In the past, have senior tour championship winners ever gotten an automatic invite to the Masters at Augusta?
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No. Augusta does not send invitations to Senior Tour Champions. There are only 17 set criteria for invitation, listed below. The only other way of playing is to get a special invitation from the club, which I cannot recall them doing for any Senior Major Winners.\n\n1. Masters Tournament Champions (Lifetime) \n2. US Open Champions (Honorary, non-competing after 5 years) \n3. British Open Champions (Honorary, non-competing after 5 years) \n4. PGA Champions (Honorary, non-competing after 5 years) \n5. Winners of The Players Championship (3 years) \n6. Current US Amateur Champion (6-A) (Honorary, non-competing after 1 year) and the runner-up (6-B) to the current US Amateur Champion \n7. Current British Amateur Champion (Honorary, non-competing after 1 year) \n8. Current US Amateur Public Links Champion \n9. Current US Mid-Amateur Champion \n10. The first 16 players, including ties, in the 2005 Masters Tournament \n11. The first 8 players, including ties, in the 2005 US Open Championship \n12. The first 4 players, including ties, in the 2005 British Open Championship \n13. The first 4 players, including ties, in the 2005 PGA Championship \n14. The 40 leaders on the Final Official PGA Tour Money List for 2005 \n15. The 10 leaders on the Official PGA Tour Money List published during the week prior to the 2006 Masters Tournament \n16. The 50 leaders on the Final Official World Golf Ranking for 2005 \n17. The 50 leaders on the Official World Golf Ranking published during the week prior to the 2006 Masters
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For the vast majority of individuals, the only way to join the tour is through the PGA "Q-School".  This is probably the ultimate pressure tournament in most golfer's careers, and assigns positions onto the PGA tour and the Nationwide Tour.\n\nYou may get exemptions based on sponsor's desire to show local talent in occasional tournaments.  This is how Tiger Woods started, incidentally.  He got a 7 tournament exemption when he first started as a pro; he won two of the tournaments, so that eliminated ANY thought of him going to Q school.  But for mere mortals, such as yourself, the link below follows the correct path to professional golf.
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Tiger's former caddie was Mike (Fluff) Cowen.  He used to Caddy for Peter Jacobson, and now Caddies for Jim Furyk.
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Greetings ...\n\nThe Masters 36-hole cut is to the Low 44 scorers plus any ties among the Low 44 plus any player within 10 strokes of the lead.\n\nIn this year's (2006) Masters, Chad Campbell led after 36 holes with a score of 138 (6-under-par). All players with a score of 148 (4-over-par) or better advanced to the final 36 holes. There was a total of 47 such players, including Mr. Campbell.\n\nIf Chad Campbell had finished his first 36 holes one stroke higher IE 139 (5-under-par), then 7 players at 149 (5-over-par) would also have advanced to the final 36.\n\nThanx-A-Lot, Frank-0-Golf
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What about players who get continuously selected even without performing for eg. V.Sehwag & S.Tendulkar
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I thank all of them or almost all.  Most of the our members of the PGA also.  The PGA and USGA joined up in a partnership so all PGA members have a USGA membership.  I think the USGA may get some of our dues we pay.  \n\nI could not find the news article announcing it.  I think it was over a year ago
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They're all good, even the ones that you've never heard of.  Look at what Stephen Ames did this past week!  I was there, all four tournament days and practive rounds at TPC, watching some of the best guys shoot in the 80's.\n\nIf you ever have a chance to go to a practice range and watch tour players hit balls, you can't tell them apart.  \n\nI think VJ, Sergio, and Retief are a notch above.
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As this is in the Golf section I am presuming that you are referring to the grand slam of golf which comprises of the now 4 majors the Kraft Nabisco Championship, the LPGA Championship, the US Open and the Britsh Open, on the LPGA Tour, as I have noticed that it has been previously answered with tennis players. There has not been three players to win three majors in the same year, Pat Bradley achieved three wins with four majors up for grabs in 1986, missing out to Jane Geddes in the US Open, however this included her win in the du Maurier Classic which has been replaced by the British Open due to tobacco advertising laws being changed in Canada. In 1974 Sandra Hayne won the only two majors that were competed for in that year the US Open and the LPGA Championship. In 1950 Babe Zaharias one all three Majors that were played, being the Western Women's Open, the US Open and the Titleholders Championship. I just hope it was golf you were asking about and not tennis!
