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By TG staff writer

Not-so-great Dane  – he’s merely more very good at what he does – Anders Hansen’s dramatic win at Wentworth last weekend has put him in pole position to claim a place at the end-of-season HSBC World Match Play Championship bonanza.  

Hansen has now celebrated two victories in the Euro Tour’s flagship tournament and will fancy his chances of contesting the HSBC over the West Course on October 11-14 when a whopping £1m, the richest first prize in golf, will be up for grabs. 

The leading two European Tour players in the 2007 HSBC European Tournaments Ranking –  which accumulates the Official World Golf Ranking Points earned from the HSBC Champions, Abu Dhabi Golf Championship, Johnnie Walker Classic, BMW PGA Championship, BMW International Open, Open De France ALSTOM and the Smurfit  Kappa European Open  – will qualify for the 16-strong field.   

The 2007 HSBC European Tournaments Ranking after the BMW PGA Championship is:

Ranking

Player

Points

1

Anders Hansen

64.00

2

Paul Casey

59.40

3

Yang Yong-Eun

52.00

4

Richard Sterne

44.91

5

Anton Haig

42.91

6

Retief Goosen

39.29

7

Justin Rose

38.40

8

Miguel A Jimenez

36.08

9

Peter Hanson

23.44

10

Oliver Wilson

23.11

11

Vijay Singh

22.40

12

Padraig Harrington

21.78

13

Henrik Stenson

20.35

14

Marc Warren

19.00

15

Colin Montgomerie

18.31

16

Michael Campbell

18.20

17

Luke Donald

16.46

18

Robert Karlsson

15.23

19

Angel Cabrera

14.08

20

Thongchai Jaidee

13.13

 

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