A record number of 33 European Tour Members have been invited to play in the 2007 Masters Tournament and for six of them it will be their first taste of the unique atmosphere at Augusta National Golf Club for the year’s first Major Championship from April 5-8.
Bradley Dredge of Wales, Johan Edfors of Sweden, Kenneth Ferrie of England, Robert Karlsson of Sweden, Jeev Milkha Singh of India and Y E Yang of Korea can all look forward to making their Masters debuts.
In total, Augusta National Golf Club has announced a list of 100 invitees that includes 33 from The European Tour – two more than the previous record set in 2006. Among the field are five amateurs and 18 first-timers.
Dredge, Edfors, Karlsson and Singh, who between them won a total of seven titles on The 2006 European Tour International Schedule, and Yang, who captured the first event of the 2007 Schedule, the HSBC Champions, all secured their invites courtesy of finishing 2006 inside the top 50 on the Official World Golf Ranking.
Meanwhile, Ferrie booked his place by finishing tied sixth on his US Open debut at Winged Foot last June.
The full list of European Tour Members invited to play in the 2007 Masters Tournament is as follows:
Severiano Ballesteros (Esp)
Thomas Björn (Den)
Angel Cabrera (Arg)
Michael Campbell (Nzl)
Paul Casey (Eng)
Darren Clarke (NIr)
Luke Donald (Eng)
Bradley Dredge (Wal)
Johan Edfors (Swe)
Ernie Els (RSA)
Nick Faldo (Eng)
Niclas Fasth (Swe)
Kenneth Ferrie (Eng)
Sergio Garcia (Esp)
Retief Goosen (RSA)
Padraig Harrington (Ire)
David Howell (Eng)
Trevor Immelman (RSA)
Miguel Angel Jiménez (Esp)
Robert Karlsson (Swe)
Bernhard Langer (Ger)
Sandy Lyle (Sco)
Colin Montgomerie (Sco)
Nick O’Hern (Aus)
José Maria Olazábal (Esp)
Ian Poulter (Eng)
Adam Scott (Aus)
Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind)
Vijay Singh (Fij)
Henrik Stenson (Swe)
Lee Westwood (Eng)
Ian Woosnam (Wal)
Y E Yang (Kor)
Two opportunities still remain for players to compete in this year’s event. To do so they must finish among the top ten on the 2007 US PGA Tour Money List published during the week prior to the Masters, and those in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking the same week.
