2006 U.S. RYDER CUP
Through the Fed Ex Classic
(5/29/06)
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 1,072.250
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 Zach JOHNSON 586.477
12 Brett WETTERICH 576.000
13 Arron OBERHOLSER 557.500
14 Scott VERPLANK 475.667
15 Tom PERNICE 475.000
16 Jerry KELLY 473.750
17 Chris DIMARCO 470.000
18 Jeff MAGGERT 439.334
19 Tom LEHMAN 432.917
20 Billy MAYFAIR 429.166
21 Kirk TRIPLETT 426.875
22 Fred FUNK 407.333
23 J.J. HENRY 403.750
24 J. B. HOLMES 381.667
25 Jonathan BYRD 377.500
2006 RYDER CUP
WORLD POINTS LIST
Through 5/29/06
1. David HOWELL 188.40
2. Henrik STENSON 188.25
3. Jose Maria OLAZABAL 179.02
4 Sergio GARCIA 147.49
5. Colin MONTGOMERIE 136.63
6. Luke DONALD 134.80
7. Paul CASEY 123.33
8. Darren CLARKE 105.51
9. Paul BROADHURST 98.72
10. Nick DOUGHERTY 88.89
11. Paul MCGINLEY 88.54
12. Padraig HARRINGTON 86.64
13. Miguel Angel JIMENEZ 83.81
14. Thomas BJOeRN 78.51
15. Johan EDFORS 75.00
16. Niclas FASTH 70.76
17. Lee WESTWOOD 69.51
18. Gonzalo FDEZ-CASTANO 63.89
19. Anders HANSEN 60.59
20. David LYNN 58.72
21. Richard S JOHNSON 58.60
22. Simon KHAN 57.25
23. Greg OWEN 56.73
24. Carl PETTERSSON 55.29
25. Raphael JACQUELIN 53.04
2006 RYDER CUP POINTS LIST
Through 5/29/06
1. David HOWELL 2,168,102.91
2. Colin MONTGOMERIE 1,687,685.60
3. Henrik STENSON 1,625,571.46
4. Sergio GARCIA 1,254,249.17
5. Paul CASEY 1,235,784.23
6. Paul MCGINLEY 1,228,273.83
7. Jose Maria OLAZABAL 1,215,578.87
8. Paul BROADHURST 974,225.60
9. Nick DOUGHERTY 899,272.62
10. Miguel Angel JIMENEZ 864,750.55
11. Thomas BJOeRN 845,517.64
12. Kenneth FERRIE 807,883.30
13. Padraig HARRINGTON 793,726.55
14. Niclas FASTH 760,095.45
15. Simon KHAN 740,743.72
16. Luke DONALD 668,716.68
17. Johan EDFORS 666,230.58
18. Anders HANSEN 615,878.00
19. Gonzalo FDEZ-CASTANO 584,464.86
20. David LYNN 558,217.14
21. Robert KARLSSON 551,166.53
22. Anthony WALL 516,920.12
23. Bradley DREDGE 503,165.77
24. Darren CLARKE 501,642.42
25. Raphael JACQUELIN 472,429.05
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.
Contact:
Una Jones
561-624-8407
