Nicolai Hojgaard is three photographs adrift of chief Gary Woodland on the midway stage of the Texas Kids’s Houston Open as he appears to be like to clinch a spot at The Masters.
The Dane is presently ranked forty seventh on the planet with the highest 50 after this week’s match to obtain invites to the Augusta Nationwide main from April 9, stay on Sky Sports activities.
Hojgaard is well-placed to safe his spot after a round-of-the-day eight-under 62 at Memorial Park on Friday, one which featured seven birdies – together with 4 in a row to complete – an eagle and a sole bogey.
The 25-year-old – who missed the reduce on his Masters debut in 2025 – is in a share of second place alongside Jackson Suber on 10 underneath with Woodland on 13 underneath after a seven-under 63.
Hojgaard stated: “It is really easy to say [The Masters] will not be on my thoughts and good golf will care for it. It is on my thoughts 100 per cent, all of us wish to be there.
“But when I’m playing golf I don’t think about it. I feel like my game is good enough to qualify for it. There’s two more days here in Houston and I like where my game is at.”
Woodland ‘feeding off’ crowd help in Houston
Woodland is pursuing a primary PGA Tour title because the 2019 US Open at Pebble Seashore.
Gary Woodland leads the Texas Kids’s Houston Open by three photographs on the midway stage
The 41-year-old – who would seal a Masters spot himself with victory in Houston – underwent mind surgical procedure in 2023 and later spoke in regards to the post-traumatic stress dysfunction he has suffered.
The world No 139 stated going public made him really feel “1,000 pounds lighter” and he’s now hoping to “feed off” crowd help throughout the ultimate two rounds in Texas.
Woodland informed reporters: “This as much as any week, I feel like I’ve had a lot of support. I kind of feel like I’m playing at home.
“The followers have been wonderful. I sort of want that vitality to assist me by means of the day, that positively helps. That is one thing hopefully I can trip on this weekend as properly.”
Pierceson Coody faces an anxious wait to see whether or not he’ll qualify for The Masters
World No 56 Michael Thorbjornsen is at eight underneath and in joint-sixth as he targets a Masters place however Pierceson Coody now faces a ready sport forward of Augusta after he was pressured to withdraw in Houston with a again harm.
Coody, the grandson of 1971 Masters champion Charles Coody, is projected to be fiftieth on the planet after this week however may but be overtaken.
Watch spherical three of the Texas Kids’s Houston Open stay on Sky Sports activities Golf from 12.30pm on Saturday. There may be additionally protection on Sky Sports activities Predominant Occasion from 8pm.
