOWELL 1,414,488.98
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 846,099.29
9. Paul CASEY 816,410.80
10. Kenneth FERRIE 753,771.18
11. Luke DONALD 626,429.18
12. Padraig HARRINGTON 605,725.38
13. Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ 560,024.22
14. Gonzalo FDEZ-CASTAÑO 532,708.69
15. David LYNN 524,252.43
16. Anders HANSEN 459,301.82
17. Niclas FASTH 417,814.85
18. Thomas BJÖRN 405,044.79
19. Raphaël JACQUELIN 391,964.05
20. Robert KARLSSON 370,367.57
21. Simon DYSON 361,636.28
22. Bradley DREDGE 349,702.73
23. Lee WESTWOOD 344,353.00
24. Ian POULTER 339,659.71
25. José Manuel LARA 335,121.45
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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