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Getty Images- Irish duo leads World Cup of Golf in China
- Couples to make Champions debut in January
- European qualifying for Solheim Cup changes
- LPGA's Ochoa top player for fourth straight year
- England's Wood is European Tour's top rookie
- Report: Tour's Finchem paid $5.3 million in '08
- Westwood claims Dubai win, Euro title | Scores
- Brooks earns record third win at Pebble Beach
- Senior's 5-under 66 takes Champions Q-school
- Sybase Classic off LPGA schedule for next year

- @ESPN_Golf Irish duo leads World Cup of Golf in China - http://tinyurl.com/yf5wbl7 about 16 hours ago

- @ESPN_Golf European qualifying for Solheim Cup changes - http://tinyurl.com/yhpfbnw 1 day ago

- @ESPN_Golf Couples to make Champions debut in January - http://tinyurl.com/ylhqdug 1 day ago

- @JasonSobel Turns out I've been brushing too vigorously. Periodontist equated it to swinging the club too fast. I understood the analogy completely. 1 day ago

- @JasonSobel Just rocked the vote in the GWAA's annual balloting. My picks for POY: Tiger Woods (duh), Jiyai Shin (close) and Loren Roberts (closer). 1 day ago

- @JasonSobel Do the math. Vijay has played an average of 9.5 more events each season than Tiger. That means he plays about one more tourney every month. 1 day ago

- @JasonSobel Tiger Woods led the PGA Tour with 121 top-10s this decade. That's three more than No. 2 man Vijay Singh ... in 95 fewer starts. 1 day ago

- @ESPN_Golf England's Wood is European Tour's top rookie - http://tinyurl.com/yd5eole 1 day ago

- @JasonSobel 99 things to be thankful for this, uh, Thanksgolfing (sorry): http://tinyurl.com/yanczee 1 day ago

- @JasonSobel Champions Tour has 26 events in '10, but only 24 on the LPGA, meaning more Leonard Thompson and Gene Jones than Lorena Ochoa and Jiyai Shin. 2 days ago

- @ESPN_Golf Harig: Two of tour's top 10 played more in '09 - http://tinyurl.com/yzwomde 2 days ago

- @JasonSobel This just in: Kansas will play a concert at 2010 PGA Merchandise Show. Carry on, my wayward hackers. I guess Styx wasn't available. 2 days ago

- @JasonSobel End of the golf season? Not so fast. This week is the World Cup, which is smaller than soccer's version and involves less hooliganism. 2 days ago

- @ESPN_Golf Asian football chief signs billion dollar rights deal - http://tinyurl.com/yjvduwu 2 days ago

- @ESPN_Golf LPGA's Ochoa top player for fourth straight year - http://tinyurl.com/ybxd6uv 3 days ago

- @JasonSobel Story of the year? Anna Nordqvist was 25th at Q-school... then won a major, played in the Solheim Cup and is about to win the final event. 3 days ago

- @ESPN_Golf Curtis Granderson is a Big Tattletale - http://tinyurl.com/yfzcbbo 3 days ago

- @ESPN_Golf Mahoney: Confidence, caddie played vital role for Westwood - http://tinyurl.com/yjyrzxq 3 days ago

- @JasonSobel Thanks, you too. Can I follow-up with a few Qs? Will be quick. Anytime in next few weeks RT @phoenixlp Thanks for a fun interview last week. 3 days ago

- @JasonSobel For my 1,000th career tweet, I'd like to offer my most profound Twitter thoughts since I first signed up. Oops, just ran out of characters.. 3 days ago
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GOLF STATISTICS
| Player | Events | Earnings | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods (USA) | 18 | $10,508,163 |
| 2 | Steve Stricker (USA) | 23 | $6,332,636 |
| 3 | Phil Mickelson (USA) | 19 | $5,332,755 |
| 4 | Zach Johnson (USA) | 27 | $4,714,813 |
| 5 | Kenny Perry (USA) | 25 | $4,445,562 |
| 6 | Sean O'Hair (USA) | 24 | $4,316,493 |
| 7 | Jim Furyk (USA) | 24 | $3,946,515 |
| 8 | Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) | 21 | $3,866,270 |
| 9 | Lucas Glover (USA) | 27 | $3,693,353 |
| 10 | Y.E. Yang (KOR) | 24 | $3,489,516 |
2010 RYDER CUP
| Rk | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucas Glover | 1650.00 |
| 2 | Stewart Cink | 1291.10 |
| 3 | Tiger Woods | 1286.16 |
| 4 | Phil Mickelson | 873.53 |
| 5 | Kenny Perry | 734.94 |
| 6 | Tom Watson | 732.60 |
| 7 | Chad Campbell | 681.11 |
| T-8 | Ricky Barnes | 559.83 |
| T-8 | David Duval | 559.83 |
| 10 | Hunter Mahan | 527.42 |
| 11 | John Merrick | 393.45 |
| 12 | Steve Stricker | 337.53 |
| 13 | Sean O'Hair | 293.62 |
| 14 | Jim Furyk | 287.71 |
| • U.S. rankings as of Aug. 15. • Top 8 qualify for U.S. (as of Aug. 15, 2010). • 2010 Ryder Cup is Oct. 1-3 at Celtic Manor. |
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| Rk | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rory McIlroy | 89.26 |
| 2 | Simon Dyson | 76.07 |
| 3 | Lee Westwood | 75.26 |
| 4 | Padraig Harrington | 70.83 |
| 5 | Ian Poulter | 61.92 |
| 6 | Francesco Molinari | 58.50 |
| 7 | Alexander Noren | 55.00 |
| 8 | Grégory Bourdy | 53.32 |
| 9 | Ross McGowan | 50.31 |
| 10 | Ross Fisher | 47.86 |
| 11 | Edoardo Molinari | 38.47 |
| 12 | Rafael Cabrera-Bello | 37.68 |
| • European rankings are as of Nov. 16, 2009. • Top 4 on Europe's world list (as of Aug. 29, 2010) make the team. • Next 5 players not already qualified on European list make the team. |
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| Rk | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rory McIlroy | 860222.72 |
| 2 | Simon Dyson | 828296.58 |
| 3 | Lee Westwood | 792724.41 |
| 4 | Ian Poulter | 646122.80 |
| 5 | Ross Fisher | 604779.80 |
| 6 | Francesco Molinari | 580184.77 |
| 7 | Alexander Noren | 577454.49 |
| 8 | Ross McGowan | 537636.33 |
| 9 | Oliver Wilson | 470287.37 |
| 10 | Grégory Bourdy | 390949.88 |
| 11 | Peter Hason | 374742.67 |
| 12 | Michael Jonzon | 368578.74 |
| • European rankings are as of Nov. 16, 2009. • Top 4 on Europe's world list (as of Aug. 29, 2010) make the team. • Next 5 players not already qualified on European list make the team. |
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