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last direct acceptance means that the person was the last player diectly gaining entrance into the tournament draw.  Also known as the ranking cut-off for direct acceptance.  There are also exemptions like wild cards and special exemptions such as players that were off tour and coming back from injury.  Those players have what is called a protected ranking for direct entry for as long as they were for off tour in most cases.  Hope this helps.
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No, but he is among the greatest players of alltime. The fact of\nthe matter is, if he was able to win the US Open a few times,\nhe might not have left the game so early. He could have been\nthe greatest player ever, since the rate he was winning Slams during his peak years was even better than Sampras. His failure to win the US Open, despite four trips to the final, is what ultimately forced him to retire prematurely. If he had won even once in those four trips, I'm guessing he would have hung around the sport longer. Another factor is he didn't like to play so frequently, and the new rules that were coming into play would\nhave forced him to do that to retain his world ranking. Those two\nfactors probably had more to do with anything else for the reasons he didn't retire in his 30s, instead of his mid 20s, when\nmost players are about to hit their prime, or are in their prime.\n   No one has able to achieve the French Open-Wimbledon\ndouble in the same year since Borg did it (1976, 1978,1979,1980). Jim Courier (won 1993 French Open, lost in 1993 Wimbledon final), Rafael Nadal (won 2006 French Open and lost in 2006 Wimbledon final) and Roger Federer (lost 2006 French Open final, and won 2006 Wimbledon final) have come the closest in this regard. Ivan Lendl and Stefan Edberg also came close. Ivan Lendl won the 1987 French Open but lost in the 1987 Wimbledon final to Pat Cash. Stefan Edberg lost in the 1989 French Open final to Michael Chang and the 1989 Wimbledon final to Boris Becker. Bjorn Borg the French Open six times, but it wasn't in 6 consecutive years (1974, 1976, 1978-1981). Manuel Orantes won the French Open in 1975, while\nGuillermo Vilas won the 1977 French Open men's singles title.\nI think Borg didn't play the French Open in 1975 or 1977, but I'm\nnot sure. He did win Wimbledon five consecutive years (1976-1980), and made the final in 1981. Roger Federer has a chance\nto equal Borg's modern era record in 2007 and has to reach the final in 2008 to equal Borg's mark of 41 consecutive wins at \nWimbledon in the modern era. I forgot about how close John\nMcEnroe came in 1984 to winning the French Open against\nIvan Lendl. He went on to win Wimbledon and the US Open\nthat same season. I think his 1984 season is still one of the greatest seasons in tennis history for a male or female player.
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I don't see why not it's an annual thing.  Comcastsportsnet did a story on GA and he was playing in their summer tourney.
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I found this, I hope the link below will be helpful to you.\nI also found this info:\nThe Metro St. Louis Seniors Golf Association is seeking new members for the golf season that runs from mid-April to early October. Membership is open to beginners through scratch level players. The format includes 25 outings at a different local course each week. Two divisions will play on Thursdays and two on Fridays. For more information, call 314-238-1253 and leave your name, age, address and phone number. An application will be sent to you.\nClick the link for more!
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Greetings ...\n\nYahoo's very own PGA golf section has the answer.\n\nCheckout the Links below -- the first is the final 2006 Masters Leaderboard with scores and money earnings. The second is YAHOO's Golf Section\n\nThanx-A-Lot, Frank-0-Golf
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Yes there is at least in us events. I played on the tour or at least I tried in the early 90's.
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Tournament tickets are impossible to get but if you are willing to go to a practice round (Monday thru Wednesday) it's still hard but not impossible. They work it like a lottery. You send in an application form for the next year and they draw out names at random. Maybe you get drawn, maybe you don't. You just keep sending it in year after year and eventually you get lucky. You can get a copy of the entry form at the Master's website or the Augusta National website. At least you get to walk the beautiful coarse and see the players up close.
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I'm thinking you want the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament. You can find the info you seek here:\n\nhttp://www.pgatour.com
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I think Phil Mickelson has to be the favourite going into the Masters after his stunning victory in the recent Bell South Classic. He seems to be playing very consistent golf and is a former champion.\n\nTiger is not the favourite because he is quite understanbly focused on his father's health at the moment, but it is never wise to rule him out at Augusta. Retief Goosen and Ernie Els should be placed as outsiders as they are good accurate players, though they haven't found full form yet.