The Florida swing on the PGA Tour marks the beginning of the road to the Masters, and that time of year is important.
In this case, this is the world ranking point.
Augusta Nationals ranked in the top 50 in the official world golf rankings on March 30 at Houston’s Indian Open on PGA Tour and European Tour.
Stephan Jaeger is currently the only player to enter the top 50 of the season. He has two top ten, third in the Sony Open and sixth in the Mexican Open last week, sending him to No. 42 in the world. Now, this is a hanging problem.
The two biggest jumps belonged to Daniel Berger and Laurie Canter, who ended outside the world’s top 100 last year. Berger tied for second in the Phoenix Open and ranked 12th in the Genesis Invitational and now ranked 52nd.
He was on the Cognizant Classic this week, his hometown championship was formerly known as the Honda Classic. He needs a good result to maintain his 9th place in the AN Next 10 standings, which will put Berg into the Arnold Palmer Invitational next week at Bay Hill.
Canter spent two seasons on Liv Golf, winning the Bahrain championship earlier this month for range. The British man was in No. 53, which was a big week for him in the South African Open Championships. A good result may be enough to break the top 50 and enter the top 50 of the player championship this week.
Otherwise, Canter, who appeared in Las Vegas more than a year ago, will hold European Tour events ahead of the European Open, Singapore Classic and India Open.
Ben Griffin’s other players are the Florida Swingers who tied for fourth place in the Mexican Open and Eric Cole ranked 57th.
The Masters are currently expected to have 91 players participating in the competition. With six games left, players can enter the Masters by winning. The possibility that the Augusta Nationals will maintain less than 100 players for the 59th consecutive year seems increasingly likely.
