Former Open Golf and U.S Masters Golf Champion Sandy Lyle of Scotland leads the 2011 European Senior Tour with earnings of €106,886 after four events played.

Lyle, who recently won the ISPS Handa Senior World Championship presented by Mission Hills China, leads from 2010 European Senior Tour Order of Merit winner, Boonchu Ruangkit of Thailand.

Next best placed are Australian Peter Senior and Chris Williams of South Africa.

The top-20 placings are detailed below.

2011 European Senior Tour Order of Merit Standings:-

1    Sandy LYLE    SCO        4    €106,886   
2    Boonchu RUANGKIT THA        4    €55,104   
3    Peter SENIOR    AUS        1    €54,499   
4    Chris WILLIAMS    RSA        5    €54,150   
5    Mike HARWOOD    AUS        4    €52,987   
6    Gary WOLSTENHOLME ENG        5    €51,914   
7    Ian WOOSNAM    WAL         4    €49,943   
8    Peter FOWLER    AUS        4    €48,593   
9    Barry LANE    ENG        4    €46,505   
10    Angel FRANCO    PAR        3    €44,519   
11    David FROST    RSA        1    €42,000   
12    Roger CHAPMAN    ENG        2    €41,647   
13    Andrew OLDCORN    SCO        2    €41,243   
14    Marc FARRY    FRA        5    €32,205   
15    Ross DRUMMOND    SCO        2    €27,926   
16    Bill LONGMUIR    SCO        5    €25,801   
17    David J RUSSELL    ENG        4    €24,601   
18    Katsuyoshi TOMORI JPN        3    €24,215   
19    David MERRIMAN    AUS        5    €23,770   
20    Graham BANISTER    AUS        4    €20,502