There will be a critical eye placed on Nos.45-55 in the world ranking over the next four weeks, with many heralded players occupying those spots teeing it up at a time they might otherwise be taking a break from golf to either protect, or improve, their respective positions.
New Augusta National Women’s Amateur champion Bernat Escuder joins a historic list of Spanish winners at Augusta National, which includes Masters champions Seve Ballesteros and Jose Maria Olazabal, as well as her golf idols Sergio Garcia and Jon Rahm.
Those yet to qualify for this year’s Masters are running short on time to do so. Here are five golfers who still have a shot at being at Augusta National next month.
Masters chairman Fred Ridley acknowledged that what Augusta National Golf Club fans will see in April won’t have “quite as many trees as we did a year ago” but that any damage suffered last September when Hurricane Helene rolled through Georgia and the Carolinas won’t be an issue when the Masters is held in less than three months.
Australian Golf Digest
