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Category 1

Winners of Majors/European Tour Order of Merit (Race To Dubai)

Rank	Name	Country
1	Y. E. YANG	KOR
2	Padraig HARRINGTON	IRL
3	Ben CURTIS	USA
5	Paul LAWRIE	SCO
6	Robert KARLSSON	SWE
7	Justin ROSE	ENG
8	Colin MONTGOMERIE	SCO
9	Ernie ELS	RSA
10	Lee WESTWOOD	ENG
11	Trevor IMMELMAN	RSA
12	Zach JOHNSON	USA
13	Mike WEIR	CAN
14	José Maria OLAZÁBAL	ESP
16	Angel CABRERA	ARG
17	Geoff OGILVY	AUS
18	Michael CAMPBELL	NZL
19	Retief GOOSEN	RSA
22	Vijay SINGH	FIJ

Category 2

Winners PGA C'ship from 1997/TPC of Europe/Volvo Masters/Dubai World Championship

Rank	Name	Country
1	Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ	ESP
2	Anders HANSEN	DEN
3	David HOWELL	ENG
4	Scott DRUMMOND	SCO
5	Andres ROMERO	ARG
6	Niclas FASTH	SWE
7	Ross FISHER	ENG
8	Stephen DODD	WAL
9	Kenneth FERRIE	ENG
10	Søren KJELDSEN	DEN
11	Jeev Milkha SINGH	IND
12	Paul MCGINLEY	IRL
13	Ian POULTER	ENG
14	Paul CASEY	ENG
15	Martin KAYMER	GER

Category 2b

Winners of World Golf Chamionships/European Open/French Open and Scottish Open (from 2009 onwards)

Rank	Name	Country
1	Henrik STENSON	SWE
2	Christian CÉVAËR	FRA

Category 3

European Tour Order of Merit Tournament Winners 2007-2009 inclusive

Rank	Name	Country
1	Aaron BADDELEY	AUS
2	Richard FINCH	ENG
3	John BICKERTON	ENG
4	James KINGSTON	RSA
5	Richard STERNE	RSA
7	Adam SCOTT	AUS
8	S S P CHOWRASIA	IND
9	Felipe AGUILAR	CHI
10	Mark BROWN	NZL
12	Graeme MCDOWELL	NIR
13	Alastair FORSYTH	SCO
14	Thomas LEVET	FRA
15	Grégory BOURDY	FRA
16	Damien MCGRANE	IRL
17	Darren CLARKE	NIR
18	Peter LAWRIE	IRL
19	Hennie OTTO	RSA
20	Scott STRANGE	AUS
21	Pablo LARRAZÁBAL	ESP
22	Mikael LUNDBERG	SWE
23	Peter HANSON	SWE
24	Grégory HAVRET	FRA
25	Jean-François LUCQUIN	FRA
26	Gonzalo FDEZ-CASTAÑO	ESP
27	Charl SCHWARTZEL	RSA
28	Alvaro QUIROS	ESP
29	Sergio GARCIA	ESP
31	José Manuel LARA	ESP
32	Nathan GREEN	AUS
33	Ariel CANETE	ARG
35	Peter HEDBLOM	SWE
36	Mikko ILONEN	FIN
37	Anton HAIG	RSA
38	Wen-chong LIANG	CHN
39	Chapchai NIRAT	THA
40	Daniel VANCSIK	ARG
41	Pablo MARTIN	ESP
42	Markus BRIER	AUT
43	Raphaël JACQUELIN	FRA
44	Richard GREEN	AUS
45	Graeme STORM	ENG
46	Per-Ulrik JOHANSSON	SWE
47	Marc WARREN	SCO
48	Brett RUMFORD	AUS
49	Søren HANSEN	DEN
50	Nick DOUGHERTY	ENG
51	Mads VIBE-HASTRUP	DEN
52	Steve WEBSTER	ENG
53	Wen-tang LIN	TPE
54	Rory MCILROY	NIR
55	Anthony KANG	USA
56	Danny LEE	NZL
57	Thongchai JAIDEE	THA
58	Shane LOWRY	IRL
59	Jeppe HULDAHL	DEN
60	Oskar HENNINGSSON	SWE
61	Simon DYSON	ENG
62	Alexander NOREN	SWE
63	Ross McGOWAN	ENG
64	Michael JONZON	SWE

Category 3b

Winners of dual ranking European/Challenge Tour events and from 2009 Official Season, winners of R2D events with a prizefund below 1.5 million Euro

Rank	Name	Country
1	Rodney PAMPLING	AUS
2	Tano GOYA	ARG
3	Michael HOEY	NIR
4	Ricardo GONZALEZ	ARG
10	Christian NILSSON	SWE
11	Rafael CABRERA-BELLO	ESP
12	David DIXON	ENG

