Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell has moved back into sixth spot in the Ryder Cup qualifying race following his fifth-place finish in the China Open.
Nick Dougherty's withdrawal from the Verizon Heritage event in America because of a family illness - he was joint 10th with a round to go - means he stays in eighth place.
The top 10, who would earn automatic spots as things stand, are Lee Westwood, Justin Rose, Henrik Stenson, Padraig Harrington, Daniel Chopra, McDowell, Robert Karlsson, Dougherty, Miguel Angel Jimenez and Martin Kaymer.
Latest leading places in the European Ryder Cup tables after the Volvo China Open and Verizon Heritage (top five on world list on August 31 qualify, plus next five on European list. Captain Nick Faldo then adds two wild cards):
(Capitals indicate players currently in qualifying positions)
World List
1 LEE WESTWOOD 168.14, 2 JUSTIN ROSE 141.38, 3 HENRIK STENSON 140.14, 4 PADRAIG HARRINGTON 121.14, 5 DANIEL CHOPRA 112.56, 6 Martin Kaymer 100.38, 7 Ian Poulter 94.73, 8 Luke Donald 94.67, 9 Graeme McDowell 86.53, 10 Miguel Angel Jimenez 83.86, 11 Robert Karlsson 81.35, 12 Nick Dougherty 78.71
European List
1 Lee Westwood 1,499,315, 2 Justin Rose 1,239,606, 3 Henrik Stenson 1,163,564, 4 GRAEME McDOWELL 921,032, 5 ROBERT KARLSSON 887,002, 6 NICK DOUGHERTY 886,408, 7 MIGUEL ANGEL JIMENEZ 805,820, 8 MARTIN KAYMER 791,174, 9 Soren Kjeldsen 755,282, 10 Padraig Harrington 745,336, 11 Steve Webster 738,660, 12 Soren Hansen 734,505
