The Masters Golf Tournament is most special major of the year. Qualifying for it is tough, but the list of this year’s 2005 Masters Golf Tournament qualifiers have some hopefuls.
Previous Master’s Champions:
- Phil Mickelson
- Mike Weir
- Tiger Woods
- Vijay Singh
- Jose Maria Olazabal
- Mark O’Meara
- Nick Faldo
- Ben Crenshaw
- Bernhard Langer
- Fred Couples
- Ian Woosnam
- Sandy Lyle
- Larry Mize
- Jack Nicklaus
- Craig Stadler
- Tom Watson
- Fuzzy Zoeller
- Gary Player
- Raymond Floyd
- Tommy Aaron
- Charles Coody
I am a huge Tiger Woods and Craig Stadler fan.
US Open Champions of the last five years:
- Retief Goosen
- Jim Furyk
I really hope Furyk can play well this year.
British Open Champions of the last Five Years:
- Todd Hamilton
- Ben Curtis
- Ernie Els
- David Duval
David Duval. What can you say about him except that you hope he can turn it around. The once challenger to Tiger Woods has been hobbled by injury.
PGA Champions of the last five years:
- Shaun Micheel
- Rich Beem
- David Toms
Rich Beem … my favorite golf player by far. He needs to start getting into his game again.
Players Championship of the last three years:
- Fred Funk
- Adam Scott
- Davis Love III
Davis Love III … I always laugh when I say his name.
US Amateur champion and runner up the previous year:
- Ryan Moore
- Luke List
Luke List has a sweet stroke.
British Amateur champion the previous year:
- Stuart Wilson
Top sixteen players and ties from 2004 Masters final standings:
- K.J. Choi
- Sergio Garcia
- Paul Casey
- Chris DiMarco
- Nick Price
- Kirk Triplett
- Padraig Harrington
- Charles Howell III
- Casey Wittenberg
Mr. Regrip himself Sergio Garcia makes it. Chris DiMarco will also be a blast to watch.
Top eight players and ties from 2004 U.S. Open final standings:
- Feff Maggert
- Shigeki Maruyama
- Robert Allenby
- Steve Flesch
Top four players and ties from 2004 British Open final standings:
Lee Westwood
Top four players and ties from 2004 PG Championship final standing:
- Justin Leonard
- Chris Riley
You just knew Justin Leonard will pop in here.
Top fourty players from the 2004 PGA Tour money list season ending:
- Stewart Cink
- Stephen Ames
- Stuart Appleby
- Mark Hensby
- Rory Sabbatini
- Zach Johnson
- Chad Campbell
- John Daly
- Scott Verplank
- Jerry Kelly
- Darren Clarke
- Jay Haas
- Kenny Perry
- Carlos Franco
- Rod Pampling
- Tim Herron
- Jonathan Kaye
- Luke Donald
- Ted Purdy
- Ryan Palmer
- Bo Van Pelt
- Jesper Parnevik
What’s the over under of the evil John Daly playing or the good John Daly?
Top fifty players from the final 2004 world ranking final standings:
- Miguel Angel Jimenez
- Thomas Bjorn
- Angel Cabrera
- Ian Poulter
- Peter Lonard
- Fredrik Jacobson
- Thomas Levet
- David Howell
- Nick O’Hern
- Joakim Haeggman
- Trevor Immelman
Top ten players from the 2005 PGA Tour money list after The Players Championship:
- Joe Ogilvie
- Tom Lehman
Old reliable, Tom Lehman makes it.
Top fifty players from world ranking published the week after The Players Championship:
- Tim Clark
- Craig Parry
- Graeme McDowell.