Stats Watch

Eurosport - Mon, 24 Mar 22:56:00 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 21.41 average points

2. (2) Phil Mickelson 9.76

3. (3) Ernie Els (South Africa) 6.69

4. (4) Steve Stricker 6.32

5. (5) Adam Scott (Australia) 5.72

6. (6) K.J. Choi (South Korea) 5.71

7. (7) Justin Rose (Britain) 5.64

8. (8) Rory Sabbatini (South Africa) 5.43

9. (9) Jim Furyk 5.33

10. (10) Vijay Singh (Fiji) 5.21

11. (11) Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 5.04

12. (12) Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 4.87

13. (14) Stewart Cink 4.26

14. (13) Sergio Garcia (Spain) 4.25

15. (15) Luke Donald (Britain) 4.18

16. (16) Angel Cabrera (Argentina) 4.17

17. (17) Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) 3.87

18. (18) Aaron Baddeley (Australia) 3.67

19. (29) Lee Westwood (Britain) 3.60

20. (20) Zach Johnson 3.54

US ORDER OF MERIT (US unless stated):

1. Tiger Woods $3,615,000

2. Phil Mickelson $2,161,320

3. Vijay Singh (Fiji) $1,957,417

4. K.J. Choi (South Korea) $1,641,882

5. Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) $1,621,600

6. Justin Leonard $1,536,789

7. Stewart Cink $1,510,462

8. J.B. Holmes $1,481,351

9. Steve Stricker $1,389,239

10. Sean O'Hair $1,295,500

11. Daniel Chopra (Sweden) $1,268,734

12. Ryuji Imada (Japan) $1,233,047

13. Steve Lowery $1,151,288

14. Luke Donald (Britain) $1,118,600

15. Rory Sabbatini (South Africa) $1,090,480

16. D.J. Trahan $1,079,388

17. Ernie Els (South Africa) $1,066,000

18. Jim Furyk $988,805

19. Steve Marino $884,403

20. Stuart Appleby (Australia) $878,475

EUROPEAN ORDER OF MERIT (British unless stated):

1. Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 847,523 euros

2. Vijay Singh (Fiji) 670,584

3. Lee Westwood 618,615

4. Graeme McDowell 522,750

5. Martin Kaymer (Germany) 469,065

6. Adam Scott (Australia) 468,605

7. Retief Goosen (South Africa) 439,352

8. Jeev Milkha Singh (India) 410,189

9. Ross Fisher 390,777

10. Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain) 357,856

11. Ernie Els (South Africa) 334,323

12. Mark Brown (New Zealand) 332,808

13. Shivshankar Chowrasia (India) 315,561

14. Richard Sterne (South Africa) 305,352

15. Angel Cabrera (Argentina) 280,682

16. Arjun Atwal (India) 277,823

17. Peter Hedblom (Sweden) 275,394

18. Johan Edfors (Sweden) 261,582

19. Louis Oosthuizen (South Africa) 259,605

20. Damien McGrane (Ireland) 259,552

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 7,045.627

2. Jim Furyk 2,462.786

3. Phil Mickelson 2,259.870

4. Stewart Cink 2,140.697

5. Steve Stricker 1,862.320

6. Zach Johnson 1,774.435

7. Justin Leonard 1,536.789

8. J.B. Holmes 1,481.351

9. Sean O'Hair 1,421.607

10. Woody Austin 1,305,340

11. D.J. Trahan 1,214.388

12. Hunter Mahan 1,207.217

13. Steve Lowery 1,193.663

14. Jerry Kelly 1,175.903

15. Bart Bryant 1,031.392

(Top eight on the list qualify for the team. Captain Paul Azinger will also select four players for his 12-man team)

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