Through the Booz Allen Classic
1. Tiger WOODS 2,930.000
2. Phil MICKELSON 2,474.375
3. Jim FURYK 1,526.000
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. Brett QUIGLEY 478.333
16. Scott VERPLANK 475.667
17. Jerry KELLY 473.750
18. Chris DIMARCO 470.000
T19. Ben CURTIS 445.000
T19 Steve STRICKER 445.000
21. Jeff MAGGERT 439.334
22. Tom LEHMAN 432.917
23. Billy MAYFAIR 429.166
24. Kirk TRIPLETT 426.875
25. Fred FUNK 407.333
2006 RYDER CUP WORLD POINTS LIST
Through 6/26/06
1. David HOWELL 205.34
2. José Maria OLAZÁBAL 193.72
3. Henrik STENSON 193.00
4. Colin MONTGOMERIE 190.66
5. Luke DONALD 159.06
6. Sergio GARCIA 151.71
7. Paul CASEY 137.05
8. Carl PETTERSSON 123.29
9. Paul BROADHURST 115.52
10. Padraig HARRINGTON 113.12
11. Darren CLARKE 107.41
12. Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ 96.37
13. Nick DOUGHERTY 88.89
14. Paul MCGINLEY 88.54
15. Thomas BJÖRN 82.07
16. Ian POULTER 76.19
17. Johan EDFORS 75.00
18. Robert KARLSSON 71.90
19. Niclas FASTH 70.76
20. Lee WESTWOOD 69.51
21. Kenneth FERRIE 65.54
22. Gonzalo FDEZ-CASTAÑO 63.89
23. Anders HANSEN 60.59
24. Richard S JOHNSON 60.03
25. Simon DYSON 58.93
2006 RYDER CUP POINTS LIST
Through 6/26/06
1. Colin MONTGOMERIE 2,307,549.67
2. David HOWELL 2,246,780.79
3. Paul CASEY 1,669,834.95
4. Henrik STENSON 1,666,993.74
5. José Maria OLAZÁBAL 1,274,341.35
6. Paul MCGINLEY 1,256,944.48
7. Sergio GARCIA 1,255,831.96
8. Paul BROADHURST 1,217,117.55
9. Kenneth FERRIE 996,370.67
10. Padraig HARRINGTON 996,039.74
11. Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ 985,678.43
12. Thomas BJÖRN 968,398.51
13. Robert KARLSSON 958,979.74
14. Nick DOUGHERTY 900,855.41
15. Luke DONALD 772,919.34
16. Niclas FASTH 770,641.32
17. Simon KHAN 740,743.72
18. Johan EDFORS 666,230.58
19. Anders HANSEN 615,878.00
20. Gonzalo FDEZ-CASTAÑO 584,464.86
21. David LYNN 583,372.02
22. Simon DYSON 577,648.30
23. Anthony WALL 561,397.03
24. Bradley DREDGE 557,520.14
25. Søren HANSEN 550,191.67
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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