Five Australians and one New Zealander make Masters field
Sydney’s Harrison Crowe’s win at the Asia Pacific Amateur earns him a dream start
Five Australians and one New Zealander are confirmed in next week’s Masters following the completion of final qualifying criteria on Sunday.
The only way another could join the list is for that player to win this week’s Texas Open in San Antonio where the likes of Cameron Davis and Harrison Endycott’s chances remain alive.
Cameron Smith, Jason Day, Adam Scott, Min Woo Lee, debutante and amateur Harrison Crowe and New Zealand’s Ryan Fox have found their way into the field courtesy of the various qualifying criteria, Day and Lee the last into the field as a result of being inside the top 50 in the world when the cut off was determined.
The perhaps unlucky one is Lucas Herbert who just failed to make the top 50 (51st) following his courageous effort when going down to Rory McIlroy in last Saturday’s Round of 16 at the WGC Dell Technologies event in Austin.
Crowe and Fox will make their Augusta National debuts while for Smith, Day and Scott, all three have experienced success in the event. Scott was of course the champion in 2013, while Smith and Day have both recorded runner-up and 3rd place finishes in the event previously.