Category 7

Members of last named Ryder Cup Team

Rank	Name	Country
1	Oliver WILSON	ENG

Category 8

Players finishing within positions 1-118 from 2008 European Tour Order of Merit

Rank	Name	Country
22	Anthony WALL	ENG
24	Francesco MOLINARI	ITA
35	David LYNN	ENG
51	Oliver FISHER	ENG
54	Robert-Jan DERKSEN	NED
59	Ignacio GARRIDO	ESP
62	Louis OOSTHUIZEN	RSA
64	Gary ORR	SCO
65	Johan EDFORS	SWE
66	Maarten LAFEBER	NED
67	Jyoti RANDHAWA	IND
72	Robert DINWIDDIE	ENG
73	Martin ERLANDSSON	SWE
74	Bradley DREDGE	WAL
76	David FROST	RSA
77	Stephen GALLACHER	SCO
78	Andrew MCLARDY	RSA
79	Magnus A CARLSSON	SWE
80	Jarmo SANDELIN	SWE
82	Mark FOSTER	ENG
84	Simon KHAN	ENG
85	Pelle EDBERG	SWE
86	Greg NORMAN	AUS
87	Robert ALLENBY	AUS
88	Simon WAKEFIELD	ENG
89	Jamie DONALDSON	WAL
90	Rafa ECHENIQUE	ARG
96	Marcel SIEM	GER
98	Gary MURPHY	IRL
99	Paul BROADHURST	ENG
100	Alvaro VELASCO	ESP
101	Thomas BJÖRN	DEN
102	Marcus FRASER	AUS
103	Miles TUNNICLIFF	ENG
105	Paul WARING	ENG
106	Phillip ARCHER	ENG
107	Lee SLATTERY	ENG
108	Michael LORENZO-VERA	FRA
109	Alejandro CAÑIZARES	ESP
110	Benn BARHAM	ENG
111	Robert ROCK	ENG
112	Sam LITTLE	ENG
115	Peter O'MALLEY	AUS
116	Shiv KAPUR	IND
117	Jean-Baptiste GONNET	FRA
118	François DELAMONTAGNE	FRA

Category 8a

Medical Extension

Rank	Name	Country
1	Luke DONALD	ENG

Category 9

Top 40 2008 Career Money List

Rank	Name	Country
1	Bernhard LANGER	GER
2	Ian WOOSNAM	WAL
3	Sir Nick FALDO	ENG
4	Eduardo ROMERO	ARG
5	Barry LANE	ENG
6	Phillip PRICE	WAL

Category 10

Winners of three Challenge Tour events during 2008 season

Rank	Name	Country
1	Taco REMKES	NED

Category 10b

Challenge Tour Graduates - Positions 1 to 10 on final 2008 CT Rankings

Rank	Name	Country
1	David HORSEY	ENG
2	Gary LOCKERBIE	ENG
4	Gareth MAYBIN	NIR
6	Seve BENSON	ENG
7	Alessandro TADINI	ITA
8	Richie RAMSAY	SCO
9	Steven O'HARA	SCO

Category 10c

Medical Extension

Rank	Name	Country
1	Joost LUITEN	NED

Category 11

Re-Rank 1 of players in categories 11,11a,11b,11c,11d

Rank	Name	Country
1	Chris WOOD	ENG
2	David DRYSDALE	SCO
3	Fabrizio ZANOTTI	PAR
4	Danny WILLETT	ENG
6	Callum MACAULAY	SCO
7	Andrew COLTART	SCO
8	Richard BLAND	ENG
9	Marc CAYEUX	ZIM
10	Carlos DEL MORAL	ESP
11	Branden GRACE	RSA
12	Klas ERIKSSON	SWE
14	Åke NILSSON	SWE
15	Marcus HIGLEY	ENG
16	Joakim HAEGGMAN	SWE
17	Chris DOAK	SCO
18	Santiago LUNA	ESP
19	Wil BESSELING	NED
20	Inder VAN WEERELT	NED
21	Bernd WIESBERGER	AUT
22	Wade ORMSBY	AUS
23	Matthew MILLAR	AUS
24	Stuart DAVIS	ENG
25	John E MORGAN	ENG
26	Chinnarat PHADUNGSIL	THA
27	Lorenzo GAGLI	ITA
28	Stuart MANLEY	WAL
29	Alexandre ROCHA	BRA
30	Alfredo GARCIA-HEREDIA	ESP
31	John MELLOR	ENG
32	Anthony SNOBECK	FRA
33	Eirik Tage JOHANSEN	NOR
34	Birgir HAFTHORSSON	ISL
35	Marco RUIZ	PAR
36	Gary CLARK	ENG
37	Ulrich VAN DEN BERG	RSA
38	Michael CURTAIN	AUS
39	Antti AHOKAS	FIN
40	Jonathan CALDWELL	NIR
41	Federico COLOMBO	ITA
42	Henrik NYSTRÖM	SWE

Category 12

Players finishing within positions 119-151 from the 2008 European Tour Order of Merit

Rank	Name	Country
119	Patrik SJÖLAND	SWE
120	Garry HOUSTON	WAL
121	Fredrik ANDERSSON HED	SWE
122	José-Filipe LIMA	POR
123	Sam WALKER	ENG
125	Prayad MARKSAENG	THA
126	Jean VAN DE VELDE	FRA
128	Peter FOWLER	AUS
130	Carlos RODILES	ESP
131	Thomas AIKEN	RSA
132	Peter BAKER	ENG
133	Scott BARR	AUS
134	Carl PETTERSSON	SWE
137	Iain PYMAN	ENG
138	James KAMTE	RSA
140	Sion E BEBB	WAL
141	Kane WEBBER	AUS
142	Martin WIEGELE	AUT
145	Peter WHITEFORD	SCO
146	Jan-Are LARSEN	NOR
147	Edoardo MOLINARI	ITA
149	Gareth PADDISON	NZL

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