Els closes in on Euro Tour top spot

Ernie Els has closed the gap at the top of the European Order of Merit after his win in the BMW Asion Open.

1 Retief GOOSEN SA € 946,479.00

2 Ernie ELS SA € 819,415.77

3 Adam SCOTT AUS € 523,209.16

4 Luke DONALD ENG € 488,731.80

5 Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ SP € 390,281.61

6 Stephen DODD WAL € 390,086.57

7 Thomas BJÖRN DEN € 377,321.64

8 Ian POULTER ENG € 374,889.93

9 Henrik STENSON SWE € 339,196.38

10 Nick O'HERN AUS € 330,805.20

11 Peter HANSON SWE € 314,450.79

12 Colin MONTGOMERIE SCOT € 297,387.48

13 Trevor IMMELMAN SA € 283,955.56

14 David HOWELL ENG € 267,495.10

15 Niclas FASTH SWE € 266,024.50

16 Gregory HAVRET FR € 253,630.10

17 Vijay SINGH FIJI € 249,019.47

18 Nick DOUGHERTY ENG € 248,541.30

19 Charl SCHWARTZEL SA € 243,899.61

20 Paul BROADHURST ENG € 225,620.69

21 Peter GUSTAFSSON SWE € 209,237.21

22 Robert KARLSSON SWE € 206,659.03

23 Thongchai JAIDEE THAI € 205,816.70

24 Paul MCGINLEY IRE € 202,301.09

25 James KINGSTON SA € 201,963.46