England’s Laurie Canter is focusing on a desert double within the Industrial Financial institution Qatar Masters to spice up his possibilities of securing a Masters debut.
Canter claimed his second DP World Tour title in Bahrain on Sunday, beating compatriot Dan Brown and Spain’s Pablo Larrazabal in a play-off to win the Bahrain Championship.
The win lifted Canter to a career-high 51st on this planet rankings, with the highest 50 on the finish of March incomes an invitation to the yr’s first main championship at Augusta Nationwide.
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“I wouldn’t say (the win) takes off strain, you possibly can reset your targets and what you wish to do,” Canter stated.
“I’m actually motivated to stand up the world rankings. I’d like to play at Augusta, The Gamers Championship, a number of the different majors, all with the objective of making an attempt to get my PGA Tour card for subsequent yr. That’s such a pleasant objective to have.
“I’ve had a giant stride there with third in Dubai and the win final week, however there’s numerous work to do to safe a type of spots and hopefully get myself within the Masters in April.”
France’s Antoine Rozner is one in every of eight former champions within the area at Doha Golf Membership after failing to get into the sector for the PGA Tour’s WM Phoenix Open.
“It’s all the time an excellent time to return again to Qatar, a spot the place I’ve good reminiscences so I’m completely satisfied to be again right here,” the 2021 winner stated.
“I used to be possibly hoping to play on the PGA Tour this week however I used to be nonetheless on the reserve listing. On Monday morning I awakened and appeared on the entries and I used to be nonetheless third reserve so I assumed, ‘Let’s go to Qatar’.
“It’s an important atmosphere, it’s excellent golf circumstances, the course is in nice form. I’m actually happy to be again right here and I believe it’ll even be good preparation for me going ahead.”
