Ryder Cup: The European Ryder Cup table has been adjusted two days after the finish of the US PGA championship following the realisation that money earned by players who missed the cut last Friday counts and should have been added.
It does not alter anybody's position, but it does mean Paul McGinley, in ninth place, is €42,483 behind Padraig Harrington in eighth, about €1,600 more than previously, for example.
The difference could become critical at the end of qualifying next week. Back in 1991, David Gilford edged Eamonn Darcy out of a place by less than £100.
EUROPEAN RYDER CUP TABLE after the US PGA Championship
(Capitals indicate players in qualifying positions, five players qualify off world ranking table, next five off European points table. Captain Ian Woosnam adds two wild cards on September 4th)
WORLD POINTS
1 LUKE DONALD (Eng) 223.58
2 SERGIO GARCIA (Spa) 221.63
3 HENRIK STENSON (Swe)211.51
4 DAVID HOWELL (Eng)210.15
5 COLIN MONTGOMERIE (Sco)207.88
6 Jose Maria Olazabal (Spa)203.89
7 Paul Casey (Eng)165.33
8 Robert Karlsson (Swe)155.86
9 Padraig Harrington (Ire)154.46
10 Carl Pettersson (Swe)154.12
EUROPEAN POINTS (1pt for every euro)
1 Colin Montgomerie (Sco)2,435,883
2 David Howell (Eng)2,284,846
3 Sergio Garcia (Spa)1,911,271
4 ROBERT KARLSSON (Swe)1,902,799
5 Henrik Stenson (Swe)1,873,034
6 PAUL CASEY (Eng)1,723,401
7 PADRAIG HARRINGTON (Ire)1,515,595
8 PAUL McGINLEY (Ire)1,473,112
9 JOSE MARIA OLAZABAL (Spa)1,392,923
10 Luke Donald (Eng) 1,387,770
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