Teams
The top ten players for the USA and Europe as determined by their points performance (variously calculated by their local PGA) received an automatic place on the team. The remaining two players on each team were selected at the discretion of the team Captain. Team USA was finalized on 21 August, while qualification for Team Europe ended on 3 September. The Official World Golf Rankings shown are as of 17 September 2006, the last set issued before the Ryder Cup. The average ranking of the American team was 29.4 and that of the European team was 22.8.
| Team USA | |||||
| Name | Age | Residence | Points rank |
World ranking |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Lehman | 47 | Austin, Minnesota | non-playing captain | ||
| Tiger Woods | 30 | Windermere, Florida | 1 | 1 | |
| Phil Mickelson | 36 | Rancho Santa Fe, California | 2 | 2 | |
| Jim Furyk | 36 | Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida | 3 | 3 | |
| Chad Campbell | 32 | Lewisville, Texas | 4 | 22 | |
| David Toms | 39 | Monroe, Louisiana | 5 | 16 | |
| Chris DiMarco | 38 | Orlando, Florida | 6 | 15 | |
| Vaughn Taylor | 30 | Augusta, Georgia | 7 | 60 | Ryder Cup rookie |
| J. J. Henry | 31 | Fairfield, Connecticut | 8 | 64 | Ryder Cup rookie |
| Zach Johnson | 30 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | 9 | 42 | Ryder Cup rookie |
| Brett Wetterich | 33 | Cincinnati, Ohio | 10 | 68 | Ryder Cup rookie |
| Stewart Cink | 33 | Huntsville, Alabama | 12 | 23 | captain's pick |
| Scott Verplank | 42 | Dallas, Texas | 20 | 37 | captain's pick |
| Team Europe | ||||
| Name | Age | Residence | World ranking |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Woosnam | 48 | Llanymynech, Powys, Wales and Jersey |
non-playing captain | |
| Luke Donald | 28 | High Wycombe, England and Chicago, Illinois, USA |
9 | |
| Sergio García | 26 | Borriol, Spain | 8 | |
| Henrik Stenson | 30 | Dubai, UAE | 11 | Ryder Cup rookie |
| David Howell | 31 | Weybridge, England | 13 | |
| Colin Montgomerie | 43 | Oxshott, England | 14 | |
| Robert Karlsson | 37 | Monaco | 36 | Ryder Cup rookie |
| Paul Casey | 29 | Weybridge, England and Scottsdale, Arizona, USA |
17 | |
| Pádraig Harrington | 35 | Dublin, Ireland | 18 | |
| José María Olazábal | 40 | Fuenterrabia, Spain | 19 | |
| Paul McGinley | 39 | Sunningdale, England | 53 | |
| Darren Clarke | 38 | Chobham, England | 24 | captain's pick |
| Lee Westwood | 33 | Worksop, England | 51 | captain's pick |
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