AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) _ Eleven players who previously were not eligible for the Masters were added to the field today. Leading the way was Henrik Stenson, ranked Number 16, followed by ten others from abroad: Trevor Immelman, Lee Westwood, Toru Taniguchi, Nick O'Hern, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Shingo Katayama, Robert Karlsson, Richard Sterne, Soren Hansen and Anders Hansen.

The Masters takes the top 50 from the world ranking at the end of 2007. Because there are no golf tournaments the rest of the
year, those eleven made it. There are sure to be some complaints about some of the international players getting into the Masters, especially Anders Hansen.

He took up PGA Tour membership this year, and in 17 starts, he made only ten cuts and failed to record a top ten. But he finished
the year at Number 50 from his victory in the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, where Hansen beat the likes of Angel Cabrera and Justin Rose, and two other top fives on the European Tour.

Augusta National will take the top 50 from the world ranking published March 31st, one week before the Masters. That gives extra
time for players such as Davis Love III, now ranked Number 67. The Masters also will take winners from every PGA Tour event, except
for the two in Mexico and Puerto Rico held opposite World Golf Championships.

With 82 players already qualified (and expected to compete), the field likely will be around 90 to 95, just the size the Masters likes.

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