Allenby, Parry and Moseley to return to MasterCard Masters

BY iseekgolf.com | Australasian PGA Tour | 2004 MasterCard Masters | General | 08 Nov 2004

Defending champion Robert Allenby, Craig Parry and Jarrod Moseley will join Adam Scott at Huntingdale from December 9-12 for the 2004 MasterCard Masters. The quartet played out a thrilling four-man playoff in last year’s event with Allenby eventually prevailing to claim his first gold jacket.

Allenby’s victory last year at Huntingdale after a birdie on the second hole of the sudden death playoff added to his tremendous record in Australia. He is a former Australian Open champion and a two-time winner of the Australian PGA Championship. He has also won four times each in the US and Europe.

While the 33-year-old’s 2004 season in the US has been disrupted by various physical ailments, he still managed to record some impressive finishes. He tied for seventh in the US Open (his best career finish in a major) and for ninth at the US PGA Championship. Allenby is presently ranked 35 in the world.

While Parry just missed out on victory at Huntingdale last year, he has had plenty of success there in the past. Parry is a three-time winner of the MasterCard Masters having won in 1992, ’94 and ’96 and is the second-most successful player in the event’s 25-year history. Earlier this year, Parry won his second career US PGA Tour title in incredible fashion holing a six-iron on the first playoff hole to win the Ford Championship at Doral.

Moseley will be keen to finish his year strongly after a quiet season in Europe. He posted four top-10 finishes on the European Tour in 2003 and six top-10 results there in 2002. His most recent win in Australia came in late 2002 when he won the Australian PGA Championship in Queensland sharing the title with Peter Lonard. Moseley made a big entrance onto the European Tour in his hometown of Perth in 1999 when he beat Ernie Els, Bernhard Langer and Lonard by a shot to win the Heineken Classic.

Scott has already confirmed his place in the 2004 MasterCard Masters. The 24-year-old has won twice in the US this year and recently pushed into the top 10 in the world rankings. He will be out to end an unlucky run at the MasterCard Masters having lost in playoffs at Huntingdale in 2002 and 2003.

Source – IMG