Changes made to Ryder Cup totals

The European Ryder Cup table has been adjusted two days after the finish of the US PGA championship following the realisation that money earned by players who missed the cut last Friday counts and should have been added.

It does not alter anybody’s position, but it does mean that Paul McGinley is a little further behind Padraig Harrington in eighth than he thought.

The difference could become critical at the end of qualifying next week. Back in 1991, David Gilford edged Eamonn Darcy out of a place by less than £60.

Latest leading places in the European Ryder Cup table after the US PGA Championship (capitals indicate players currently in qualifying positions):

(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 LUKE DONALD 223.58

2 SERGIO GARCIA 221.63

3 HENRIK STENSON 211.51

4 DAVID HOWELL 210.15

5 COLIN MONTGOMERIE 207.88

6 Jose Maria Olazabal 203.89

7 Paul Casey 165.33

8 Robert Karlsson 155.86

9 Padraig Harrington 154.46

10 Carl Pettersson 154.12

European Points (1pt for every Euro):

1 Colin Montgomerie 2,435,883

2 David Howell 2,284,846

3 Sergio Garcia 1,911,271

4 ROBERT KARLSSON 1,902,799

5 Henrik Stenson 1,873,034

6 PAUL CASEY 1,723,401

7 PADRAIG HARRINGTON 1,515,595

8 PAUL McGINLEY 1,473,112

9 JOSE MARIA OLAZABAL 1,392,923

10 Luke Donald 1,387,770