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The top 50 at year's end earn invitations to
the first major of the year at Augusta National.
Aphibarnrat finished fifth in Indonesia, moving up to 51st in
the latest world rankings, but the European Tour's Director of
Data Management, Ian Barker, who compiles the rankings, said by
email that the Thai will rise to 49th in the year-end list.
The projection is possible because there are no tournaments for
the rest of the year that will affect the top 50.
The rankings change every week, even when there are no
tournaments, because the formula used to calculate them is
weighted more heavily towards recent results.
Japan's Yusaku Miyazato also secured a spot in the Masters by
finishing fourth in Indonesia. He improved from 58th to 52nd in
the world, and is projected to end the year 50th.
Others not previously exempt who will finish in the top 50 and
qualify for Augusta are Englishmen Tyrrell Hatton, Matthew
Fitzpatrick and Ross Fisher, Swede Alex Noren, South African
Branden Grace, Japan's Yuta Ikeda and Austrian Bernd Wiesberger.
Players who are not exempt can still qualify for the Masters by
moving into the top 50 in the world the week before the
tournament, which will be played from April 5-8.
(Reporting by Andrew Both in Cary, North Carolina; Editing by
Ken Ferris)
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