He examined his mail box 5 times a day for at the very least 2 weeks. Waiting to lastly get the invite to play The Masters 2023. Then, when the hope has actually discolored, the shock. A message on Instagram, from among his namesake, that cautioned him that that desire had actually become a reality.
And that the invite had actually without a doubt gotten here, but at the incorrectScott Stallings
The Masters 2023, routine
This is what occurred to Scott Stallings, a three-time champion on the PGATour With no successes because 2014, in 2022 he completed second in the BMW Championship as well as gotten 7 positionings in the Top 10.
Results that permitted him to gain $3,933,593 as well as, as if that weren’t sufficient, a pass to play among one of the most sought after competitions on the eco-friendly. And the gaffe of the Augusta National Golf Club that sent out an invite to a individual that operates in the realty field, albeit a golf fanatic, boggles the mind.
Which then he chose to connect with the specialist golf enthusiast. “The story is really funny and real. It’s crazy what happened”, the realty representative disclosed. Now he intends to be welcomed to Augusta to carefully view the Grand Slam event.
“I’d really like to meet Stallings. He seems like such a nice and warm guy,” he ended. The event started in 1934 as the Augusta National Invitation Tournament on the effort of Bobby Jones, that was additionally the developer of the training course with Alister Mackenzie, as well as Clifford Roberts, a New York financier.
In 1939 the event altered its name to the existing one as well as because 1940 it has actually been held each year in the very first complete week ofApril The ideal specialists from around the globe get involved, in addition to beginners that hold the title of champs of the United States as well as Great Britain.
The choice standards are extremely rigorous, much more than various other majors. This suggests that the variety of individuals is around 100, versus the about 160 of the various other significant competitions. In reality, along with the previous champions of the Masters, the champions of the last 5 versions of the various other majors, of the last 3 versions of the Players Championship, the very first 4 categorized of each significant of the previous year (but the very first 12 of the last Masters) are confessed.
, the leading 50 of the previous year’s Official World Golf Ranking as well as the leading 50 of the existing year (since the week coming before the event), the qualifiers of the Tour Championship of the previous year as well as the champs of the Amateur competitions.
Among the numerous champions of this event are Jack Nicklaus, that won it 6 times (most just recently in 1986, at the age of 46), as well as Tiger Woods, that won it 5 times (initially in 1997, at 21 years as well as 3 months, therefore ending up being the very first black gamer as well as the youngest to win in the background of the event).
In 2017 Sergio Garc ía handles, after having actually taken part in 73 majors without a success, to win the Masters by defeating the English Justin Rose in the playoffs.