Masters field is finalized with 18 first-timers
Seven players officially qualified for The Masters over the weekend, including young guns Aaron Baddeley and Justin Rose, veteran Mark Calcavecchia and Augusta's own Charles Howell III.
AUGUSTA, Ga. (Sports Network) -- Seven more players officially qualified for The Masters over the weekend, meaning 107 players have been invited to play in the season's first major.
Of those 107, only 97 are expected to tee it up at Augusta National starting next Thursday, April 5.
Aaron Baddeley, Bart Bryant, Paul Goydos, Charles Howell III, John Rollins and Justin Rose got into the field by way of moving into the top 50 in the latest Official World Golf Ranking released Monday.
Baddeley, Howell and Rollins were also among the top 10 on the PGA Tour money list, which would have qualified them as well. Furthermore, Mark Calcavecchia gained entry into the field by way of his ninth-place ranking on the money list.
Those seven complete a field that also includes five amateurs and 18 first- time participants. Hideto Tanihara will play at Augusta with a special invitation.
The first timers include Bradley Dredge, Johan Edfors, Kenneth Ferrie, British Amateur champ Julien Guerrier, J.J. Henry, Robert Karlsson, U.S. Amateur runner-up John Kelly, Troy Matteson, Brett Quigley, U.S. Amateur winner Richie Ramsay, Jeev Milkha Singh, Tanihara, Camilo Villegas, U.S. Amateur Public Links champ Casey Watabu, Brett Wetterich, Dean Wilson, U.S. Mid-Amateur champion Dave Womack and Yong-Eun Yang.
Phil Mickelson will defend his title at Augusta. Mickelson and six of the other nine winners from the PGA Tour this season will be on hand, including former Masters champions Vijay Singh and Tiger Woods, who have each won twice already in '07.
Here is the complete final field for the 2007 Masters:
Tommy Aaron
Robert Allenby
Stephen Ames
Stuart Appleby
Aaron Baddeley
Severiano Ballesteros
Rich Beem
Thomas Bjorn
Gay Brewer Jr.
Bart Bryant
Jack Burke Jr.
Angel Cabrera
Mark Calcavecchia
Chad Campbell
Michael Campbell
Paul Casey
Billy Casper
K.J. Choi
Stewart Cink
Tim Clark
Darren Clarke
Charles Coody
Fred Couples
Ben Crane
Ben Crenshaw
Ben Curtis
Chris DiMarco
Luke Donald
Bradley Dredge
Joe Durant
Johan Edfors
Ernie Els
Nick Faldo
Niclas Fasth
Kenneth Ferrie
Raymond Floyd
Doug Ford
Fred Funk
Jim Furyk
Sergio Garcia
Lucas Glover
Bob Goalby
Retief Goosen
Paul Goydos
Julien Guerrier
Todd Hamilton
Padraig Harrington
J.J. Henry
Tim Herron
Charles Howell III
David Howell
Trevor Immelman
Miguel Angel Jimenez
Zach Johnson
Robert Karlsson
Shingo Katayama
Jerry Kelly
John Kelly
Bernhard Langer
Davis Love III
Sandy Lyle
Troy Matteson
Billy Mayfair
Shaun Micheel
Phil Mickelson
Larry Mize
Colin Montgomerie
Jack Nicklaus
Arron Oberholser
Geoff Ogilvy
Nick O'Hern
Jose Maria Olazabal
Mark O'Meara
Arnold Palmer
Rod Pampling
Tom Pernice Jr.
Carl Pettersson
Gary Player
Ian Poulter
Brett Quigley
Richie Ramsay
John Rollins
Justin Rose
Rory Sabbatini
Adam Scott
Jeev Milkha Singh
Vijay Singh
Jeff Sluman
Craig Stadler
Henrik Stenson
Steve Stricker
Hideto Tanihara
Vaughn Taylor
David Toms
Scott Verplank
Camilo Villegas
Casey Watabu
Tom Watson
Mike Weir
Lee Westwood
Brett Wetterich
Dean Wilson
Dave Womack
Tiger Woods
Ian Woosnam
Y. E. Yang
Fuzzy Zoeller
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