Through the British Open & BC Open
1. Tiger WOODS * 3,775.000
2. Phil MICKELSON * 2,474.375
3. Jim FURYK 1,896.000
4. Chad CAMPBELL 1,129.602
5. David TOMS 1,072.250
6. Chris DIMARCO 830.000
7. J.J. HENRY 778.750
8. Zach JOHNSON 756.477
9. Brett WETTERICH 746.000
10. John ROLLINS 685.000
11. Vaughn TAYLOR 660.833
12. Lucas GLOVER 641.376
13. Davis LOVE III 631.875
14. Fred COUPLES 627.727
15. Tim HERRON 621.667
16. Tom PERNICE 565.000
17. Arron OBERHOLSER 557.500
18. Stewart CINK 556.894
19. Billy MAYFAIR 489.166
20. Brett QUIGLEY 478.333
21. Scott VERPLANK 475.667
22. Jerry KELLY 473.750
T23. Ben CURTIS 445.000
T23. Steve STRICKER 445.000
25. Jeff MAGGERT 439.334
*Clinched U.S. Ryder Cup Team Berth
2006 RYDER CUP
WORLD POINTS LIST
Through 7/23/06
1. David HOWELL 207.27
2. Colin MONTGOMERIE 205.90
3. José Maria OLAZÁBAL 202.09
4. Henrik STENSON 199.01
5. Luke DONALD 187.74
6. Sergio GARCIA 180.71
7. Paul CASEY 165.33
8. Carl PETTERSSON 154.12
9. Padraig HARRINGTON 152.22
10. Paul BROADHURST 125.73
11. Johan EDFORS 125.00
12. Darren CLARKE 121.42
13. Thomas BJÖRN 101.40
14. Paul MCGINLEY 101.07
15. Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ 99.47
16. Ian POULTER 92.61
17. John BICKERTON 89.12
18. Nick DOUGHERTY 88.89
19. Anthony WALL 87.97
20. Lee WESTWOOD 87.63
21. Robert KARLSSON 87.06
22. Simon KHAN 77.49
23. Kenneth FERRIE 76.99
24. Anders HANSEN 76.17
25. Niclas FASTH 72.49
2006 RYDER CUP POINTS LIST
Through 7/23/06
1. Colin MONTGOMERIE 2,413,016.11
2. David HOWELL 2,274,635.98
3. Henrik STENSON 1,744,908.71
4. Paul CASEY 1,721,833.85
5. Sergio GARCIA 1,557,771.27
6. Padraig HARRINGTON 1,482,527.44
7. Paul MCGINLEY 1,411,982.24
8. José Maria OLAZÁBAL 1,381,698.05
9. Paul BROADHURST 1,336,905.57
10. Johan EDFORS 1,247,039.24
11. John BICKERTON 1,141,957.16
12. Kenneth FERRIE 1,107,963.52
13. Thomas BJÖRN 1,104,681.38
14. Robert KARLSSON 1,092,811.77
15. Luke DONALD 1,059,830.20
16. Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ 1,007,261.85
17. Simon KHAN 989891.32
18. Anthony WALL 986942.62
19. Stephen DODD 915044.05
20. Nick DOUGHERTY 904124.05
21. Anders HANSEN 845424.55
22. Niclas FASTH 813308.77
23. Ian POULTER 751854.43
24. José Manuel LARA 747274.03
25. Simon DYSON 684533.61
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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