Another top-10 finish has stretched Lee Westwood's lead at the top of the European Ryder Cup points race.

Westwood came joint ninth at the US Tour's Honda Classic and is a near-certainty for a seventh cap against the Americans in Wales in October.

Latest leading positions in the European Ryder Cup table after the Malaysian Open and Honda Classic (top four on world list qualify, then next five on European points list. Captain Colin Montgomerie adds three wild cards):

WORLD POINTS

1 LEE WESTWOOD 208.2, 2 IAN POULTER 188.1, 3 RORY McILROY 148.5, 4 PADRAIG HARRINGTON 110.1, 5 Martin Kaymer 109.2, 6 Edoardo Molinari 97.7, 7 Paul Casey 91.4, 8 Ross McGowan 90.6, 9 Simon Dyson 84.5, 10 Robert Karlsson 81.0

EUROPEAN POINTS

1 Lee Westwood 1,989,765, 2 Ian Poulter 1,947,051, 3 Rory McIlroy 1,405,094, 4 ROSS McGOWAN 1,173,957, 5 SIMON DYSON 926,512, 6 OLIVER WILSON 822,044, 7 ALEXANDER NOREN 804,127, 8 MARTIN KAYMER 798,042, 9 Paul Casey 774,403, 10 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 763,034