Dane Soren Hansen has knocked Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell out of the top 10 on the European Ryder Cup list.
And while Hansen's third-place finish in the French Open boosted his hopes of a debut, taking him above not only McDowell but also England's Nick Dougherty, runner-up Colin Montgomerie has moved from outside the top 40 to 14th in the standings.
The top 10 who would earn places as things stand are Lee Westwood, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Robert Karlsson, Justin Rose, Sergio Garcia, Martin Kaymer, Henrik Stenson, Oliver Wilson, Hansen and Dougherty.
Open champion Harrington and Luke Donald are currently favourites for Faldo's two wild cards.
Latest leading places in the European Ryder Cup tables after the French Open (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 224.48, 2 MIGUEL ANGEL JIMENEZ 174.86, 3 ROBERT KARLSSON 173.28, 4 JUSTIN ROSE 167.46, 5 SERGIO GARCIA 163.70, 6 Henrik Stenson 163.02, 7 Martin Kaymer 148.45, 8 Padraig Harrington 135.82, 9 Luke Donald 134.66, 10 Daniel Chopra 123.58, 11 Ian Poulter 110.82, 12 Oliver Wilson 108.40
European List
1 Westwood 2,085,621, 2 Karlsson 1,867,485, 3 Jimenez 1,789,641, 4 MARTIN KAYMER 1,305,447, 5 HENRIK STENSON 1,293,239, 6 OLIVER WILSON 1,251,857, 7 Rose 1,240,877, 8 SOREN HANSEN 1,199,331, 9 NICK DOUGHERTY 1,032,337, 10 Graeme McDowell 1,030,822, 11 Soren Kjeldsen 1,002,885, 12 Steve Webster 853,305
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