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THE MASTERS MASALA
The 2008 masters marks the 50th anniversary of Arnold palmer’s first of four victories at Augusta national, 50 years since amen corner got its name and Gary player will compete in a record breaking 51st masters. The golden bear (jack nicklaus) will take part in the annual par-3 event, which will be televised for the first time, on ESPN from 3-5 p.m. EDT.Tiger will be my favourite this week to win his 5th green jacket. Below is the list of players eligible to play at augusta this week and also to challenge tiger woods . Let us all enjoy the masters this week and happy golfing.

Current Field to Date:
Robert Allenby (Australia)(14,16,18), Stephen Ames (Canada)(5,17,18),Stuart Appleby (Australia)(10,17,18)
Woody Austin (13,14,15,16,17,18), Aaron Baddeley (Australia)(14,16,17,18), # Brian Bateman (15), Jonathan Byrd (15,16), Angel Cabrera (Argentina)(2,17,18),Mark Calcavecchia (14,16,17,18), Michael Campbell (New Zealand)(2),Paul Casey (England)(10,17,18),K. J. Choi (Korea)(14,15,16,17,18),# Daniel Chopra (15),Stewart Cink (14,16,17,18),Tim Clark (South Africa)(10,14,16,17,18),Fred Couples (1),Ben Crenshaw (1),Ben Curtis (3),Luke Donald (England)(10,14,17,18),# Nick Dougherty (England)(11,17),Ernie Els (South Africa) (12,13,14,15,16,17,18),Niclas Fasth (Sweden)(11,17,18),Steve Flesch (14),Raymond Floyd (1),Jim Furyk (2,10,11,14,15,16,17,18),Sergio Garcia (Spain)(12,14,16,17,18),Retief Goosen (South Africa)(2,10,17,18),# Richard Green (Australia)(12,17),Todd Hamilton (3),# Anders Hansen (Denmark)(17),# Soren Hansen (Denmark)(17,18),Padraig Harrington (Ireland)(3,10,14,16,17,18),# J. B. Holmes (15),Charles Howell III (14,16,17,18),Trevor Immelman (South Africa)(17,18),Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain)(17,18),Zach Johnson (1,14,15,16,17,18),Robert Karlsson (Sweden)(17,18),Shingo Katayama (Japan)(17),# Martin Kaymer (Germany)(18),Jerry Kelly (10,11),* Trip Kuehne (9),Bernhard Langer (Germany)(1),Justin Leonard (18),Peter Lonard (Australia)(18),Steve Lowery (15),Sandy Lyle (Scotland)(1),Hunter Mahan (14,15,16,17,18),# Prayad Marksaeng (Thailand),Shaun Micheel (4),Phil Mickelson (1,4,5,14,15,16,17,18),Larry Mize (1)Arron Oberholser (13,17,18),Geoff Ogilvy (Australia)(2,14,16,15,17,18)Sean O'Hair (15,18),Nick O'Hern (Australia)(17,18),Jose Maria Olazabal (Spain)(1),Mark O'Meara (1),Gary Player (South Africa)(1),Ian Poulter (England)(10,17,18),
John Rollins (14,16),# Andres Romero (Argentina)(12,15,17,18),Justin Rose (England)(10,14,16,17,18),Rory Sabbatini (South Africa)(10,14,15,16,17,18),Adam Scott (Australia)(14,16,17,18),# John Senden (Australia)(13,18),Jeev Milkha Singh (India),Vijay Singh (Fiji)(1,4,10,14,16,17,18),# Heath Slocum (14,16),Brandt Snedeker (14,15,16,17,18),Craig Stadler (1),Henrik Stenson (Sweden)(17,18),# Richard Sterne (South Africa)(17,18),Steve Stricker (14,15,16,17,18),Toru Taniguchi (Japan)(17,18),Vaughn Taylor (10),#* Michael Thompson (6-B),David Toms (10,11,17),D.J. Trahan (15),Scott Verplank (11,14,15,16,17,18),Camilo Villegas (Colombia)(16),# Nick Watney (15),# Bubba Watson (11),Tom Watson (1),#* Drew Weaver (7),# Boo Weekley (14,15,16,17,18),Mike Weir (Canada)(1,17,18),# Liang Wen-Chong (China),Lee Westwood
(England)(17,18),Brett Wetterich (14,16,17),Tiger Woods (1,3,4,10,11,14,15,16,17,18),
Ian Woosnam (Wales)(1),Fuzzy Zoeller (1)
#Denotes first Masters, * Denotes Amateur

Past champions not playing: Tommy Aaron, Severiano Ballesteros, Jack Burke Jr., Billy Casper, Charles Coody,
Nick Faldo, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer
Eligibility For Qualifying :
Number after each name indicates the basis of qualification. The Masters Committee, at its discretion, also invites international players not otherwise qualified.
1. Masters Tournament Champions (Lifetime)
2. US Open Champions (Honorary, non-competing after 5 years)
3. British Open Champions (Honorary, non-competing after 5 years)
4. PGA Champions (Honorary, non-competing after 5 years)
5. Winners of The Players Championship (2006 and 2007)
6. Current US Amateur Champion (6-A) (Honorary, non-competing after 1 year) and the runner-up (6-B) to the current US Amateur Champion
7. Current British Amateur Champion (Honorary, non-competing after 1 year)
8. Current US Amateur Public Links Champion
9. Current US Mid-Amateur Champion
10. The first 16 players, including ties, in the 2007 Masters Tournament
11. The first 8 players, including ties, in the 2007 US Open Championship
12. The first 4 players, including ties, in the 2007 British Open Championship
13. The first 4 players, including ties, in the 2007 PGA Championship
14. The 30 leaders on the Final Official PGA Tour Money List for 2007
15. Winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, from previous Masters to current Masters
16. Those qualifying for the season-ending 2007 Tour Championship
17. The 50 leaders on the Final Official World Golf Ranking for 2007
18. The 50 leaders on the Official World Golf Ranking published during the week prior to the 2008 Masters Tournament.