Comfort for Chopra in latest Ryder Cup placings

Daniel Chopra's play-off loss to Australian Aaron Baddeley at the Mastercard Masters in Melbourne has put the Florida-based Swede in seventh place on the world points list from which the first five spots in Europe's Ryder Cup team will be filled next August.

Latest leading positions in the European Ryder Cup points tables after the Mastercard Masters on November 25 (top five on world points list qualify on August 31 2008, followed by leading five non-qualified players on European points list. Captain Nick Faldo then adds two wild cards - Capitals indicate players in qualifying positions):

World Points

1 JUSTIN ROSE 100.43

2 LEE WESTWOOD 95.09

3 IAN POULTER 74.66

4 NICK DOUGHERTY 62.77

5 SOREN HANSEN 58.72

6 Miguel Angel Jimenez 58.36

7 Daniel Chopra 52.27

8 Robert Karlsson 51.57

9 Steve Webster 48.43

10 Padraig Harrington 48.07

11 Phillip Archer 44.55

12 Soren Kjeldsen 42.76

European Points

1 Justin Rose 1,133,349

2 Lee Westwood 1,008,366

3 Nick Dougherty 745,594

4 STEVE WEBSTER 669,636

5 ROBERT KARLSSON 623,469

6 Soren Hansen 585,301

7 SOREN KJELDSEN 576,451

8 MIGUEL ANGEL JIMENEZ 553,788

9 PHILLIP ARCHER 500,186

10 Gregory Bourdy 483,231

11 Ross Fisher 462,541

12 Padraig Harrington 459,633.