Els way out in front

Latest leading positions in the European Tour Volvo Order of Merit:

Euro (Sterling): 1 Ernie Els (Rsa) 4,061,904 (2,812,408),

2 Retief Goosen (Rsa) 2,325,202 (1,609,938),

3 Padraig Harrington (Irl) 1,864,793 (1,291,158),

4 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 1,842,403 (1,275,655),

5 Thomas Levet (Fra) 1,708,344 (1,182,834),

6 Graeme McDowell (NIrl) 1,584,037 (1,096,766),

7 Darren Clarke (NIre) 1,500,455 (1,038,894),

8 Lee Westwood (Eng) 1,489,640 (1,031,407),

9 Angel Cabrera (Arg) 1,399,584 (969,053),

10 Nick O’Hern (Aus) 1,363,724 (944,224),

11 David Howell (Eng) 1,356,376 (939,137),

12 Paul Casey (Eng) 1,143,064 (791,442),

13 Stephen Gallacher (Sco) 1,122,157 (776,967),

14 Richard Green (Aus) 1,071,239 (741,711),

15 Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 1,066,531 (738,451),

16 Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra) 1,066,159 (738,194),

17 Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 1,040,658 (720,537),

18 Luke Donald (Eng) 991,678 (686,624),

19 Paul McGinley (Irl) 942,060 (652,269),

20 Thomas Bjorn (Den) 930,695 (644,400)