Woodstock, N.B. – The International contingent at the 2009 Barrett Amateur Championship just got a whole lot stronger with the addition of two top ranked Australian players in this year’s field. Golf Australia National Team members Daniel Beckmann and Jordan Sherratt will become the first Australians to play in the Barrett Amateur as they tee up at the Algonquin this year.

Jordan Sherratt, who hails from Morphett Vale in South Australia, is currently the #2 ranked played in Australia. Sherratt also finds himself ranked 95th in the R&A World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR) and 114th in the Scratch Players World Amateur Rankings (SPWAR). Sherratt is also a former South Australian Junior and Amateur Champion.

Daniel Beckmann, from Melbourne, Australia, is currently the 4th ranked player in Australia and he is fresh off a runner-up finish at the Srixon Australia Amateur. Beckman is currently ranked 32nd in the Scratch Players World Amateur Rankings and he sits at 116th in the WAGR.
“We are very pleased to welcome Jordan and Daniel as the first two Australians ever to compete in the Barrett Amateur Championship,” said Barrett Event Chair John Townsend. “When you look at South African and Australia, you are talking about two of the top golf producing nations in the entire world. To have started a relationship with both of these countries that allows us to have their top players competing for the Barrett championship each year is something we are very excited about.”

Beckmann and Sherratt will join previously confirmed South Africans Leon Knoll, JG Claassen and Jake Redman in the Barrett field, a field that will also include South African Dylan Frittelli, who is back to defend his Barrett title. Knoll is currently the number one ranked player in South Africa and he sits at 58th in the SPWAR and 76th in the WAGR. Claassen is ranked 87th in the WAGR and 125th in the SPWAR while Redman sits at 107th in the SPWAR and 192nd in the WAGR. Frittelli, who finished one stroke ahead of Canadian David Markle to claim the 2008 Barrett Amateur, sits in 44th in the SPWAR after a stellar freshman year at the University of Texas.

As for champions in the field, 2008 Ontario Amateur and Canadian Mid-Amateur Champion Dave Bunker will play again this year. Two-time Barrett Amateur Champion (2006, 2007) Bill Seagris of Ontario is back along with PEI Amateur Champion Anthony Warren and NB Amateur Champion Mathieu Gingras. 2009 NB Mid-Amateur Champion Ed Reevey is also in the field.

For more information regarding this press release, please contact Erin Barrett at 506-328-8853.