THE MASTERS
Competitive Trevor Immelman is still out to turn back the clock
Ten years ago a 28-year-old Trevor Immelman won the Masters by three strokes over Tiger Woods‚ which ushered in what should have been a decade at the pinnacle of the game. But a severe wrist injury all but ended Immelman’s competitive career‚ and even though he is one of five South Africans teeing up at the season’s first Major on Thursday‚ he cannot be viewed as a serious contender. Branden Grace‚ Louis Oosthuizen‚ Dylan Frittelli and Charl Schwartzel‚ the other quartet of South African players in the field at Augusta‚ certainly are contenders‚ even if they are outsiders at the 82nd staging of the tournament. Winning the Masters provides an entry to an exclusive club that no amount of money or success on the golf course anywhere else in the world can get you in. You need to be a Masters winner to be guaranteed a way back into the tournament for as long as you want to play. For Immelman‚ he is realistic and knows that at a stage in his life‚ where he is neither a competitive player ...
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