McIlroy takes top spot from Westwood

RORY MCILROY has taken top spot off Lee Westwood not only on the European Tour money list, but also on the Ryder Cup points table.

Westwood, in fact, is down to third with Simon Dyson moving up by finishing eighth in Hong Kong.

Latest leading positions in the European Ryder Cup table after the Hong Kong Open and JBWere Masters: (top four on world list qualify, then next five on European points list. Captain Colin Montgomerie adds three wild cards)

World Points

1 Rory McIlroy 89.2, 2 Simon Dyson 76.0, 3 Lee Westwood 75.2, 4 Padraig Harrington 70.8, 5 Ian Poulter 61.9, 6 Francesco Molinari 58.5, 7 Alexander Noren 55.0, 8 Gregory Bourdy 53.3, 9 Ross McGowan 50.3, 10 Ross Fisher 47.8

European Points

1 Rory McIlroy 860,222, 2 Simon Dyson 828,296, 3 Lee Westwood 792,724, 4 Ian Poulter 646,122, 5 Ross Fisher 604,779, 6 Francesco Molinari 580,184, 7 Alexander Noren 577,454, 8 Ross McGowan 537,636, 9 Oliver Wilson 470,287, 10 Gregory Bourdy 390,949.