10 Best Players Outside of the Top 50 Official World Golf Rankings

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Published: March 13, 2012

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Players qualify for the Masters in several ways, but the most noticeable is to have a win during the preceding season or be ranked inside the top 50 on the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR).

Geoff Ogilvy is currently on the bubble at No. 50.  Ryo Ishikawa was granted an exemption by the Masters Committee, but his runner-up finish in Puerto Rico moved him inside the top 50 to No. 47.  Ben Crane at No. 48 and Kyle Stanley at No. 49 will also need to keep playing well to maintain their top-50 status.

Here are the 10 best players currently outside the top 50 OWGR, that are not eligible for the 2012 Masters, but could make a move over the next three weeks to get into the elite field at Augusta:

No. 51, Miguel Angel Jimenez, the most interesting man in golf, has played in six events in 2012 and only has one top-10 finish.  One high finish over the next couple of weeks should place Jimenez securely inside the top 50.

No. 52, Retief Goosen, has played in just three events on the PGA Tour in 2012.  He finished T-33, T-34, and T-45—not very impressive numbers.  He did have a runner-up and third-place finish in South Africa in January, but has not had much success since.   

No. 54, Jonathan Byrd, has two top tens, two missed cuts, a T-33 and a T-35 in six starts this year.  He had a win, five top tens, and finished 27th in the FedEx Cup for 2011.  Byrd is a very steady technician who has had some success at Augusta.   

No. 55, Y. E. Yang, stared down Tiger Woods to win the 2009 PGA Championship.  He has made four cuts in six starts in 2012, but only has one top 25.  In 2011 Yang was inside the top 25 eight times in 18 events, and finished the year ranked 30th on the FedEx Cup.



No. 56, Robert Rock, out-dueled Tiger in the desert in Abu Dhabi in January.  He made it through two rounds in the WGC-Accent...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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