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A falta de tres días para que de comienzo el primer Grande de la temporada, se completó la lista de jugadores que estará sobre la hierba del Augusta National tras conocer si el Houston Open aportaría un golfista más a los 86 previamente invitados. Finalmente tendremos uno más después del triunfo de Ian Poulter sobre el joven Beau Hossler en un final de infarto donde el inglés sacaba su gen Ryder Cup recordando los mejores momentos de Medinah.
En total serán 87 los jugadores que tomen parte en el Torneo de Campeones, entre los que se incluyen cuatro españoles (Sergio García, Jon Rahm, Rafa Cabrera-Bello y José María Olazábal). Esta cifra es la más baja desde 1997, año en el Tiger Woods conseguía la victoria con una ventaja de 12 golpes.
Esos 87 participantes, de los que seis son amateurs, proceden de 23 países diferentes siendo Estados Unidos quién más aporta con cuarenta jugadores. Les sigue Inglaterra con nueve, Sudáfrica con cinco y Australia, Japón y España con cuatro.
Estos son los jugadores*
CATEGORY 1: Masters Tournament Champions
Angel Cabrera (1), Argentina
Fred Couples (1)
Sergio Garcia (1, 17, 18), Spain
Trevor Immelman, (1), South Africa
Zach Johnson (1, 3, 18)
Bernhard Langer (1), Germany
Sandy Lyle (1), Scotland
Phil Mickelson (1, 3, 16, 18)
Larry Mize (1)
Mark O’Meara (1)
Jose Maria Olazabal (1), Spain
Charl Schwartzel (1, 12, 18), South Africa
Adam Scott (1, 12, 18), Australia
Vijay Singh (1), Fiji
Jordan Spieth (1, 2, 3, 12, 16, 17, 18)
Bubba Watson (1, 16)
Tom Watson (1)
Mike Weir (1), Canada
Danny Willett (1), England
Tiger Woods (1)
Ian Woosnam (1), Wales
CATEGORY 2: U.S. Open champions (Five-year exemption)
Justin Rose (2, 12, 16, 17, 18), England
Martin Kaymer (2), Germany
Dustin Johnson (2, 16, 17, 18)
Brooks Koepka (2, 12, 17, 18)
CATEGORY 3: The Open Champions (Five-year exemption)
Rory McIlroy (3, 4, 12, 14, 16, 18), Northern Ireland
Henrik Stenson (3, 16, 18)
CATEGORY 4: PGA Champions (Five-year exemption)
Jason Day (4, 16, 17, 18), Australia
Justin Thomas (4, 16, 17, 18)
Jimmy Walker (4)
Jason Dufner (4, 16, 17, 18)
CATEGORY 5: The Players Championship Winners (Three-year exemption)
Rickie Fowler (5, 12, 17, 18)
Si-Woo Kim (5, 18), South Korea
CATEGORY 6: Current Olympic Golf Medalist (One year)
N/A
CATEGORY 7-A: Current U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up
Doc Redman (7-A)
CATEGORY 7-B: Current U.S. Amateur runner-up
Doug Ghim (7-B)
CATEGORY 8: Current British Amateur Champion
Harry Ellis (8), England
CATEGORY 9: Current Asia-Pacific Amateur Champion
Lin Yuxin (9), China
CATEGORY 10: Current Latin America Amateur Champion
Joaquin Niemann (9), Chile
CATEGORY 11: Current U.S. Mid-Amateur Champion
Matt Parziale (11)
CATEGORY 12: First 12 players (including ties) in previous year’s Masters
Paul Casey (12, 16, 17, 18), England
Kevin Chappell (12, 16, 17, 18)
Russell Henley (12, 17, 18)
Matt Kuchar (12, 14, 17, 18)
Hideki Matsuyama (12, 13, 16, 17, 18)
Ryan Moore (12)
Thomas Pieters (12, 18), Belgium
CATEGORY 13: First 4 players (including ties) in previous year’s U.S. Open
Brian Harman (13, 16, 17, 18)
Tommy Fleetwood (13, 18)
CATEGORY 14: First 4 players (including ties) in previous year’s Open Championship
Rafa Cabrera-Bello (14, 18)
Haotong Li (14)
CATEGORY 15: First 4 players (including ties) in previous year’s PGA Championship
Francesco Molinari (15, 18)
Patrick Reed (15, 17, 18)
Louis Oosthuizen (15, 18)
CATEGORY 16: Individual winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, from previous Masters to current Masters
Daniel Berger (16, 17, 18)
Wesley Bryan (16)
Patrick Cantlay (16, 17, 18)
Austin Cook (16)
Billy Horschel (16)
Kevin Kisner (16, 17, 18)
Patton Kizzire (16)
Marc Leishman (16, 17, 18)
Pat Perez (16, 17, 18)
Ted Potter, Jr. (16)
Ian Poulter (16)
Jon Rahm (16, 17, 18)
Xander Schauffele (16, 17, 18)
Kyle Stanley (16, 17, 18)
Brendan Steele (16, 18)
Jhonattan Vegas (16, 17, 18)
Gary Woodland (16, 18)
Bryson DeChambeau (16)
CATEGORY 17: Qualifiers for previous year’s season-ending Tour Championship
Tony Finau (17, 18)
Adam Hadwin (17)
Charley Hoffman (17, 18)
Webb Simpson (17, 18)
CATEGORY 18: Top 50 on final Official World Golf Ranking for previous calendar year
Kiradech Aphibarnrat (18)
Ross Fisher (18)
Matthew Fitzpatrick (18)
Branden Grace (18)
Tyrrell Hatton (18)
Yuta Ikeda (18)
Yusaku Miyazato (18)
Alex Noren (18)
Bernd Wiesberger (18)
CATEGORY 19: The 50 leaders on the Official World Golf Ranking published during the week prior to the current Masters Tournament
Satoshi Kodaira (19)
Chez Reavie (19)
Dylan Frittelli (19)
Cameron Smith (19)
SPECIAL EXEMPTION
Shubhankar Sharma
*Fuente: PGA of América
