PGA and the Ryder Cup… Final Round Possibilities
As noted in this post, the team for the US Ryder Cup team will be set after the PGA Championship.
The standings after the International and 3rd Round Position: (Top 10 automatically qualify):
1. Tiger Woods – 4,150 (T-1 at -14)
2. Phil Mickelson – 2,474.375 (T-8 at -8)
3. Jim Furyk – 2,076 (T-21 at -5)
4. Chad Campbell – 1,129.602 (T-57 at +2)
5. David Toms – 1,072.250 (T-12 at -7)
6. Chris DiMarco – 830 (T-8 at -8)
7. Vaughn Taylor – 780.833 (Cut)
8. J.J. Henry – 778.750 (T-34 at -2)
9. Zach Johnson – 756.477 (Cut)
10. Brett Wetterich – 746 (Cut)
11. John Rollins – 685 (Cut)
12. Stewart Cink – 676.894 (T-40 at -1)
13. Jerry Kelly – 653.750 (T-57 at +2)
14. Lucas Glover – 641.376 (T52 at +1)
15. Davis Love, III – 631.875 (T-18 at -6)
16. Fred Couples – 627.727 (Cut)
17. Tim Herron – 621.667 (T-8 at -8)
18. Tom Pernice – 615 (Cut)
19. Tom Lehman – 612.917 (Cut)
20. Scott Verplank – 595.667 (Cut)
21. Arron Oberholser – 557.500 (Cut)
22. Dean Wilson – 543.250 (T-57 at +2)
23. Brett Quigley – 535.000 (Cut)
24. Billy Mayfair – 489.166 (T-22 at -5)
25. Jeff Sluman – 471.250 (Cut)
The PGA provides double points as follows:
First – 675
Second – 360
Third – 320
Fourth – 280
Fifth – 240
Sixth – 200
Seventh – 160
Eighth – 120
Ninth – 80
Tenth – 40
So the players with the best chance of MAKING the team would be DLIII and Lumpy (Tim Herron). Doing some quick math, DL III will approximately need to finish 8th alone or better and Lumpy will need a 7th along or better finish.
Should make tomorrow a bit more interesting. Hopefully CBS won’t produce another TIGER show on the chance that he laps the field, and include some of Ryder Cup talk!
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