DiMarco soars into Ryder Cup place

Chris DiMarco leaps all the way from 21st to sixth in the American Ryder Cup race with his second-place finish at the Open.

Sergio Garcia, even with slipping from second to fifth on the final day at Hoylake, moves up to seventh in the European standings.

Latest leading places in the Ryder Cup tables after the Open Championship (capitals indicate players currently in qualifying positions):

EUROPE

(Five players qualify off world ranking table, next five off European points table. Captain Ian Woosnam adds two wild cards on September 4.)

World Points:

1 DAVID HOWELL 207.27

2 COLIN MONTGOMERIE 205.90

3 JOSE MARIA OLAZABAL 202.09

4 HENRIK STENSON 200.01

5 LUKE DONALD 187.73

6 Sergio Garcia 180.71

7 Paul Casey 165.33

8 Carl Pettersson 154.12

9 Padraig Harrington 152.22

10 Paul Broadhurst 125.73

European Points (1pt for every Euro):

1 Colin Montgomerie 2,413,016

2 David Howell 2,274,635

3 Henrik Stenson 1,744,908

4 PAUL CASEY 1,721,833

5 SERGIO GARCIA 1,557,771

6 PADRAIG HARRINGTON 1,482,527

7 PAUL McGINLEY 1,411,982

8 Jose Maria Olazabal 1,381,698

9 PAUL BROADHURST 1,336,905

10 Johan Edfors 1,247,039

UNITED STATES

(Top 10 qualify automatically. Captain Tom Lehman adds two wilds on August 21)

1 TIGER WOODS 3,775

2 PHIL MICKELSON 2,474

3 JIM FURYK 1,896

4 CHAD CAMPBELL 1,129

5 DAVID TOMS 1,071

6 CHRIS DiMARCO 830

7 JJ HENRY 778

8 ZACH JOHNSON 756

9 BRETT WETTERICH 746

10 VAUGHN TAYLOR 660

11 Lucas Glover 641

12 Davis Love 631

13 Fred Couples 627

14 Tim Herron 621

15 Tom Pernice 565

16 Arron Oberholser 557

17 Stewart Cink 556

18 Billy Mayfair 489

19 Brett Quigley 478

20 Scott Verplank 475.