Fred Ridley, Chairman of Augusta Nationwide Golf Membership and the Masters Match, introduced right now that Denmark’s Thorbjørn Olesen, Japan’s Ryo Hisatsune and Chile’s Joaquin Niemann have accepted invites to compete within the 2024 Masters.
“The Masters Match has a long-standing custom of inviting main worldwide gamers who are usually not in any other case certified,” Ridley stated.
“In the present day’s announcement represents the Match’s continued dedication in direction of growing curiosity within the recreation of golf internationally. We sit up for welcoming every participant to Augusta Nationwide this spring.”
Olesen will compete in his fourth Masters Match and his first since 2019. He made the lower in every of his three earlier appearances at Augusta Nationwide, together with a T-6 in his Match debut in 2013.
Final month, Olesen, 34, received within the United Arab Emirates, marking his third consecutive DP World Tour season with a victory. He has 5 top-10s in his final seven worldwide appearances.
Hisatsune will make his debut within the Masters this April. In November, he turned the primary Japanese participant to be voted the DP World Tour’s Rookie of the Yr.
The 21-year-old concluded the 2023 DP World Tour season ranked No. 10 following a marketing campaign that included a French Open victory final September. Hisatsune’s latest highlights embrace a T-8 on the Australian Open in December and a T-11 in Palm Springs, Calif., final month.
Niemann, 25, is about to look in his fifth Masters, the place he has made the lower in three of his first 4 Tournaments, together with a career-best T-16 in 2023.
He has top-five finishes in every of his three DP World Tour begins this season, together with profitable the Australian Open in a playoff final December.
Niemann’s first Masters got here in 2018 whereas he was the reigning Latin America Beginner champion and the No. 1 ranked beginner on the planet.
As of right now, 83 gamers have been invited to compete within the 2024 Masters. Two qualification standards stay energetic:
The 2024 Match will mark the 88th taking part in of the Masters and is scheduled for April 8 – 14. For a whole checklist of invitees, please go to Masters.com.
