Europe hold sway in world

Robert Karlsson’s victory in the Mercedes-Benz Championship means that Europe go into their Ryder Cup defence this week with with seven members of the world’s top 20 against America’s six.

Karlsson, who grabbed his first victory of the year in Cologne, is up to 17th.

Latest leading positions:

1 Tiger Woods 16.67pts, 2 Phil Mickelson 9.14, 3 Vijay Singh 7.71, 4 Padraig Harrington 7.52, 5 Sergio Garcia 6.77, 6 Ernie Els 5.33, 7 Henrik Stenson 5.31, 8 Steve Stricker 5.18, 9 Jim Furyk 5.11, 10 Anthony Kim 4.93

11 Stewart Cink 4.86, 12 Lee Westwood 4.74, 13 Justin Rose 4.73, 14 Adam Scott 4.70, 15 Geoff Ogilvy 4.66, 16 KJ Choi 4.56, 17 Robert Karlsson 4.33, 18 Camilo Villegas 4.32, 19 Miguel Angel Jimenez 4.29, 20 Kenny Perry 4.23

Other leading Europeans:

25 Luke Donald, 29 Ian Poulter, 32 Graeme McDowell, 38 Paul Casey, 42 Soren Hansen, 43 Martin Kaymer, 45 Fredrik Jacobson, 47 Ross Fisher, 48 Oliver Wilson, 49 Carl Petterssen, 53 Peter Hanson, 59 Darren Clarke, 62 Nick Dougherty, 64 Niclas Fasth, 68 Anders Hansen, 82 Gregory Havret, 89 Paul McGinley, 90 Alastair Forsyth, 93 Soren Kjeldsen, 96 Colin Montgomerie, 99 Francesco Molinari, 100 Daniel Chopra