Poulter win sends Harrington down Ryder standings

Ian Poulter has displaced Padraig Harrington from third in the European Ryder Cup standings after his runners-up finish at the Abu Dhabi Championship.

Winner Martin Kaymer moved into the ninth and last automatic place at the expense of World Match Play winner Ross Fisher, who has yet to play this year.

Latest leading positions in the European Ryder Cup table after the Joburg Open (top four on world list qualify, then next five on European points list. Captain Colin Montgomerie adds three wild cards):

WORLD POINTS

1 LEE WESTWOOD 148.0, 2 RORY McILROY 133.2, 3 IAN POULTER 111.5, 4 PADRAIG HARRINGTON 102.7, 5 Martin Kaymer 89.4, 6 Ross McGowan 86.3, 7 Simon Dyson 80.0, 8 Edoardo Molinari 79.4, 9 Alexander Noren 67.7, 10 Francesco Molinari 65.8

EUROPEAN POINTS

1 Lee Westwood 1,623,399, 2 Rory McIlroy 1,278,086, 3 ROSS McGOWAN 1,104,767, 4 Ian Poulter 927,415, 5 SIMON DYSON 871,739, 6 ALEXANDER NOREN 747,649, 7 FRANCESCO MOLINARI 641,920, 8 MARTIN KAYMER 633,882, 9 Ross Fisher 632,192, 10 Anders Hansen 578,708

(Capitals denote players in qualifying positions)