Through the Barclays Classic
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. Tom PERNICE 565.000
14. Arron OBERHOLSER 557.500
15. Scott VERPLANK 475.667
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. Brett QUIGLEY 398.333
25. J. B. HOLMES 381.667
2006 RYDER CUP
WORLD POINTS LIST
Through 6/12/06
1. David HOWELL 197.34
2. Henrik STENSON 188.25
3. José Maria OLAZÁBAL 187.86
4. Sergio GARCIA 151.71
5. Luke DONALD 148.06
6. Colin MONTGOMERIE 147.33
7. Paul CASEY 127.55
8. Carl PETTERSSON 123.29
9. Paul BROADHURST 115.52
10. Darren CLARKE 105.51
11. Padraig HARRINGTON 89.12
12. Nick DOUGHERTY 88.89
13. Paul MCGINLEY 88.54
14. Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ 88.37
15. Thomas BJÖRN 79.72
16. Johan EDFORS 75.00
17. Robert KARLSSON 71.90
18. Niclas FASTH 70.76
19. Lee WESTWOOD 69.51
20. Ian POULTER 65.19
21. Gonzalo FDEZ-CASTAÑO 63.89
22. Anders HANSEN 60.59
23. Richard S JOHNSON 60.03
24. Simon DYSON 58.93
25. Greg OWEN 58.87
2006 RYDER CUP POINTS LIST
Through 6/12/06
1. David HOWELL 2,168,102.91
2. Colin MONTGOMERIE 1,816,153.35
3. Henrik STENSON 1,625,571.46
4. Sergio GARCIA 1,254,249.17
5. Paul CASEY 1,235,784.23
6. Paul MCGINLEY 1,233,733.83
7. Paul BROADHURST 1,217,117.55
8. José Maria OLAZÁBAL 1,215,578.87
9. Robert KARLSSON 915,519.02
10. Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ 907,000.55
11. Nick DOUGHERTY 899,272.62
12. Thomas BJÖRN 857,477.64
13. Kenneth FERRIE 807,883.30
14. Padraig HARRINGTON 793,726.55
15. Niclas FASTH 769,058.53
16. Simon KHAN 740,743.72
17. Luke DONALD 668,716.68
18. Johan EDFORS 666,230.58
19. Anders HANSEN 615,878.00
20. Gonzalo FDEZ-CASTAÑO 584,464.86
21. David LYNN 564,819.21
22. Bradley DREDGE 549,730.02
23. Anthony WALL 549,711.84
24. Simon DYSON 543,310.23
25. Darren CLARKE 501,642.42
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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