Golf News for Wednesday, August 24, 2005 | Briefly

2006 U.S. Ryder Cup Team standings

Through The WGC-NEC Invitational and The Reno-Tahoe Open (8/21/05)

1. WOODS, Tiger 1,812.500
2. MICKELSON, Phil 766.875
3. DiMARCO, Chris 440.000
4. LOVE III, Davis 421.875
5. TOMS, David 348.917
6. FURYK, Jim 256.000
7. PERRY, Kenny 238.000
8. COUPLES, Fred 235.227
9. FUNK, Fred 233.333
10. CINK, Stewart 225.227
11. LEHMAN, Tom 201.250
12. PEREZ, Pat 197.500
13. PALMER, Ryan 192.500
14. TAYLOR, Vaughn 190.833
15. JOHNSON, Zach 166.477
16. LEONARD, Justin 163.750
17. OGILVIE, Joe 161.352
18. BRYANT, Bart 156.477
19. CRANE, Ben 138.750
20. O'HAIR, Sean 127.500
21. MAYFAIR, Billy 125.833
T22. VERPLANK, Scott 121.667
T22. HERRON, Tim 121.667
24. HOWELL, Charles 118.227
25. NA, Kevin 117.000

The 2006 U.S. Ryder Cup Team is chosen on the basis of points compiled by
The PGA of America, which players accumulated from Aug. 22, 2004 (WGC-NEC
Invitational) through the 88th PGA Championship at Medinah Country Club in
Medinah, Ill., which concludes Aug. 20, 2006.

Points are awarded for top-10 finishes at PGA Tour co-sponsored events as
follows:

2004 Regular events: 75, 45, 40, 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, 5

2005 Regular events: 75, 45, 40, 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, 5

2005 Majors: 450, 225, 200, 175, 150, 125, 100, 75, 50, 25

2006 Regular events: 375, 180, 160, 140, 120, 100, 80, 60, 40, 20

2006 Majors: 675, 360, 320, 280, 240, 200, 160, 120, 80, 40

The top-10 finishers on the points list qualify for the 12-man team, and the
U.S. Ryder Cup Captain will select the two final players to complete the
team.

The 36th Ryder Cup Matches will be held September 22-24, 2006, at The K Club
in Straffan, Ireland.



 
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