Order of Merit
The EBGA stages six ranking events each season at which players can earn Order of Merit points depending on their position in each tournament.
Players are also awarded 1 point for participating in the monthly Stableford competition which is played on a player's home course. There is an overall Order of Merit that includes all players and a seniors Order of Merit for players over the age of 65.
The current 2009 / 2010 Order of Merit ran from the August 2009 Home Stableford competition until the conclusion of the English Strokeplay
Championship in July 2010 and also includes the July 2010 Home Stableford competition.
The top nine players in the final table at that point automatically qualify for a place in the England team to face Scotland in the annual International
which will be hosted by England in September 2010. The remaining four places are Captain's Picks and this year's Captain, Derrick Sheridan, has decided to select the next four players in the Order of Merit to complete his team.
This year has seen the closest finish ever in the Order of Merit. Going into the final day of competition for this year’s Order of Merit there were six golfers with a chance of topping the table. Chris Evans, who was not playing so could not improve his total, led with 138 points. Only three of the chasing five managed to overtake Chris – Jay Cookson reached 139, Derrick Sheridan 141 and the Order of Merit winner Derek Field 143. Derek also wins the Seniors Order of Merit.
| Position |
Name |
Points |
| 1 |
Derek Field (Surrey) |
143 |
| 2 |
Derrick Sheridan (Berkshire) |
141 |
| 3 |
Jay Cookson (Hampshire) |
139 |
| 4 |
Chris Evans (Carmarthen) |
138 |
| |
Steve Beevers (Wirral) |
138 |
| 6 |
Bryan Richards (Warwickshire) |
136 |
| 7 |
Ron Tomlinson (Essex) |
132 |
| 8 |
John Eakin (Surrey) |
105 |
| 9 |
Pieta Le Roux (London) |
95 |
| 10 |
Mike Loten (Hampshire) |
93 |
| 11 |
Simon Cookson (Hampshire) |
88 |
| 12 |
Barry Ritchie (Warwickshire) |
86 |
| 13 |
John Williams (Flintshire) |
69 |
| 14 |
Peter Hodgkinson (Cheshire) |
67 |
| 15 |
Neil Baxter (Essex) |
66 |
| 16 |
Roy McKnight (Wirral) |
63 |
| 17 |
Frances Radford (Nottinghamshire) |
55 |
| 18 |
Billly McAllister (Hertfordshire) |
52 |
| 19 |
Andy Sellars (Yorkshire) |
46 |
| 20 |
Malcolm Elrick (Yorkshire) |
44 |
| 21 |
Nick Mills (Devon) |
41 |
| 22 |
Euin Hill (Yorkshire) |
30 |
| 23 |
John Madsen (Staffordshire) |
24 |
| 24 |
Gary Bond (Yorkshire) |
22 |
| 25 |
Steve Cook (Cornwall) |
19 |
| 26 |
Jim O'Brien (Leicestershire) |
13 |
| 27 |
Derek Roden (Sussex) |
11 |
| 28 |
Jean Kennedy-Bolton (Warwickshire) |
3 |
| |
Roy Sharples |
3 |
| 30 |
Colin Shuttleworth |
2 |
| 31 |
Tony Shearman (Surrey) |
1 |
| |
David Scott (Leicestershire) |
1 |
| 33 |
All others yet to score |
0 |
| |
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0 |
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