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Dark Horses to Keep an Eye on at The 2019 Masters

By Christopher O'Day

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - NOVEMBER 16: Li Haotong of China plays his second shot on the 11th hole during the first round of the DP World Tour Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates on November 16, 2017 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images)
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - NOVEMBER 16: Li Haotong of China plays his second shot on the 11th hole during the first round of the DP World Tour Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates on November 16, 2017 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images) /
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COLOGNE, GERMANY – JUNE 24: Lucas Bjerregaard of Denmark plays his third shot on the 7th hole during day four of the BMW International Open at Golf Club Gut Larchenhof on June 24, 2018 in Cologne, Germany. (Photo by Matthew Lewis/Getty Images)
COLOGNE, GERMANY – JUNE 24: Lucas Bjerregaard of Denmark plays his third shot on the 7th hole during day four of the BMW International Open at Golf Club Gut Larchenhof on June 24, 2018 in Cologne, Germany. (Photo by Matthew Lewis/Getty Images) /

Lucas Bjerregaard

Lucas Bjerregaard (pronounced Beer-guard: it’s actually burr-REE-guard, but Beer-guard is way cooler), has been climbing the world rankings steadily since the the start of the 2017-2018 season. At the same time, he was essentially an unknown to all of those who focus strictly on the PGA Tour. Coming into this season, he had only played in three events on the PGA Tour. THREE!

The events he played in were all majors. In 2011, he missed the cut at The Open. Then, he played in the U.S. Open in 2014 and 2015, going T40 and then missing the cut. Since then, he has been staying overseas, playing in the European Tour and the Asian Tour.

This season has been a different story. He has already played 6 events that qualify for the PGA Tour, with some good finishes as well. He shot T12 at The Honda Classic, and then played very consistenly at The PLAYERS, shooting 70-70-70-72 to finish T30. Then came the best stretch he has played so far.

He won his group at the WGC Dell Match Play event, going 2-0-1, despite being the #50 seed. He then dispatched another major winner in Henrik Stenson 3&2. Heading into the quarterfinals, everyone thought that he would lose to some cat who goes by the name Eldrick. Instead, Bjerregaard beat Tiger Woods in an up and down match 1 UP, and advanced to the semifinals.

He would end up losing to Matt Kuchar 1 DOWN, but it was a fantastic run. Heading into the Masters, Bjerregaard is one of the longest shots available, soming in around 200-1 in most places. It’s going to be tough for him to win. Coming off arguably the most prominant week of play in his young life, Lucas could be getting hot at just the right time.

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