Masters, which boasts the highest authority among the four major U.S. professional golf (PGA) tours, has strict qualifications and is restricted to players. Only 84 people will be invited to the 85th Masters, which will be held in April next year, and among Korean players, Lim Seong-jae (22, CJ Logistics, photo) is the only one to be included.
At the Masters, 20 former champions with lifetime qualifications were invited as a top priority. In addition, invitations were also delivered to △9 winners of major competitions in the last 5 years △2 winners of the’Fifth Major’ Players Championship in the last 3 years △Winner and runner-up of the US Amateur Championship △The winner of the British Amateur Championship. Here, △6 winners in the 12th place of the Masters this year △7 people in the 4th place in the US Open and the PGA Championship △The 12 winners of the PGA Tour Tournament in the United States since April were also given the right to participate in the Masters. Ten people qualified within the 50th place in the world rankings at the end of the year and obtained the right to participate in the Masters next year.
Lim Sung-jae was tied for second place at this year’s Masters held last month and received the right to participate in the next year’s tournament. Im Seong-jae was the first Asian national player to take the runner-up in this year’s Masters with the highest number of buddies (24) and the least putt (102). Kim Si-woo (25, CJ Logistics), who participated in the Masters as a winner of the Players Championship, had the three-year deadline expired and did not get any other qualifications. There are only two ways to get the Masters qualifier before the tournament. You can stand on the Masters stage if you win 13 PGA Tour competitions held just before the Masters or if you reach the top 50 in the world rankings on March 30 next year.
Senior Reporter Choi Hyun-tae [email protected]
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