2006 U.S. RYDER CUP
Through the Bank of America Colonial
(5/21/06)
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. Timothy HERRON 621.667
10. Vaughn TAYLOR 600.833
11. Brett WETTERICH 576.000
12. Arron OBERHOLSER 557.500
13. Zach JOHNSON 496.477
14. Scott VERPLANK 475.667
15. Jerry KELLY 473.750
16. Chris DIMARCO 470.000
17. Tom LEHMAN 432.917
18. Billy MAYFAIR 429.166
19. Kirk TRIPLETT 426.875
20. Fred FUNK 407.333
21. J.J. HENRY 403.750
22. J. B. HOLMES 381.667
23. Jonathan BYRD 377.500
24. Stewart CINK 376.894
25. Chris COUCH 376.250
2006 RYDER CUP WORLD POINTS LIST
Through 5/22/06
1. Henrik STENSON 184.15
2. Jose Maria OLAZABAL 173.26
3. Sergio GARCIA 147.49
4. Colin MONTGOMERIE 135.34
5. Luke DONALD 131.53
6. David HOWELL 124.40
7. Paul CASEY 115.65
8. Darren CLARKE 105.51
9. Paul BROADHURST 97.09
10. Paul MCGINLEY 88.54
11. Nick DOUGHERTY 86.55
12. Thomas BJOeRN 78.51
13. Padraig HARRINGTON 76.02
14. Johan EDFORS 75.00
15. Lee WESTWOOD 69.51
16. Niclas FASTH 67.98
17. Gonzalo FDEZ-CASTANO 63.89
18. Anders HANSEN 60.59
19. David LYNN 58.72
20. Miguel Angel JIMENEZ 58.21
21. Richard S JOHNSON 56.84
22. Greg OWEN 56.73
23. Carl PETTERSSON 55.29
24. Ian POULTER 52.98
25. Raphael JACQUELIN 48.94
2006 RYDER CUP POINTS LIST
Through 5/22/06
1. Colin MONTGOMERIE 1,672,810.60
2. Henrik STENSON 1,576,696.46
3. David HOWELL 1,459,772.91
4. Sergio GARCIA 1,254,249.17
5. Paul MCGINLEY 1,228,273.83
6. Paul CASEY 1,162,542.57
7. Jose Maria OLAZABAL 1,155,653.87
8. Paul BROADHURST 954,675.60
9. Nick DOUGHERTY 870,372.62
10. Thomas BJOeRN 845,517.64
11. Kenneth FERRIE 765,595.80
12. Niclas FASTH 724,182.95
13. Padraig HARRINGTON 681,186.55
14. Johan EDFORS 666,230.58
15. Luke DONALD 626,429.18
16. Anders HANSEN 615,878.00
17. Miguel Angel JIMENEZ 598,700.55
18. Gonzalo FDEZ-CASTANO 584,464.86
19. David LYNN 558,217.14
20. Darren CLARKE 501,642.42
21. Robert KARLSSON 491,241.53
22. Bradley DREDGE 478,515.77
23. John BICKERTON 456,168.45
24. Jarmo SANDELIN 426,409.21
25. Raphael JACQUELIN 423,554.05
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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