Australian Terry Price moved into pole position in Category 11 after the first re-rank of the season following an impressive start to the season in which he has earned €186,474 and climbed to 28th in the Volvo Order of Merit.
Price, who gained the ninth card at the Qualifying School Finals in November, enjoyed a best finish of runner-up in the Algarve Open de Portugal Caixa Geral de Depositos to climb to the top of current standings in the re-rank.
Japan’’s Nobuhito Sato, runner-up in the Qatar Masters, moved into in second place, having started the season with the seventh card while South African Louis Oosthuizen and American Rob Rashell are the two highest climbers, moving up from 34th and 33rd after the school to third and fourth respectively with one week remaining.
With Sweden’’s Christopher Hanell moving into Category 3 following his victory in the Madeira Island Open, the remaining 34 players in Category 11 were re-ranked.
At two points during the season, players in Category 11 of The European Tour are re-ranked as follows:
i) As at May 3, the top 20 official money winners from within Category 11 on the 2004 Volvo Order of Merit were ranked 1-20 in money order in Category 11 and the remainder followed on in the order established at the Qualifying School. The first tournament entry deadline to be affected was The Daily Telegraph Damovo British Masters.
ii) As at August 2, all players in Category 11 will be re-ranked in order of official money won on the 2004 Volvo Order of Merit. The first tournament entry deadline to be affected will be the KLM Open.
(a) Re-Rank 1 position will determine entry into the following events:
The Daily Telegraph Damovo British Masters
BMW Asian Open
Deutsche-Bank - SAP Open TPC of Europe
Volvo PGA Championship
The Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open
The Diageo Championship at Gleneagles
Aa St Omer Open
Open de France
Smurfit European Open
The Barclays Scottish Open
Nissan Irish Open
Scandinavian Masters
(b) Re-Rank 2 position will determine entry into the following events:
The KLM Open
BMW Russian Open
BMW International Open
Omega European Masters
Linde German Masters
The Heritage
dunhill links championship
Turespaña Mallorca Classic
Open de Madrid
Category 11 positions after Re-Rank 1
Terry PRICE 1
Nobuhito SATO 2
Louis OOSTHUIZEN 3
Rob RASHELL 4
Steven JEPPESEN 5
Damien MCGRANE 6
David CARTER 7
Richard MCEVOY 8
Wade ORMSBY 9
Alan MCLEAN 10
Chris GANE 11
Francois DELAMONTAGNE 12
Miguel Angel MARTIN 13
Jesus Maria ARRUTI 14
Cesar MONASTERIO 15
Steven O'HARA 16
Desvonde BOTES 17
David DIXON 18
Mattias NILSSON 19
Warren BENNETT 20
Jeppe HULDAHL 21
Matthew CORT 22
Ben BANKS 23
Paul MARANTZ 24
Daniel GAUNT 25
Per NYMAN 26
Mattias ELIASSON 27
Tom WHITEHOUSE 28
Jean-François LUCQUIN 29
Jorge BERENDT 30
Marc PENDARIES 31
Fernando ROCA 32
Craig SPENCE 33
Euan LITTLE 34
