Luke Donald and Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston are seeking to the Austasta, and presence of these two players will field filled with a dozen Englishmen.
For the final qualifying place Johnston and Donald are hunting, but even if both players miss out the head count of 11 Englishmen in the field. They will be among the 94-strong line-up and will give a healthy start to the Major season.
In this season of the event Danny Willett is the one who is expected to give tough competition to all the players. From England, he will be the defending champion. Willett said, “The English players have started to play well in the last 12 months. You have got the likes of Rosie, Paul Casey and Westy. All the players who have been around and done it for many years, and after that you get the younger players coming through.
“There is a two different generations of players present there. All of them are now world class players. It will not be surprising for me to see some of the players on the leader board in coming years.” He said.
“The event like the World Golf Championships (WGC) and the other Majors and the PGA Tour invites young Europeans to play in the course of America. With this kind of exposure, the players get a bit of experience of playing on the golf course of American. This has helped me as well.”
Luke Donald is also excited for this event and he very hopeful for its future. The player will be seen competing with some of the world fames as well as the young talent. Donald takes it this tournament as fun event rather the one where he comes to win. The tournament will have the amalgamation of young and experienced players.