Well the long race is over. At the end of US PGA Championship at Medinah Country Club the positions remain unchanged after another unassailable performance by Woods. The 10 automatic qualifying spots on the US Ryder Cup (see here for how this works) are as follows (final points tally is shown in brackets):
1. Tiger Woods (4825.000)
2. Phil Mickelson (2474.375)
3. Jim Furyk (2076.000)
4. Chad Campbell (1129.602)
5. David Toms (1072.250)
6. Chris DiMarco (830.000)
7. Vaughn Taylor (780.833)
8. J.J. Henry (778.750)
9. Zach Johnson (756.477)
10. Brett Wetterich (746.000)
Those who just failed qualify and who are no doubt waiting anxiously on the Captain Tom Lehman’s two wildcard picks are:
11. John Rollins (685.000)
12. Stewart Cink (676.894)
13. Jerry Kelly (653.750)
14. Lucas Glover (641.376)
15. Davis Love III (631.875)
Tom Lehman will announce these two wildcard picks at 8AM today (21 August) and we will bring it to you here as soon as we get it. Congratulations to all who qualified and commiserations to those who just narrowly failed to qualify. There are a number of ‘unknowns’ in the shape of this US Ryder Cup team which will only add to excitement of the matches.
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