Team Europe 2004

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The leading five players on The Ryder Cup World Points List as of Monday, 23 August, 2004 qualified for The 2004 European Ryder Cup Team. In the event of a tie (equal number of points accumulated), placings would have been decided by the player with the highest ranking on the Official World Golf Ranking as of August 23, 2004. The leading five players, not otherwise qualified (having selected the five players from The Ryder Cup World Points List (A) above), from The European Ryder Cup Points List as of Sunday, 29 August, 2004 qualified for The 2004 European Ryder Cup Team. In the event of a tie (equal number of points accumulated), placings would have been decided by the player with the highest ranking on the 2004 Volvo Order of Merit as of 29 August, 2004. The Captain, Bernhard Langer, chose the remaining two players for The 2004 European Ryder Cup Team.

2004 EUROPEAN TEAM - FINAL 12 PLAYERS (Through the BMW International Open - 8/29/04)
Captain
	Bernhard Langer
Team Member		World Points	Ryder Cup Points
	Paul Casey	124.30	1,302,912.67
	Darren Clarke	191.80	1,552,371.35
	* Luke Donald	116.09	415,290.76
	Sergio Garcia	225.56	660,060.27
	Padraig Harrington	234.94	1,339,938.25
	David Howell	105.57	1,153,682.19
	Miguel Angel Jiménez	174.24	1,895,225.18
	Thomas Levet	136.60	1,552,371.35
	Paul McGinley	109.05	1,149,576.96
	* Colin Montgomerie	77.62	799,072.15
	Ian Poulter	110.80	1,136,184.33
	Lee Westwood	153.60	1,685,128.72
Vice Captains
	Thomas Björn
	Anders Forsbrand

* Captain's picks

2004 RYDER CUP WORLD POINTS LIST FINAL RANKINGS
1.	HARRINGTON, Padraig (Ire)	234.94
2.	GARCIA, Sergio (Sp)	225.56
3.	CLARKE, Darren (N. Ire.)	191.80
4.	JIMÉNEZ, Miguel Angel (Sp)	174.24
5.	WESTWOOD, Lee (Eng)	153.60
6.	JACOBSON, Fredrik (Swe)	138.66
7.	LEVET, Thomas (Fr)	136.60
8.	CASEY, Paul (Eng)	124.30
9.	DONALD, Luke (Eng)	116.09
10.	POULTER, Ian (Eng)	110.80
11.	MCGINLEY, Paul (Ire)	109.05
12.	HAEGGMAN, Joakim (Swe)	106.95
13.	HOWELL, David (Eng)	105.57
14.	DAVIS, Brian (Eng)	97.72
15.	BJÖRN, Thomas (Den)	89.32
16.	JACQUELIN, Raphael (Fr)	86.53
17.	CEJKA, Alex (Ger)	84.30
18.	ROSE, Justin (Eng)	83.34
19.	MONTGOMERIE, Colin (Scot)	76.38
20.	REMESY, Jean-Francois (Fr)	73.36
21.	DRUMMOND, Scott (Scot)	72.99
22.	LANGER, Bernhard (Ger)	72.36
23.	MCDOWELL, Graeme (N. Ire.)	69.87
24.	LYNN, David (Eng)	67.61
25.	LAFEBER, Maarten (NL)	67.05

2004 RYDER CUP POINTS LIST Through the BMW International Open (8/29/04)
1.	Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ (Sp)	1,895,225.18
2.	Lee WESTWOOD (Eng)	1,685,128.72
3.	Darren CLARKE (N.Ire)	1,573,284.18
4.	Thomas LEVET (Fr)	1,552,371.35
5.	Padraig HARRINGTON (Ire)	1,339,938.25
6.	Paul CASEY (Eng)	1,302,912.67
7.	David HOWELL (Eng)	1,153,682.19
8.	Paul MCGINLEY (Ire)	1,149,576.96
9.	Ian POULTER (Eng)	1,136,184.33
10.	Fredrik JACOBSON (Swe)	1,085,510.37
11.	Joakim HAEGGMAN (Swe)	1,069,818.95
12.	Jean-Francois REMESY (Fr)	1,056,520.08
13.	Brian DAVIS (Eng)	1,019,580.07
14.	Raphaël JACQUELIN (Fr)	953,220.78
15.	Graeme MCDOWELL (N.Ire)	871,212.80
16.	Colin MONTGOMERIE (Scot)	799,072.15
17.	Barry LANE (Eng)	786,144.25
18.	David LYNN (Eng)	773,582.12
19.	Maarten LAFEBER (NL)	704,621.12
20.	Scott DRUMMOND (Scot)	698,698.30
21.	Carlos RODILES (Sp)	677,735.06
22.	Anders HANSEN (Den)	676,976.57
23.	Sergio GARCIA (Sp)	660,060.27
24.	Miles TUNNICLIFF (Eng)	620,048.83
25.	Simon KHAN (Eng)	589,637.59

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