Through the Byron Nelson
1. Tiger WOODS 2,930.000
2. Phil MICKELSON 2,034.375
3. Jim FURYK 1,206.000
4. Chad CAMPBELL 1,129.602
5. David TOMS 1,068.917
6. Lucas GLOVER 641.376
7. Davis LOVE III 631.875
8. Fred COUPLES 627.727
9. Vaughn TAYLOR 600.833
10. Brett WETTERICH 576.000
11. Zach JOHNSON 496.477
12. Arron OBERHOLSER 477.500
13. Scott VERPLANK 475.667
14. Jerry KELLY 473.750
15. Chris DIMARCO 470.000
16. Tom LEHMAN 432.917
17. Billy MAYFAIR 429.166
18. Kirk TRIPLETT 426.875
19. Fred FUNK 407.333
20. J.J. HENRY 403.750
21. J. B. HOLMES 381.667
22. Jonathan BYRD 377.500
23. Chris COUCH 376.250
24. Ryan PALMER 365.834
25. Charles HOWELL III 345.727
2006 RYDER CUP
WORLD POINTS LIST
Through 5/14/06
1. Henrik STENSON 182.82
2. José Maria OLAZÁBAL 173.26
3. Sergio GARCIA 147.49
4. Colin MONTGOMERIE135.34
5. Luke DONALD 131.53
6. David HOWELL 124.40
7. Paul BROADHURST 97.09
8. Paul CASEY 92.85
9. Darren CLARKE 90.31
10. Paul MCGINLEY 88.54
11. Nick DOUGHERTY 84.27
12. Johan EDFORS 75.00
13. Padraig HARRINGTON 71.08
14. Lee WESTWOOD 69.51
15. Niclas FASTH 65.70
16. Gonzalo FDEZ-CASTAÑO 63.89
17. Anders HANSEN 60.59
18. David LYNN 58.72
19. Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ 58.21
20. Greg OWEN 56.73
21. Carl PETTERSSON 55.29
22. Ian POULTER 52.98
23. Raphaël JACQUELIN 47.61
24. Francesco MOLINARI 47.25
25. John BICKERTON 46.77
2006 RYDER CUP POINTS LIST
Through 5/14/06
1. Colin MONTGOMERIE 1,672,810.60
2. Henrik STENSON 1,562,396.46
3. David HOWELL 1,459,772.91
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 954,675.60
8. Paul CASEY 918,102.57
9. Nick DOUGHERTY 846,099.29
10. Kenneth FERRIE 765,595.80
11. Niclas FASTH 699,909.62
12. Johan EDFORS 660,620.58
13. Padraig HARRINGTON 640,706.55
14. Luke DONALD 626,429.18
15. Anders HANSEN 615,878.00
16. Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ 598,700.55
17. Gonzalo FDEZ-CASTAÑO 572,804.86
18. David LYNN 551,452.14
19. Thomas BJÖRN 478,857.64
20. John BICKERTON 456,168.45
21. Robert KARLSSON 427,148.20
22. Jarmo SANDELIN 426,409.21
23. Francesco MOLINARI 415,206.62
24. Bradley DREDGE 414,422.44
25. Raphaël JACQUELIN 409,254.05
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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