Westwood extends Ryder lead
Lee Westwood may have been disappointed with only third place in the Andalucian Open, but it has still stretched his lead in the European Ryder Cup points race.
Padraig Harrington’s joint fourth place finish in New Orleans was not enough to move him into an automatic cup place, but he is now up to sixth on the world points list from which the first five members of Nick Faldo’s team will come.
Latest leading places in the European Ryder Cup tables after the WGC-CA Championship and Madeira Islands Open (top five on world list on August 31 qualify, plus next five on European list. Captain Nick Faldo then adds two wildcards):
World List
1 LEE WESTWOOD 156.14, 2 JUSTIN ROSE 137.58, 3 HENRIK STENSON 132.14, 4 DANIEL CHOPRA 112.55, 5 MARTIN KAYMER 100.38, 6 Padraig Harrington 98.06, 7 Luke Donald 94.67, 8 Ian Poulter 89.95, 9 Graeme McDowell 82.40, 10 Soren Hansen 76.15, 11 Nick Dougherty 74.61, 12 Miguel Angel Jimenez 68.85.
European List
1 Lee Westwood 1,389,687, 2 Justin Rose 1,216,171, 3 Henrik Stenson 1,092,068, 4 GRAEME McDOWELL 871,172, 5 NICK DOUGHERTY 859,478, 6 Martin Kaymer 784,819, 7 ROBERT KARLSSON 748,775, 8 SOREN KJELDSEN 734,018, 9 SOREN HANSEN 728,150, 10 Steve Webster 715,868, 11 Miguel Angel Jimenez 667,593, 12 Phillip Archer 607,269.
(Capitals indicate players currently in qualifying positions)
