Europeans Receive Masters Invitations

A number of Europeans will be making their Masters debuts this year including Eddie Pepperell, Matt Wallace and Lucas Bjerregaard

A number of Europeans will be making their Masters debuts this year including Eddie Pepperell, Matt Wallace and Lucas Bjerregaard

Europeans Receive Masters Invitations

The build up to the season's first Major has started and the tradition of players receiving Masters invites has begun.

Perhaps the holy grail when it comes to letters, the Masters invite is instantly recognisable and evidence that players have truly earned the right to go to Augusta.

British Masters champion Eddie Pepperell received his after arriving back at the airport today.

His brother Joe posted a video of him opening it upon his arrival back in the UK, titled 'That moment when you realise you have achieved one of your lifelong dreams'.

Pepperell is currently 35th in the world after reaching a career-high of 33rd last year. He won his first two European Tour titles in 2018 at the Qatar Masters and British Masters.

He'll be making his Masters debut this year.

A number of other Europeans have posted their invites on social media this week, including Danes Thorbjorn Olesen and Lucas Bjerregaard.

Olesen will make his third Masters appearance whilst Bjerregaard will be making his debut.

Five-time European Tour winner Thorbjorn Olesen made his Ryder Cup debut last year, beating Jordan Spieth 5&4 in the singles, and had his best ever Major finish at Augusta in 2013 where he was T6th.

Four-time European Tour winner Matt Wallace will be making his Masters debut this year and he is another to have received his invite.

The Englishman is currently 44th in the world after an incredible 2018 which saw him win three times and narrowly miss out on a Ryder Cup spot.

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Elliott Heath
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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!

Elliott is currently playing:

Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV