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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