{"id":306,"date":"2004-12-02T14:38:48","date_gmt":"2004-12-02T19:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/uncategorized\/ryder_cup_points_shakeup\/"},"modified":"2004-12-02T14:38:48","modified_gmt":"2004-12-02T19:38:48","slug":"ryder_cup_points_shakeup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/other\/ryder_cup_points_shakeup","title":{"rendered":"Ryder Cup Points Shakeup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/b\/imgs\/other\/ryder_cup_k_club.jpg\" height=\"224\" width=\"298\" alt=\"Ryder Cup K Club\" class=\"bordered\" \/>Fresh off their drubbing just a few months ago, the PGA of America has revised its points system to award more points to players with top-10 performances in Ryder Cup years, major championships, and tournament victories. The change goes into effect January 6-9, 2005 at the Mercedes Championship. Points accumulated thus far will remain intact.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The PGA of America&#8217;s goal is to ensure the strongest possible team for the next edition of the Ryder Cup Matches at the K Club in Ireland,&#8221; said Roger Warren, PGA of America President. &#8220;The new system rewards the game&#8217;s hottest players as well as many players who have won events in the year of the Matches.&#8221;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nUnder the new system, regular-season victories in 2005 will continue to be worth 75 points, majors will earn 450 (up from 225), and top-10 finishes will see an increase as well. In Ryder Cup years, a regular-season win counts for 375 points, up from 150. Finishes in the top 10 will see their points values doubled. Majors will be worth 675, up from 300, and top-10 finishes in majors will be increased as well.<\/p>\n<p>Qualification continues through the 88th PGA Championship, Aug. 14-20, 2006 at Medinah (Ill.) Country Club. The 2006 Ryder Cup Matches will be conducted Sept. 22-24, 2006, at The K Club in Straffan, County Kildare, Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>The last major revision to the points system was in 1993, when more points were awarded to major championship victors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Team USA Ryder Cup Point System Breakdown<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre>Finish  04-05 Event   2005 Major   2006 Event   2006 Major\n1ST        75            450          375          675\n2ND        45            225          180          360\n3RD        40            200          160          320\n4TH        35            175          140          280\n5TH        30            150          120          240\n6TH        25            125          100          200\n7TH        20            100           80          160\n8TH        15             75           60          120\n9TH        10             50           40           80\n10TH        5             25           20           40<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A major announcement regarding the accumulation of points for Ryder Cup play: the first major shakeup since 1993.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ryder Cup Points Shakeup (Other) - The Sand Trap .com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/other\/ryder_cup_points_shakeup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Ryder Cup Points Shakeup (Other) - The Sand Trap .com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"A major announcement regarding the accumulation of points for Ryder Cup play: the first major shakeup since 1993.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/imgs\/other\/ryder_cup_k_club.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@the_sand_trap\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@the_sand_trap\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Erik J. 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