News: Fredrik Jacobson has leapt into the world's top 20 for the first time following his victory in the Volvo Masters at Valderrama.
Jacobson was 41st going into last week's event. But his win at the fourth hole of a play-off with Spaniard Carlos Rodiles takes him to 19th. The 29-year-old is also now lying third in the race for places in next September's Ryder Cup side.
Lee Westwood and Miguel Angel Jimenez lead the way in the Ryder Cup world points list - with Dutchman Maarten Lafeber and Rodiles fourth and fifth, while the players heading the Order of Merit list from which another five players will qualify are France's Raphael Jacquelin, English pair Brian Davis and Ian Poulter and Ireland's Darren Clarke and Padraig Harrington.
WORLD RANKINGS: 1 T Woods (USA) 17.03pts, 2 V Singh (Fij) 10.45, 3 E Els (Rsa) 9.15, 4 D Love-III (USA) 8.31, 5 J Furyk (USA) 7.66, 6 M Weir (Can) 7.25, 7 D Toms (USA) 5.90, 8 R Goosen (Rsa) 5.89, 9 K Perry (USA) 5.69, 10 P Harrington (Irl) 5.51, 11 N Price (Zim) 4.83, 12 D Clarke (Irl) 4.81.
EUROPEAN RYDER CUP TABLES: World Points List 1 L Westwood 61.38, 2 MA Jimenez 56.33, 3 F Jacobson 55.58, 4 M Lafeber 47.75, 5 C Rodiles 44.62, 6 I Poulter 39.50, 7 B Davis 39.11 8 D Clarke 37.04 9 R Jacquelin 36.17 10 P Casey 34.35 11 P Harrington 33.61 12 N Fasth 30.04 13 D Howell 29.31 14 M Gronberg 24.33 15 S Garcia 23.11 16 P McGinley 20.31. Order of Merit Points List: 1 L Westwood 810,287 2 F Jacobson 705,423 3 Rodiles 574,650 4 M Angel Jimenez 513,853 5 R Jacquelin 466,718 6 M Lafeber 459,811 7 B Davis 447,988 8 I Poulter 445,961 9 D Clarke 387,307 10 P Harrington 351,133 11 D Howell 338,846 12 Pl Casey 327,175 13 N Fasth 278,825 14 P McGinley 260,990
Top five players on world points list on August 23rd, 2004, qualify automatically, plus top five not already qualified on Order of Merit points list. Captain Bernhard Langer then adds two wild cards.
