90 jugadores tienen asegurada su invitación al Masters ’15. Olazábal, García y Jiménez, entre ellos

diciembre 31, 2014

A menos de 100 días para que de comienzo el Masters de Augusta (9 al 12 de abril), primer Grande de la temporada 2015, 90 jugadores tienen asegurada su presencia en el Augusta National.

Por cuarta vez en los últimos cinco años, al menos 90 jugadores lograron su clasificación para el Masters antes de que finalizara el año por lo que cada vez se hace más difícil lograr que el campo más reducido de los cuatro Majors se mantenga en los dos dígitos, objetivo primordial para la organización que mantiene desde 1966.

Por el momento tres son los españoles que cruzarán la entrada más famosa a un campo de golf, Magnolia Lane. Ellos son Sergio García clasificado por varios caminos, acabar entre los cuatro primeros en el British Open 2014 (categoría 14), disputar el Tour Championship del PGA Tour (17) y ser Top 5o en el ranking mundial a finales de año (18).

La clasificación de Miguel Ángel Jiménez viene determinada por terminar entre los 12 primeros en el pasado Masters de Augusta donde fue cuarto (categoría 12) y al igual que García ser Top 5o en el ranking mundial a finales de año (18).

Por su parte José Mari Olazábal tiene asegurado un puesto en el Torneo de Campeones de por vida al haber vestido la Chaqueta Verde alguna vez y el «vascorro» como cariñosamente le llama Jiménez lo hizo en dos ocasiones 1994 y 1999 (categoría 1).

Sang-Moon Bae (16)
Korea

Thomas Bjørn (12,18)
Denmark

Jonas Blixt (12)
Sweden

Keegan Bradley (4,13,18)
United States of America

Angel Cabrera (1,16)
Argentina

Tim Clark (16)
South Africa

Darren Clarke (3)
Northern Ireland

# Erik Compton (13)
United States of America

#* Corey Conners (6-B)
Canada

Fred Couples (1)
United States of America

Ben Crane (16)
United States of America

Ben Crenshaw (1)
United States of America

Jason Day (13,17,18)
Australia

Luke Donald (18)
England

Jamie Donaldson (18)
Wales

Victor Dubuisson (18)
France

Jason Dufner (4,18)
United States of America

Ernie Els (3)
South Africa

Rickie Fowler (12,13,14,15,17,18)
United States of America

Jim Furyk (14,17,18)
United States of America

Stephen Gallacher (18)
Scotland

Sergio Garcia (14,17,18)
Spain

Bill Haas (17,18)
United States of America

# Brian Harman (16)
United States of America

#* Scott Harvey (11)
United States of America

Russell Henley (17)
United States of America

Charley Hoffman (16)
United States of America

# Morgan Hoffmann (17)
United States of America

J.B. Holmes (16)
United States of America

Billy Horschel (16,17,18)
United States of America

Mikko Ilonen (18)
Finland

Trevor Immelman (1)
South Africa

Thongchai Jaidee (18)
Thailand

Miguel Angel Jimenez (12,18)
Spain

Dustin Johnson (13,17,18)
United States of America

Zach Johnson (1,17,18)
United States of America

Martin Kaymer (2,4,5,17,18)
Germany

Chris Kirk (16,17,18)
United States of America

# Brooks Koepa (13,18)
United States of America

Matt Kuchar (5,12,16,17,18)
United States of America

Bernhard Langer (1,12)
Germany

Marc Leishman (18)
Australia

# Shane Lowry (18)
Ireland

Joost Luiten (18)
Netherlands

Sandy Lyle (1)
Scotland

Hunter Mahan (16,17,18)
United States of America

Ben Martin (16)
United States of America

Hideki Matsuyama (16,17,18)
Japan

Graeme McDowell (2,18)
Northern Ireland

Rory McIlroy (2,3,4,12,16,17,18)
Northern Ireland

#* Byron Meth (10)
United States of America

Phil Mickelson (1,3,15,18)
United States of America

Larry Mize (1)
United States of America

Ryan Moore (16,18)
United States of America

#* Antonio Murdaca (8)
Australia

Kevin Na (17,18)
United States of America

#* Bradley Neil (7)
Scotland

# Seung-Yul Noh (16)
Korea

Mark O’Meara (1)
United States of America

Geoff Ogilvy (17)
Australia

Jose Maria Olazabal (1)
Spain

Louis Oosthuizen (3,18)
South Africa

Ryan Palmer (17,18)
United States of America

Ian Poulter (18)
England

Patrick Reed (17,18)
United States of America

Justin Rose (2,16,17,18)
England

Charl Schwartzel (1,18)
South Africa

Adam Scott (1,16,17,18)
Australia

John Senden (12,17,18)
Australia

Webb Simpson (2,17,18)
United States of America

Vijay Singh (1)
Fiji

Jordan Spieth (12,17,18)
United States of America

Kevin Stadler (12)
United States of America

Henrik Stenson (13,15,18)
Sweden

# Robert Streb (16)
United States of America

Kevin Streelman (16)
United States of America

Steve Stricker (18)
United States of America

# Brendan Todd (16,17)
United States of America

# Cameron Tringale (17)
United States of America

Camilo Villegas (16)
Colombia

Jimmy Walker (12,17,18)
United States of America

Bubba Watson (1,16,17,18)
United States of America

Tom Watson (1)
United States of America

Mike Weir (1)
Canada

Lee Westwood (12,18)
England

# Danny Willet (18)
England

Gary Woodland (17,18)
United States of America

Tiger Woods (1,5,18)
United States of America

Ian Woosnam (1)
Wales

#* Gunn Yang (6-A)
Korea

Forma de Calificación:

Masters Tournament Champions (Lifetime)
US Open Champions (Honorary, non-competing after 5 years)
British Open Champions (Honorary, non-competing after 5 years)
PGA Champions (Honorary, non-competing after 5 years)
Winners of The Players Championship (Three years)
Current US Amateur Champion (6-A) (Honorary, non-competing after 1 year) and the runner-up (6-B) to the current US Amateur Champion
Current British Amateur Champion (Honorary, non-competing after 1 year)
Current Asia-Pacific Amateur Champion
Current Latin America Amateur Champion
Current US Amateur Public Links Champion
Current US Mid-Amateur Champion
The first 12 players, including ties, in the previous year’s Masters Tournament
The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s US Open Championship
The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s British Open Championship
The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s PGA Championship
Winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, from previous Masters to current Masters
Those qualifying for the previous year’s season-ending Tour Championship
The 50 leaders on the Final Official World Golf Ranking for the previous calendar year
The 50 leaders on the Official World Golf Ranking published during the week prior to the current Masters Tournament