Through the PGA Championship
1. Tiger WOODS * 4,825.000
2. Phil MICKELSON * 2,474.375
3. Jim FURYK * 2,076.000
4. Chad CAMPBELL * 1,129.602
5. David TOMS * 1,072.250
6. Chris DIMARCO * 830.000
7. Vaughn TAYLOR * 780.833
8. J.J. HENRY * 778.750
9. Zach JOHNSON * 756.477
10. Brett WETTERICH * 746.000
11. John ROLLINS 685.000
12. Stewart CINK 676.894
13. Jerry KELLY 653.750
14. Lucas GLOVER 641.376
15. Davis LOVE III 631.875
16. Fred COUPLES 627.727
17. Timothy HERRON 621.667
18. Tom PERNICE 615.000
19. Tom LEHMAN 612.917
20. Scott VERPLANK 595.667
21. Steve STRICKER 585.000
22. Arron OBERHOLSER 557.500
23. Dean WILSON 543.250
24. Brett QUIGLEY 534.999
25. Billy MAYFAIR 489.166
*Clinched U.S. Ryder Cup Team Berth
2006 RYDER CUP ~WORLD POINTS LIST
Through8/20/06
1. Luke DONALD 223.58
2. Sergio GARCIA 221.63
3. Henrik STENSON 211.51
4. David HOWELL 210.15
5. Colin MONTGOMERIE 207.88
6. José Maria OLAZÁBAL 203.89
7. Paul CASEY 165.33
8. Robert KARLSSON 155.86
9. Padraig HARRINGTON 154.46
10. Carl PETTERSSON 154.12
11. Johan EDFORS 126.38
12. Paul BROADHURST 125.73
13. Darren CLARKE 121.42
14. Lee WESTWOOD 117.03
15. Ian POULTER 109.36
16. Paul MCGINLEY 106.04
17. Thomas BJÖRN 101.40
18. Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ 100.97
19. Simon DYSON 98.17
20. Anthony WALL 91.60
21. John BICKERTON 89.12
22. Nick DOUGHERTY 88.89
23. Anders HANSEN 86.27
24. Niclas FASTH 80.30
25. Simon KHAN 79.73
2006 RYDER CUP POINTS LIST
Through 8/20/06
1. Colin MONTGOMERIE 2,434,316.11
2. David HOWELL 2,284,846.02
3. Sergio GARCIA 1,911,271.35
4. Robert KARLSSON 1,902,799.25
5. Henrik STENSON 1,873,034.95
6. Paul CASEY 1,721,833.85
7. Padraig HARRINGTON 1,514,027.44
8. Paul MCGINLEY 1,473,112.24
9. José Maria OLAZÁBAL 1,392,923.22
10. Luke DONALD 1,387,770.28
11. Paul BROADHURST 1,336,905.57
12. Johan EDFORS 1,265,039.24
13. John BICKERTON 1,141,957.16
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 1,017,589.47
19. Simon DYSON 992,473.61
20. Anders HANSEN 940,515.26
21. Ian POULTER 919,174.68
22. Stephen DODD 915,044.05
23. Lee WESTWOOD 914,599.20
24. Nick DOUGHERTY 904,124.05
25. Niclas FASTH 895,526.54
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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