The race for places

Ryder Cup 2006: Rankings

World Points list

1 David Howell (Eng)205.34

2 Jose Maria Olazabal (Spa)193.72

3 Henrik Stenson (Swe)193.00

4 Colin Montgomerie (Sco) 190.66

5 Luke Donald (Eng) 159.06

6 Sergio Garcia (Spa)151.71

7 Paul Casey (Eng)137.05

8 Carl Pettersson (Swe) 123.29

9 Paul Broadhurst (Eng) 115.52

10 Padraig Harrington (Irl)113.12

11 Darren Clarke (NIrl)107.41

European points list

1 David Howell (Eng) 2,246,780

2 Colin Montgomerie (Sco) 2,212,838

3 Henrik Stenson (Swe) 1,666,993

4 Paul Casey (Eng) 1,328,167

5 Jose Maria Olazabal (Spa) 1,274,341

6 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 1,255,831

7 Paul McGinley (Irl) 1,235,316

8 Paul Boradhurst (Eng) 1,217,117

9 Padraig Harrington (Irl) 996,039

10 Miguel Angel Jiménez (Spa) 985,678

11 Kenny Ferrie (Eng) 952,909

European team (as of now)

(five players from the World list, five from European list. Captain Ian Woosnam has two wild cards )

1 David Howell (Eng)

2 Jose Maria Olazabal (Spa)

3 Henrik Stenson (Swe)

4 Colin Montgomerie (Sco)

5 Luke Donald (Eng)

6 Paul Casey (Eng)

7 Sergio Garcia (Spa)

8 Paul McGinley (Irl)

9 Paul Broadhurst (Eng)

10 Padraig Harrington (Irl)

US standings

1 Tiger Woods 2,930.00pts

2 Phil Mickelson 2,474.38

3 Jim Furyk 1.526.00

4 Chad Campbell 1,129.60

5 David Toms 1,072.25

6 Zach Johnson 756.48

7 Brett Wetterich 746.00

8 Vaughn Taylor 660.83

9 Lucas Glover 627.73

10 David Love 631.88

11 Fred Couples 627.73

World Rankings

1 Tiger Woods (US) 16.12pts ave

2 Phil Mickelson (US) 10.38

3 Vijay Singh (Fiji) 8.49

4 Retief Goosen (Rsa) 7.72

5 Jim Furyk (US) 7.03

6 Adam Scott (Aus) 5.91

7 Ernie Els (Rsa)5,77

8 Geoff Ogilvy (Aus)5.61

9 Sergio Garcia (Spa)5.31

10 David Howell (Eng)5.08

11 Davids Toms (Eng)4.82

European Tour Order of Merit

(Irish positions, tournaments played in brackets)

18 Padraig Harrington (8) 707,369

27 Darren Clarke (8) 355,711

55 Peter Lawrie (16) 228,958

69 Graeme McDowell (7) 180,468

78 Damien McGrane (19) 153,511

108 David Higgins (16) 110,733

112 Gary Murphy (15) 105,812

120 Paul McGinley (10) 99,978

162 Stephen Browne (12) 45,973

175 Michael Hoey (14) 33,547

189 Colm Moriarty (4) 24,273