Frank says: He HAS been hard done by, but .... and it is a big but, Augusta has always had a select field which is and has been a glaring weakness in its status for many a year.
Whilst I don't think that has affected the outcome of determing the winner it has certainly slowed the progress for many a developing young player by omitting them from the event. They were the last to include the top 50 of the World Rankings. I don't know of any Major that shouldn't simply take the defending Champion and the ramainder of the field of an agreed world ranking list. If there are only 4 Majors make each one of them the best field in golf.
The above being said Monty had a great opportunity to voice that opinion when he was in a handful of players in the world for over a decade. He didn't and sadly is paying for it on the backend of a fabulous career. Hence you should always put back into the game to make it fairer and better at any stage of your career. Thanks for writing.