England’s Laurie Canter is concentrating on a desert double within the Business 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.
PLAYING BIG TOURNAMENTS
“I wouldn’t say (the win) takes off strain, you’ll be able to reset your targets and what you need 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 purpose of making an attempt to get my PGA Tour card for subsequent yr. That’s such a pleasant purpose to have.
“I’ve had an enormous stride there with third in Dubai and the win final week, however there’s loads of work to do to safe a type of spots and hopefully get myself within the Masters in April.”
France’s Antoine Rozner is one among eight former champions within the discipline at Doha Golf Membership after failing to get into the sector for the PGA Tour’s WM Phoenix Open.
“It’s at all times a great time to come back again to Qatar, a spot the place I’ve good recollections so I’m blissful to be again right here,” the 2021 winner stated.
“I used to be perhaps hoping to play on the PGA Tour this week however I used to be nonetheless on the reserve record. On Monday morning I awakened and seemed on the entries and I used to be nonetheless third reserve so I believed, ‘Let’s go to Qatar’.
“It’s a fantastic setting, it’s good golf situations, the course is in nice form. I’m actually happy to be again right here and I believe it should even be good preparation for me going ahead.”
