Through the US Bank Championship
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. Jerry KELLY 653.750
13. Lucas GLOVER 641.376
14. Davis LOVE III 631.875
15. Fred COUPLES 627.727
16. Timothy HERRON 621.667
17. Tom PERNICE 565.000
18. Arron OBERHOLSER 557.500
19. Stewart CINK 556.894
20. Billy MAYFAIR 489.166
21. Brett QUIGLEY 478.333
22. Scott VERPLANK 475.667
23. Jeff SLUMAN 471.250
T24. Ben CURTIS 445.000
T24. Steve STRICKER 445.000
*Clinched U.S. Ryder Cup Team Berth
2006 RYDER CUP WORLD POINTS LIST
Through 7/30/06
1. David HOWELL 207.27
2. Colin MONTGOMERIE 205.90
3. José Maria OLAZÁBAL 202.09
4. Henrik STENSON 201.76
5. Luke DONALD 192.25
6. Sergio GARCIA 187.96
7. Paul CASEY 165.33
8. Padraig HARRINGTON 154.46
9. Carl PETTERSSON 154.12
10. Robert KARLSSON 137.06
11. Johan EDFORS 126.38
12. Paul BROADHURST 125.73
13. Darren CLARKE 121.42
14. Lee WESTWOOD 112.63
15. Paul MCGINLEY 104.70
16. Thomas BJÖRN 101.40
17. Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ 99.47
18. Ian POULTER 95.36
19. Anthony WALL 91.60
20. John BICKERTON 89.12
21. Nick DOUGHERTY 88.89
22. Simon KHAN 79.73
23. Niclas FASTH 78.49
24. Anders HANSEN 77.55
25. Kenneth FERRIE 76.99
2006 RYDER CUP POINTS LIST
Through 7/30/06
1. Colin MONTGOMERIE 2,413,016.11
2. David HOWELL 2,274,635.98
3. Henrik STENSON 1,782,888.71
4. Paul CASEY 1,721,833.85
5. Robert KARLSSON 1,692,811.77
6. Sergio GARCIA 1,634,091.27
7. Padraig HARRINGTON 1,514,027.44
8. Paul MCGINLEY 1,455,992.24
9. José Maria OLAZÁBAL 1,381,698.05
10. Paul BROADHURST 1,336,905.57
11. Johan EDFORS 1,265,039.24
12. John BICKERTON 1,141,957.16
13. Luke DONALD 1,110,590.20
14. Kenneth FERRIE 1,107,963.52
15. Thomas BJÖRN 1,104,681.38
16. Anthony WALL 1,030,952.62
17. Simon KHAN 1,021,391.32
18. Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ 1,007,261.85
19. Stephen DODD 915,044.05
20. Nick DOUGHERTY 904,124.05
21. Lee WESTWOOD 882,381.72
22. Niclas FASTH 875,348.77
23. Anders HANSEN 863,424.55
24. Ian POULTER 789,834.43
25. José Manuel LARA 755,014.03
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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