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Several players unable to crack world top 50 to earn Masters invite

Several players unable to crack world top 50 to earn Masters invite

Some of the final invites to Augusta National were sealed with Sunday the cut off to crack the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking. Anirban Lahiri, Paul Casey, Branden Grace and Bernd Wiesberger earned spots in the year's first major by remaining in the top 50.

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Just one player hopped into the top 50 that was outside of it last week: Brendon Todd, who was already in the Masters by virtue of his Byron Nelson Championship victory.

Several players had opportunities to break into the top 50, but all came up short.

Marc Warren had to beat Todd at the Valero Texas Open to move from 52nd into the top 50, but didn't. Warren was T-35. Todd was T-30 at TPC San Antonio.

Harris English also finished T-30, but had to finish at least in the top 10, and get a little help, at the Texas Open.

Overseas, George Coetzee had a chance to earn a Masters invite with a win at the European Tour's Trophee Hassan II. He came up two shots short of winner Richie Ramsay, finishing third and left on the outside of the gates on Washington Road.

There's only one more way to get into the Masters: win the Shell Houston Open. 


Ryan Ballengee is a Yahoo Sports contributor. Find him on Facebook and Twitter.