Former Tech star Kuchar gets in Masters by slimmest of margins

Former Georgia Tech star Matt Kuchar is going to the Masters by the slimmest of margins and a wild sequence of events on two continents. <br> <br> Kuchar&#39;s victory in the Honda Classic moved him up 99 spots, to Number 50, in the world ranking yesterday, the cutoff for getting invited to Augusta National. He finished a 0.38 points ahead of Number 51 Steve Lowery. <br> <br> But there&#39;s more to his good fortune. <br> <br> Billy Andrade finished in a tie for fourth at the Honda Classic with a 16-under 272. Had he finished one stroke better in a tie for third, Andrade would have been ranked Number 50 this week, instead of Number 53. <br> <br> Lowery and Andrade, who lives in Atlanta, were already in the Masters. <br> <br> The bad luck falls to Pierre Fulke of Sweden, who finished Number 51 in the ranking. Fulke failed to birdie the par-five 18th hole at the Dubai Desert Classic and finished in a tie for 20th. Had he finished 20th outright, he would have been Number 50. <br> <br> And Kuchar would have had the week off during the Masters.

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