Eurosport - Tue, 18 Mar 10:40:00 2008
The top 20 in the world rankings and the US and European Orders of Merit plus the Ryder Cup standings.
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WORLD RANKINGS (US unless stated; last week's positions in brackets):
1. (1) Tiger Woods 21.75 average points
2. (2) Phil Mickelson 9.70
3. (3) Ernie Els (South Africa) 6.68
4. (4) Steve Stricker 6.41
5. (6) Adam Scott (Australia) 5.72
6. (5) K.J. Choi (South Korea) 5.69
7. (7) Justin Rose (Britain) 5.61
8. (9) Rory Sabbatini (South Africa) 5.39
9. (8) Jim Furyk 5.37
10. (11) Vijay Singh (Fiji) 5.22
11. (10) Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 5.05
12. (12) Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 4.86
13. (14) Sergio Garcia (Spain) 4.25
14. (15) Stewart Cink 4.24
15. (13) Luke Donald (Britain) 4.17
16. (16) Angel Cabrera (Argentina) 4.16
17. (17) Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) 3.88
18. (18) Aaron Baddeley (Australia) 3.66
19. (20) Lee Westwood (Britain) 3.59
20. (19) Zach Johnson 3.55
US ORDER OF MERIT (US unless stated):
1. Tiger Woods $2,707,717
2. Phil Mickelson $2,034,700
3. K.J. Choi (South Korea) $1,535,715
4. Justin Leonard $1,479,289
5. Stewart Cink $1,435,462
6. J.B. Holmes $1,415,975
7. Ernie Els (South Africa) $1,237,116
8. Daniel Chopra (Sweden) $1,211,234
9. Steve Stricker $1,190,905
10. Ryuji Imada (Japan) $1,175,547
11. Henrik Stenson (Sweden) $1,164,158
12. Vijay Singh (Fiji) $1,145,593
13. Steve Lowery $1,139,572
14. Luke Donald (Britain) $1,098,630
15. Rory Sabbatini (South Africa) $1,053,480
16. D.J. Trahan $1,005,625
17. Sean O'Hair $993,900
18. Jeff Quinney $849,269
19. Steve Marino $832,783
20. Stuart Appleby (Australia) $820,975
EUROPEAN ORDER OF MERIT (British unless stated):
1. Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 820,446 euros
2. Lee Westwood 581,766
3. Graeme McDowell 522,629
4. Martin Kaymer (Germany) 441,988
5. Adam Scott (Australia) 374,078
6. Jeev Milkha Singh (India) 367,572
7. Ross Fisher 353,927
8. Mark Brown (New Zealand) 332,808
9. Vijay Singh (Fiji) 330,929
10. Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain) 315,239
11. Ernie Els (South Africa) 311,252
12. Shivshankar Chowrasia (India) 286,883
13. Arjun Atwal (India) 277,823
14. Peter Hedblom (Sweden) 275,394
15. Richard Sterne (South Africa) 274,030
16. Johan Edfors (Sweden) 261,582
17. Damien McGrane (Ireland) 259,552
18. Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 245,697
19. Angel Cabrera (Argentina) 245,332
20. Richard Finch 243,087
EUROPEAN RYDER CUP POINTS STANDINGS
World points list:
1. Lee Westwood (Britain) 143.61
2. Justin Rose (Britain) 131.12
3. Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 130.87
4. Daniel Chopra (Sweden) 107.88
5. Martin Kaymer (Germany) 99.11
6. Luke Donald (Britain) 90.07
7. Ian Poulter (Britain) 88.68
8. Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 86.72
9. Graeme McDowell (Britain) 80.42
10. Soren Hansen (Denmark) 76.15
European points list:
1. Westwood 1,290,238.29
2. Rose 1,160,608.84
3. Stenson 1,064,991.98
4. McDowell 841,051.64
5. Dougherty 830,799.74
6. Kaymer 751,443.26
7. Steve Webster (Britain) 715,868.42
8. Robert Karlsson (Sweden) 708,722.17
9. Hansen 704,438.75
10. Soren Kjeldsen (Denmark) 653,910.95
(Top five on world points list qualify for team, plus top five on European points list not otherwise qualified from world points list. Captain Nick Faldo will also select two players for his 12-man team for the match against the US at Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, Kentucky September 19-21)
US RYDER CUP POINTS STANDINGS
1. Tiger Woods 6,760.627
2. Phil Mickelson 2,184.870
3. Stewart Cink 2,065.697
4. Jim Furyk 1,932.786
5. Steve Stricker 1,663.987
6. Zach Johnson 1,626.935
7. Justin Leonard 1,479.289
8. J.B. Holmes 1,428.851
9. Sean O'Hair 1,421.607
10. Woody Austin 1,256.465
11. Steve Lowery 1,193.663
12. D.J. Trahan 1,172.138
13. Hunter Mahan 1,158.342
14. Bart Bryant 1,031.392
15. Jerry Kelly 1,021.903
(Top eight on the list qualify for team. Captain Paul Azinger will also select four players for his 12-man team)
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