Harrington slips in Ryder rankings

Monday, February 08, 2010

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON’S missed cut in the PGA Tour’s Northern Trust Open – his first event of the year – has led to him dropping out of an automatic spot in Europe’s Ryder Cup standings.

German Martin Kaymer’s fourth-place finish at the Dubai Desert Classic lifts him above Harrington on the world points list from which the first four members of Colin Montgomerie’s side will come.

Italian Francesco Molinari is in the last automatic position now.

WORLD POINTS

1 LEE WESTWOOD 196.9, 2 RORY McILROY 142.7, 3 IAN POULTER 111.5, 4 MARTIN KAYMER 104.9, 5 Pádraig Harrington 102.7, 6 Edoardo Molinari 95.7, 7 Ross McGowan 86.3, 8 Simon Dyson 82.5, 9 Robert Karlsson 76.7, 10 Miguel Angel Jimenez 76.5

EUROPEAN POINTS

1 Lee Westwood 1,920,576, 2 Rory McIlroy 1,335,904, 3 ROSS McGOWAN 1,104,767, 4 Ian Poulter 927,415, 5 SIMON DYSON 893,738, 6 ALEXANDER NOREN 771,353, 7 Martin Kaymer 728,852, 8 ROSS FISHER 672,419, 9 FRANCESCO MOLINARI 658,554, 10 Oliver Wilson 625,400

(Capitals denote players in qualifying positions)

This story appeared in the printed version of the Irish Examiner Monday, February 08, 2010