Of the nine DP World Tour members in action at the Masters Tournament for the first time, here’s how four of them made the cut at Augusta National.
Kristoffer Reitan (72-68, -4)
The 28-year-old is just the second Norwegian after Viktor Hovland to compete at the Masters. After getting to three under with an eagle at the 13th on day one, he faltered over the closing stretch but was more than pleased with a promising start. He picked up two birdies in his opening six holes on Friday, and while a bogey at the tenth halted his momentum he soon found his stride again with a brilliant run of four consecutive birdies from the 12th to get to five under. Showed great touch to limit the damage to a bogey at the 18th after earlier finding a plugged lie in the right greenside bunker with his approach.
Chris Gotterup (72-69, -3)
The American, who won the Genesis Scottish Open last summer and has won twice already this year on the PGA TOUR, came into the week under the radar such is the value placed on experience at Augusta. But the World Number 11 is very comfortable competing among the best - as shown with his solo third-place finish at The Open last summer. After an opening level-par 72 in Georgia, he mixed seven birdies - including back-to-back gains to close out his day - with four bogeys in an eventful 69 on Friday. He'll be one to watch out for over the weekend.
Ryan Gerard (72-72, E)
The American, who took up DP World Tour membership having won the Barracuda Championship last summer, goes about his business quietly but effectively at the same time. After an eventful level-par 72 on Thursday that featured six birdies and as many bogeys, he was far steadier in a 72 that contained two birdies and two bogeys.
Marco Penge (76-69, +1)
Drawn in the final group of the first round, the Englishman opened with a 76 that was played during the most testing conditions. But last season's three-time DP World Tour winner bounced back in gutsy fashion on Friday, closing out his second round with a fourth birdie of the day that left him signing for a 69.
Harry Hall, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Tom McKibbin, Casey Jarvis and Sami Välimäki missed the cut.
