The Ryder Cup is firmly within view now as we enter the last month of qualifying and the team is beginning to become clear. There’s still a lot of competition for those last places and Broadhurst and McGinley will be pushing hard to make the cut. Here’s the latest standings for who’s going to make the European Ryder Cup Team on merit. (See this article for how this works).
Ryder Cup World Points List (07 August 2006 Updated!)
Position Player Name Points
1 David HOWELL 207.27
2 Colin MONTGOMERIE 205.90
3 José Maria OLAZÁBAL 202.09
4 Henrik STENSON 201.76
5 Luke DONALD 192.25
6 Sergio GARCIA 187.96
7 Paul CASEY 165.33
8 Padraig HARRINGTON 154.46
9 Carl PETTERSSON 154.12
10 Robert KARLSSON 151.46
11 Johan EDFORS 126.38
12 Paul BROADHURST 125.73
13 Darren CLARKE 121.42
14 Lee WESTWOOD 112.63
15 Paul MCGINLEY 104.70
European Ryder Cup Points List (07 August 2006)
Position Player Name Points
1 Colin MONTGOMERIE 2413016.11
2 David HOWELL 2274635.98
3 Robert KARLSSON 1870581.77
4 Henrik STENSON 1782888.71
5 Paul CASEY 1721833.85
6 Sergio GARCIA 1634091.27
7 Padraig HARRINGTON 1514027.44
8 Paul MCGINLEY 1455992.24
9 José Maria OLAZÁBAL 1381698.05
10 Paul BROADHURST 1336905.57
11 Johan EDFORS 1265039.24
12 John BICKERTON 1141957.16
13 Luke DONALD 1110590.20
14 Kenneth FERRIE 1107963.52
15 Thomas BJÖRN 1104681.38
With the automatic qualifying places solidifying speculation is mounting over the contenders for the those two places as selected by Team Captain Ian Woosnam. Note we have changed the format for posting this information. Going forward we will include each update as a seperate post. If you want to see the previous historical data please see the Who’s on Ryder Cup Team Europe post and comments.
