GOLF NEWS

Padraig Harrington is up into an automatic Ryder Cup qualifying position after his 26th-place finish in the Houston Open.
Young German Martin Kaymer drops from fifth to eighth in the combined list as a result.
:: Latest leading places in the European Ryder Cup tables after the Houston Open and Portuguese Open (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 156.14, 2 JUSTIN ROSE 137.58, 3 HENRIK STENSON 132.14, 4 DANIEL CHOPRA 112.56, 5 PADRAIG HARRINGTON 100.48, 6 Martin Kaymer 100.38, 7 Luke Donald 94.67, 8 Ian Poulter 89.95, 9 Graeme McDowell 82.40, 10 Soren Hansen 76.15, 11 Nick Dougherty 74.61, 12 Miguel Angel Jimenez 68.86
European List
1 Lee Westwood 1,389,687, 2 Justin Rose 1,216,171, 3 Henrik Stenson 1,092,068, 4 GRAEME McDOWELL 871,172, 5 NICK DOUGHERTY 859,478, 6 MARTIN KAYMER 784,819, 7 SOREN KJELDSEN 750,918, 8 ROBERT KARLSSON 748,775, 9 Steve Webster 738,660, 10 Soren Hansen 728,150, 11 Gregory Bourdy 721,196, 12 Miguel Angel Jimenez 667,593