Italian brothers make the Masters
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AUGUSTA, Ga. - Francesco and Edoardo Molinari of Italy will finish the year in the top 50 in the world and become the first set of brothers in 10 years to compete in the same Masters.
The Masters invites the top 50 in the final world ranking of the year, which was finalized Sunday after the South African Open, the last official tournament of 2009.
Franceso Molinari will finish at No. 38, while Edoardo Molinari will be No. 48. The World Cup winners in China last month, they will be the first brothers at Augusta National since Jumbo and Joe Ozaki in 2000.
Also qualifying is Michael Sim of Australia, who won three times on the Nationwide Tour and won its money title.
Ben Curtis will finish at No. 50 by one-thousandth of a point over Ryan Moore, who already is eligible from winning a PGA Tour event.
2010 MASTERS TOURNAMENT INVITEES
Byeong-Hun An
Ricky Barnes
Brad Benjamin
Angel Cabrera (Argentina)
Michael Campbell (New Zealand)
Paul Casey (England)
Tim Clark (South Africa)
Luke Donald (England)
Jason Dufner
Ernie Els (South Africa)
Ross Fisher (England)
Raymond Floyd
Sergio Garcia (Spain)
Brian Gay
Lucas Glover
Retief Goosen (South Africa)
Nathan Green (Australia)
Chang-won Han (Korea)
Soren Hansen (Denmark)
Padraig Harrington (Ireland)
Trevor Immelman (South Africa)
Dustin Johnson
Shingo Katayama (Japan)
Matt Kuchar
Bernhard Langer (Germany)
Marc Leishman (Australia)
Sandy Lyle (Scotland)
Matteo Manassero (Italy)
Steve Marino
Ben Martin
Rory McIlroy (N.Ireland)
Francesco Molinari (Italy)
Edoardo Molinari (Italy)
Kevin Na
Geoff Ogilvy (Australia)
Sean O'Hair
Jose Maria Olazabal (Spain)
Ian Poulter (England)
Rory Sabbatini (South Africa)
John Senden (Australia)
Michael Sim (Australia)
Vijay Singh (Fiji)
Henrik Stenson (Sweden)
Steve Stricker
Camilo Villegas (Colombia)
Mike Weir (Canada)
Lee Westwood (England)
Chris Wood (England)
Ian Woosnam (Wales)
Y.E. Yang (Korea)
Past champions not playing: Tommy Aaron, Severiano Ballesteros, Jack Burke Jr., Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Nick Faldo, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Fuzzy Zoeller