I always wanted to see Ernie Els win at Augusta, he has followed his hero Gary Player who won the Masters 3 times all over the world, came 2nd twice, in 2000 and 2004, has 7 top 10's but now he may never play at Augusta again after 18 straight trips.
Here are the new season ending world rankings and Ernie has slipped down to #56. All those in the top 50 will be at Augusta.
http://www.officialworldgolfranking.com/rankings/default.sps?region=world
Ernie still believes he can get back into the top 50 at least, despite the fact he has become the worst putter on the PGA tour. He did win his Ernie Els Invitational with 64,66 last week, but only had 1 top 10 all year.
Here is part of his 2011 farewell from his website..
"I can't tell you how frustrating it has been especially as the 2010 calendar year featured 13 top-10s including four tournament wins. As a result of a poor run of results, I've since fallen out of the official world top-50 for the first time since May 1993. To be honest, that's simply not acceptable to me.
That's history, though. All that's on my mind now and for the next however many weeks is finding a way to figure things out. The fact that I had such a strong year as recently as 2010 tells me that I can do this."
Japanese sensation Ryo Ishikawa has also fallen out of the top 50 to number 51 and Retief Goosen (ranked 52nd), Ben Crane (54th), and Matteo Manassero (58th) along with Ernie are also among the notables who will have two other chances to play their way into Augusta, a victory in a PGA Tour event in 2012 prior to the tournament or be among the top 50 in the world following the Arnold Palmer Invitational on March 25th.
Mike Weir will be the lone Canuck if he is healthy in time. He has the lifetime invitation for that magical weekend in 2003.
Can you believe Jim Furyk who 2 years ago won the Fed Ex Cup has dropped from 5th in the world to 50th !! Good news is that he still gets to play Augusta..
Bryan Angus also on twitter@mummmbles
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