Hansen climbs Ryder standings

Rising German star Martin Kaymer has been pushed out of the top 10 in the Ryder Cup race by Dane Soren Hansen’s third-place finish at the Spanish Open.

Miguel Angel Jimenez, joint fourth in Seville, improves from 10th to seventh in the standings, with Hansen now in the 10th and last automatic qualifying spot and Kaymer 11th.

The top 10 who would earn places in Nick Faldo’s team as things stand are Lee Westwood, Henrik Stenson, Justin Rose, Padraig Harrington, Daniel Chopra, Graeme McDowell, Jimenez, Robert Karlsson, Nick Dougherty and Hansen.

Latest leading places in the European Ryder Cup tables after the Spanish Open and Wachovia Championship (top five on world list on August 31 qualify, plus next five on European list. Captain Nick Faldo then adds two wild cards):

(Capitals indicate players currently in qualifying positions)

World List

1 LEE WESTWOOD 168.14, 2 HENRIK STENSON 146.54, 3 JUSTIN ROSE 141.38, 4 PADRAIG HARRINGTON 121.14, 5 DANIEL CHOPRA 112.56, 6 Martin Kaymer 105.82, 7 Ian Poulter 99.46, 8 Luke Donald 97.36, 9 Miguel Angel Jimenez 89.78, 10 Graeme McDowell 86.53, 11 Soren Hansen 85.75, 12 Robert Karlsson 81.35

European List

1 Lee Westwood 1,499,315, 2 Justin Rose 1,239,606, 3 Henrik Stenson 1,214,701, 4 GRAEME McDOWELL 921,032, 5 MIGUEL ANGEL JIMENEZ 890,753, 6 ROBERT KARLSSON 887,002, 7 NICK DOUGHERTY 886,408, 8 SOREN HANSEN 859,705, 9 Martin Kaymer 831,353, 10 Soren Kjeldsen 772,873, 11 Padraig Harrington 745,336, 12 Steve Webster 738,660