2006 U.S. RYDER CUP
Through the Memorial
(6/05/06)
1. Tiger WOODS 2,930.000
2. Phil MICKELSON 2,154.375
3. Jim FURYK 1,206.000
4. Chad CAMPBELL 1,129.602
5. David TOMS 1,072.250
6. Zach JOHNSON 756.477
7. Brett WETTERICH 746.000
8. Vaughn TAYLOR 660.833
9. Lucas GLOVER 641.376
10. Davis LOVE III 631.875
11. Fred COUPLES 627.727
12. Timothy HERRON 621.667
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 6/05/06
1. David HOWELL 190.20
2. Henrik STENSON 188.25
3. Jose Maria OLAZABAL 187.86
4. Sergio GARCIA 151.71
5. Colin MONTGOMERIE 145.03
6. Luke DONALD 134.80
7. Paul CASEY 127.55
8. Carl PETTERSSON 123.29
9. Paul BROADHURST 115.52
10. Darren CLARKE 105.51
11. Nick DOUGHERTY 88.89
12. Paul MCGINLEY 88.54
13. Padraig HARRINGTON 86.64
14. Miguel Angel JIMENEZ 83.81
15. Thomas BJOeRN 78.51
16. Johan EDFORS 75.00
17. Robert KARLSSON 71.90
18. Niclas FASTH 70.76
19. Lee WESTWOOD 69.51
20. Gonzalo FDEZ-CASTANO 63.89
21. Anders HANSEN 60.59
22. Richard S JOHNSON 60.03
23. Greg OWEN 58.87
24. David LYNN 58.72
25. Simon KHAN 57.25
2006 RYDER CUP POINTS LIST
Through 6/05/06
1. David HOWELL 2,168,102.91
2. Colin MONTGOMERIE 1,796,991.35
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. Paul BROADHURST 1,217,117.55
8. Jose Maria OLAZABAL 1,215,578.87
9. Robert KARLSSON 915519.02
10. Nick DOUGHERTY 899272.62
11. Miguel Angel JIMENEZ 864750.55
12. Thomas BJOeRN 845517.64
13. Kenneth FERRIE 807883.30
14. Padraig HARRINGTON 793726.55
15. Niclas FASTH 769058.53
16. Simon KHAN 740743.72
17. Luke DONALD 668716.68
18. Johan EDFORS 666230.58
19. Anders HANSEN 615878.00
20. Gonzalo FDEZ-CASTANO 584464.86
21. David LYNN 564819.21
22. Bradley DREDGE 549730.02
23. Anthony WALL 549711.84
24. Darren CLARKE 501642.42
25. Raphael JACQUELIN 472429.05
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
UJones@pgahq.com
