Monday, December 18, 2006

RAMSAY'S PLACE IN US MASTERS
CONFIRMED - BUT ROSE UNLUCKY

Richie Ramsay's place in next year's US Masters at Augusta has been confirmed with the issue of those who have qualified to play in the first major next April.
The Aberdonian, a student at Stirling University, qualifies as the holder of the United States amateur championship, the first first player to win the title since 1912.
Welshman Bradley Dredge has earned himself a debut appearance by squeezing into the top 50 in the world rankings, the last of 2006.
The unlucky odd man out is England's Justin Rose, who was relegated to 51st place by Dredge.
Lee Westwood's eighth place in the South African Airways Open on Sunday means he moves up one position to 49th and so secures his eighth Masters start. He is one of a record 26 Europeans who have already qualified for the first major of 2007.
Rose, who got married at the weekend, has not been back to the Masters since he led at halfway in 2004 before crashing to a third-round 81. He could still make it, though. The world's top 50 the week before the Masters are also invited, as are the top 10 on the US Tour money list at that stage of the season.
Joining Dredge as a debutant in the event will be England's Kenneth Ferrie, thanks to his sixth-place finish at the US Open, Swedes Robert Karlsson and Johan Edfors and Frenchman Julien Guerrier.
Edfors, who 13 months ago was at the European Tour qualifying school, has climbed from 410th to 48th in the world this year, and Karlsson from 216th to 31st.

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