Through the Buick Championship
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. J.J. HENRY 778.750
7. Zach JOHNSON 756.477
8. Brett WETTERICH 746.000
9. Vaughn TAYLOR 660.833
10. Lucas GLOVER 641.376
11. Davis LOVE III 631.875
12. Fred COUPLES 627.727
13. Timothy HERRON 621.667
14. Tom PERNICE 565.000
15. Arron OBERHOLSER 557.500
16. Brett QUIGLEY 478.333
17. Scott VERPLANK 475.667
18. Jerry KELLY 473.750
19. Chris DIMARCO 470.000
20. Stewart CINK 466.894
T21. Ben CURTIS 445.000
T21. Steve STRICKER 445.000
23. Jeff MAGGERT 439.334
24. Tom LEHMAN 432.917
25. Billy MAYFAIR 429.166
*Clinched U.S. Ryder Cup Team Berth
2006 RYDER CUP
WORLD POINTS LIST
Through 7/3/06
1. David HOWELL 205.34
2. José Maria OLAZÁBAL 199.12
3. Colin MONTGOMERIE 197.14
4. Henrik STENSON 194.70
5. Paul CASEY 161.05
6. Luke DONALD 159.06
7. Sergio GARCIA 151.71
8. Padraig HARRINGTON 149.44
9. Carl PETTERSSON 124.89
10. Paul BROADHURST 119.64
11. Darren CLARKE 107.41
12. Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ 96.37
13. Paul MCGINLEY 89.86
14. Nick DOUGHERTY 88.89
15. Ian POULTER 88.72
16. Thomas BJÖRN 88.55
17. John BICKERTON 86.77
18. Robert KARLSSON 78.48
19. Johan EDFORS 75.00
20. Lee WESTWOOD 71.21
21. Niclas FASTH 70.76
22. Kenneth FERRIE 69.02
23. Anders HANSEN 68.59
24. Gonzalo FDEZ-CASTAÑO 63.89
25. Simon DYSON 61.69
2006 RYDER CUP POINTS LIST
Through 7/3/06
1. Colin MONTGOMERIE 2,307,549.67
2. David HOWELL 2,246,780.79
3. Henrik STENSON 1,699,743.74
4. Paul CASEY 1,669,834.95
5. Padraig HARRINGTON 1,440,479.74
6. José Maria OLAZÁBAL 1,351,141.35
7. Paul BROADHURST 1,279,037.55
8. Paul MCGINLEY 1,265,344.48
9. Sergio GARCIA 1,255,831.96
10. John BICKERTON 1,125,095.12
11. Kenneth FERRIE 1,014,370.67
12. Robert KARLSSON 1,009,779.74
13. Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ 985,678.43
14. Thomas BJÖRN 968,398.51
15. Nick DOUGHERTY 900,855.41
16. Simon KHAN 802,663.72
17. Niclas FASTH 784,641.32
18. Luke DONALD 772,919.34
19. Anders HANSEN 755,878.00
20. Ian POULTER 691,120.22
21. Johan EDFORS 666,230.58
22. David LYNN 610,972.02
23. Bradley DREDGE 608,320.14
24. Simon DYSON 588,448.30
25. Anthony WALL 584,597.03
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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