You are in > manchester.com  > News > Rose gets Masters invite

Golf

Rose gets Masters invite

27/03/2007

Englishman Justin Rose has been handed a late invitation to compete in the Masters tournament at Augusta next week.

Rose, who has been struggling with a back injury recently which has kept him out of the last two scheduled events, qualified by finishing among the 50 leaders on the official world golf rankings published during the week prior to the competition.

Along with Rose, Australian Aaron Baddeley and American players Bart Bryant, Paul Goydos, Charles Howell III and John Rollins were all handed invitations to the tournament.

Mark Calcavecchia will also join these players on the Georgia golf course courtesy of his place among the ten leaders on the official PGA Tour money list in the week before the event.

Billy Payne, the chairman of the Masters and the Augusta national golf club confirmed that a total of 107 players have been handed invitations, although only 97 of those are expected to take to the tee as the other ten are ageing former champions.

Among the players that will be in the field for the start of the tournament, five are amateurs and 18 are first-time participants.

World number one Tiger Woods is one of the former winners to be taking part and he is the bookie's favourite to lift the trophy he has won on four separate occasions.

The first players will tee off at Augusta on April 2nd.

© Adfero Ltd