Yet another way of selecting Europe's Ryder Cup team may be discussed next week and it has the backing of Ian Woosnam, tipped by many to succeed Sam Torrance as European captain.
While the 44-year-old Welshman waits to learn whether he captains the side in Detroit in 2004, he has spoken in favour of a system based on world ranking points rather than the European Order of Merit.
"I think you could keep a table of points won from the start of qualifying next September through to the following August," said Woosnam.
"You can't blame guys going to play in America now and with this system somebody doing well in Japan or wherever would still gain points as well."
For this year's match at The Belfry 10 players came off an Order of Merit money list and captain Sam Torrance added two wild cards.
Also expected to be under consideration at next Tuesday's meeting of the European Tour's tournament committee is a system whereby five players would qualify off the world rankings and five off the Order of Merit.
Those in favour of that will argue that loyalty to the European Tour is still being rewarded.
Whatever the outcome, the method approved at the meeting will first have to go through the Ryder Cup committee before it is introduced.
No announcement on the captaincy is expected until spring at the earliest. Woosnam, Torrance's vice-captain, and Bernhard Langer are the two favourites, but Langer, who earned his 10th cap at The Belfry, has not yet decided whether he wants to stand and has been told by tour executive director Ken Schofield that there is no need to rush.