Lonard makes it nine at Augusta

BY Bruce Young | US PGA Tour | 2008 US Masters | General | 31 Mar 2008

Peter Lonard

(Photo: Anthony Powter)

Peter Lonard’s impressive finish at the Zurich Classic this morning has provided a double whammy for him. Not only does it earn him a cheque for US$669,000 but he joins fellow Australians Adam Scott, Geoff Ogilvy, Stuart Appleby, Aaron Baddeley, Robert Allenby, Nick O’Hern, John Senden, and Richard Green at Augusta. Also in the field is New Zealander, Michael Campbell.

The only other option available to Lonard and others still looking to qualify would have been to win next week’s Shell Houston Open but Lonard’s big leap in the world rankings to number 46 has him inside one of the several categories to ensure invitation.

Lonard needed to be inside the top 50 in the world rankings when they were published today and his runner up finish to Andres Romero in New Orleans was enough to do so.

When asked about his chances of gaining a berth at Augusta after his final round today, Lonard joked, “Well, I’ve never made a cut at Augusta, so it doesn’t really worry me whether I’m going or not (laughter). But I would like another go before I die (laughter).”

And so he will.

Top 10
AUS/NZ

Position	Score	Player	R 1	R 2	R 3	R 4	Total
1	-8	Trevor Immelman	68	68	69	75	280
2	-5	Tiger Woods	72	71	68	72	283
T3	-4	Brandt Snedeker	69	68	70	77	284
T3	-4	Stewart Cink	72	69	71	72	284
T5	-2	Padraig Harrington	74	71	69	72	286
T5	-2	Phil Mickelson	71	68	75	72	286
T5	-2	Steve Flesch	72	67	69	78	286
T8	-1	Andres Romero	72	72	70	73	287
T8	-1	Miguel Angel Jiménez	77	70	72	68	287
T8	-1	Robert Karlsson	70	73	71	73	287
T11	Ev	Lee Westwood	69	73	73	73	288
T11	Ev	Nick Watney	75	70	72	71	288
T11	Ev	Paul Casey	71	69	69	79	288
T14	+1	Sean O'hair	72	71	71	75	289
T14	+1	Stuart Appleby	76	70	72	71	289
T14	+1	Vijay Singh	72	71	72	74	289
T17	+2	Henrik Stenson	74	72	72	72	290
T17	+2	Mike Weir	73	68	75	74	290
T17	+2	Retief Goosen	71	71	72	76	290
T20	+3	Boo Weekley	72	74	68	77	291
T20	+3	Brian Bateman	69	76	72	74	291
T20	+3	Bubba Watson	74	71	73	73	291
T20	+3	Justin Leonard	72	74	72	73	291
T20	+3	Zach Johnson	70	76	68	77	291
T25	+4	Adam Scott	75	71	70	76	292
T25	+4	Angel Cabrera	73	72	73	74	292
T25	+4	Arron Oberholser	71	70	74	77	292
T25	+4	Ian Poulter	70	69	75	78	292
T25	+4	J.b. Holmes	73	70	73	76	292
T25	+4	Jeev Milkha Singh	71	74	72	75	292
T25	+4	Richard Sterne	73	72	73	74	292
T25	+4	Stephen Ames	70	70	77	75	292
T33	+5	Heath Slocum	71	76	77	69	293
T33	+5	Jim Furyk	70	73	73	77	293
T33	+5	Nick Dougherty	74	69	74	76	293
T36	+7	Johnson Wagner	72	74	74	75	295
T36	+7	Justin Rose	68	78	73	76	295
T36	+7	Todd Hamilton	74	73	75	73	295
T39	+8	Geoff Ogilvy	75	71	76	74	296
T39	+8	Niclas Fasth	75	70	76	75	296
41	+10	K.j. Choi	72	75	78	73	298
T42	+11	David Toms	73	74	72	80	299
T42	+11	Robert Allenby	72	74	72	81	299
44	+12	Ian Woosnam	75	71	76	78	300
45	+14	Sandy Lyle	72	75	78	77	302
Cut +3
CUT	+4	Aaron Baddeley	75	73	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Brett Wetterich	73	75	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Charles Howell Iii	78	70	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Ernie Els	74	74	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Fred Couples	76	72	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Luke Donald	73	75	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Martin Kaymer	76	72	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Michael Campbell	77	71	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Sergio Garcia	76	72	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Takuya Taniguchi	76	72	-	-	148
CUT	+5	Craig Stadler	77	72	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Hunter Mahan	77	72	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Jerry Kelly	72	77	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Jonathan Byrd	75	74	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Mark O'meara	71	78	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Nick O'hern	74	75	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Rory Sabbatini	75	74	-	-	149
CUT	+6	Ben Curtis	75	75	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Camilo Villegas	73	77	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Daniel Chopra	72	78	-	-	150
CUT	+6	John Rollins	77	73	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Shaun Micheel	76	74	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Steve Stricker	73	77	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Tom Watson	75	75	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Trip Kuehne	78	72	-	-	150
CUT	+7	Bernhard Langer	74	77	-	-	151
CUT	+7	John Senden	80	71	-	-	151
CUT	+7	Jose Maria Olazabal	76	75	-	-	151
CUT	+7	Michael Thompson	73	78	-	-	151
CUT	+7	Vaughn Taylor	75	76	-	-	151
CUT	+8	Ben Crenshaw	75	77	-	-	152
CUT	+8	Peter Lonard	71	81	-	-	152
CUT	+8	Richard Green	77	75	-	-	152
CUT	+8	Shingo Katayama	79	73	-	-	152
CUT	+8	Tim Clark	77	75	-	-	152
CUT	+8	Woody Austin	79	73	-	-	152
CUT	+9	D.j. Trahan	76	77	-	-	153
CUT	+9	Mark Calcavecchia	73	80	-	-	153
CUT	+9	Scott Verplank	77	76	-	-	153
CUT	+9	Soren Hansen	75	78	-	-	153
CUT	+10	Raymond Floyd	80	74	-	-	154
CUT	+10	Wen-chong Liang	76	78	-	-	154
CUT	+11	Anders Hansen	80	75	-	-	155
CUT	+12	Drew Weaver	76	80	-	-	156
CUT	+13	Steve Lowery	81	76	-	-	157
CUT	+14	Larry Mize	77	81	-	-	158
CUT	+16	Fuzzy Zoeller	81	79	-	-	160
CUT	+17	Gary Player	83	78	-	-	161
WD	-	Prayad Marksaeng	82	-	-	-	WD

Position	Score	Player	Country	R 1	R 2	R 3	R 4	Total

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