Bad Cup news for McGowan
McGowan, who has missed his last four halfway cuts, has been overtaken by Irish Open top two Ross Fisher and Padraig Harrington.
Winner Fisher climbs from 13th to sixth, while runner-up Harrington moves from 17th to 10th less than 46,000 behind Miguel Angel Jimenez, who is now in the ninth and last spot with four weeks to go.
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Hide AdLatest leading positions in the European Ryder Cup table after the 3 Irish Open (top four on world list qualify, then next five on European points list. Captain Colin Montgomerie adds three wild cards on August 29):
World points: 1 L Westwood 422.0, 2 R Mcilroy 272.4, 3 G McDowell 245.5, 4 L Donald 229.1, 5 E Molinari 213.0, 5 I Poulter 211.2, 7 P Harrington 195.4, 8 J Rose 190.4, 9 M Kaymer 181.5, 10 F Molinari 165.9
European points: 1 L Westwood 3,446,137, 2 G McDowell 2,249,755, 3 I Poulter 2,205,624, 4 R McIlroy 1,939,890, 5 R Fisher 1,668,085, 6 M Kaymer 1,554,025, 7 F Molinari 1,539,835, 8 M A Jimenez 1,442,849, 9 P Harrington 1,387,836, 10 R McGowan 1,347,432.