Pádraig slips in Ryder rankings

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON and Paul Casey both drop out of automatic qualifying positions in the European Ryder Cup table following yesterday’s Madrid Masters.

Luke Donald’s victory takes him above Harrington on the world points list, from which the first four members of Colin Montgomerie’s side will come.

And by finishing third, Italian Francesco Molinari moves into one of the five spots on offer from European Tour earnings, leaving world number eight Casey in need of a wild card as things stand.

* Top four on the world list qualify, then next five on European points list. Captain Colin Montgomerie adds three wild cards on August 29.

WORLD POINTS

1 LEE WESTWOOD 307.0, 2 RORY McILROY 214.0, 3 IAN POULTER 204.2, 4 LUKE DONALD 180.5, 5 Pádraig Harrington 163.2, 6 Martin Kaymer 137.1, 7 Edoardo Molinari 133.0, 8 Paul Casey 110.2, 9 Francesco Molinari 123.0, 10 Alvaro Quiros 111.2

EUROPEAN POINTS

1 Lee Westwood 2,726,026, 2 Ian Poulter 2,137,556, 3 Rory McIlroy 1,461,089, 4 ROSS McGOWAN 1,310,196, 5 MARTIN KAYMER 1,129,739, 6 SIMON DYSON 1,051,374, 7 FRANCESCO MOLINARI 1,039,684, 8 ALVARO QUIROS 1,033,477, 9 Paul Casey 989,748, 10 Pádraig Harrington 981,602

(Capitals denote players in qualifying positions).