South Africa’s Darren Fichardt and England’s Ross Fisher look poised to top the first Re-Rank of the season, which takes place at the conclusion of this week’s BMW Asian Open, after impressive early season form has seen them climb to 30th and 32nd on the Order of Merit respectively.
Fichardt, who claimed the 19th card at The European Tour Qualifying School Final Stage last November, has earned €185,464 thanks to two top three finishes, in the dunhill championship in his native South Africa and in the CommercialBank Qatar Masters, a title he won in 2003. If he maintains his position this week he will move to the top of Category 11.
Fisher, playing his rookie season on The European Tour, has enjoyed similar success with a joint third in the OSIM Singapore Masters and joint fourth in the Volvo China Open at the end of 2005 in what was his first European Tour event since winning his card.
Fisher also finished joint ninth in the South African Airways Open and so far this season has accumulated €183,245.
With John Adfors moving into Category 3 after his win in the TCL Classic, the remaining 40 players in Category 11 are vying to improve their ranking within the Category to enhance their playing opportunities for the next few months of the season.
At two points during the season, players in Category 11 and 11(a)-(d) will be re-ranked as follows:
(i) As at the 24th April, the top 20 official money winners from within Category 11 and 11(a)-(d) on The 2006 European Tour Order of Merit will be ranked 1-20 in money order and the remainder will follow on in the order established at the start of the season.
The first tournament entry deadline to be affected will be the Andalucia Open de España Valle Romano.
(ii ) As at the 17th July, all players in Category 11 will be re- ranked in order of official money won on The 2006 European Tour Order of Merit.
The first tournament entry deadline to be affected will be the Deutsche Bank Players’ Championship of Europe.
Summary
Re-Rank 1 position will determine entry into the following events:
Andalucia Open de España Valle Romano
Telecom Italia Open
The Quinn Direct British Masters
Nissan Irish Open
BMW Championship
The Celtic Manor Wales Open
BA-CA Golf Open presented by Telekom Austria
Aa St. Omer Open
Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles
Open de France Alstom
Smurfit European Open
The Barclays Scottish Open
Re-Rank 2 position will determine entry into the following events:
The Deutsche Bank Players’ Championship of Europe
EnterCard Scandinavian Masters
The KLM Open
The Cadillac Russian Open
BMW International Open
Omega European Masters
dunhill links championship
Standings as at April 16th, prior to Re-Rank One
Provisional Player Euro Cat Original
Re-Rank Ranking 1 Darren FICHARDT 185464.88 11b 24
2 Ross FISHER 183245.39 11b 19
3 Mattias ELIASSON 134036.29 11b 9
4 Louis OOSTHUIZEN 124091.67 11b 10
5 Andres ROMERO 78250.00 11 4
6 Matthew MILLAR 68683.27 11b 26
7 Jarmo SANDELIN 56178.27 11b 15
8 Warren ABERY 49978.28 11b 31
9 Ariel CANETE 47424.92 11c 38
10 Tom WHITEHOUSE 42560.20 11b 6
11 David GRIFFITHS 40795.96 11b 8
12 Leif WESTERBERG 33594.52 11b 14
13 Gary CLARK 31863.51 11b 29
14 David HIGGINS 29198.31 11 2
15 Christian L NILSSON 28383.80 11b 27
16 Miguel CARBALLO 27060.40 11b 22
17 Alexandre ROCHA 21199.38 11b 16
18 Oliver WHITELEY 18186.67 11b 21
19 Felipe AGUILAR 16120.14 11b 23
20 David BRANSDON 15482.89 11b 2521 Rafael GOMEZ 12318.05 11 1
22 Paul DWYER 11381.77 11 3
23 Marco RUIZ 7928.41 11 5
24 Robert ROCK 3887.65 11b 7
25 Shaun P WEBSTER 0.00 11b 11
26 David DIXON 12439.11 11b 12
27 Iain PYMAN 10771.17 11b 13
28 Michele REALE 4802.40 11b 17
29 Francisco VALERA 9619.65 11b 20
30 Wilhelm SCHAUMAN 11199.77 11b 28
31 Henrik NYSTROM 13145.46 11b 30
32 Santiago LUNA 4200.00 11b 32
33 Benoit TEILLERIA 0.00 11b 33
34 Kieran STAUNTON 0.00 11b 34
35 Stephen SCAHILL 8664.55 11b 35
36 Anders SJÖSTRAND 1900.95 11b 36
37 Tuomas TUOVINEN 4402.20 11b 37
38 Stephen BROWNE 0.00 11c 39
39 Toni KARJALAINEN 8150.95 11c 40
40 Adam MEDNICK 0.00 11d 41
