The Masters Tournament will open the “Majors season” in a week and a half and the golf world can hardly wait the tee off. One of the most anticipated details leading up to the event is knowing the full composition of the field, and that is already available.
As of April 2, 88 players have received and accepted an invitation to play at Augusta National Golf Club beginning April 11. There is still a possibility that the field could be expanded to 89 as the winner of the PGA Tour’s Valero Texas Open will also receive an invitation if he is not already exempt.
Before we take a look at the field, let’s address this interesting question: Has anyone received an invitation to The Masters 2024 and not accepted? Well, as surprising as it may seem, the answer is yes, although to tell the truth, it is not as crazy as you might think.
Those who have declined to play in The Masters, despite having a spot in the field, are all former champions who are unable to play due to age or other reasons. They are:
- Tommy Aaron
- Angel Cabrera
- Charles Coody
- Ben Crenshaw
- Nick Faldo
- Raymond Floyd
- Trevor Immelman
- Bernhard Langer
- Sandy Lyle
- Larry Mize
- Jack Nicklaus
- Mark O’Meara
- Gary Player
- Craig Stadler
- Tom Watson
- Ian Woosnam
- Fuzzy Zoeller
This is the field of The Masters 2024
Let’s get down to business. We are not going to go through all the exemption categories here, as in many cases some overlap with others. We will group the players by the most representative categories.
The 2024 Masters field is dominated by former champions. These are players who have made golf history, and several of them are still among the top favorites (some of them overlap with other categories):
- FRED COUPLES
- SERGIO GARCIA
- DUSTIN JOHNSON
- ZACH JOHNSON
- HIDEKI MATSUYAMA
- PHIL MICKELSON
- JOSE MARIA OLAZABAL
- JON RAHM
- PATRICK REED
- SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER
- CHARL SCHWARTZEL
- ADAM SCOTT
- VIJAY SINGH
- JORDAN SPIETH
- BUBBA WATSON
- MIKE WEIR
- DANNY WILLETT
- TIGER WOODS
Another category that stands out for its illustrious integration is that of former major champions. Winners of major tournaments over the past five seasons qualify for The Masters (some of which overlap with other categories):
- WYNDHAM CLARK
- BRYSON DECHAMBEAU
- MATT FITZPATRICK
- BRIAN HARMAN
- BROOKS KOEPKA
- SHANE LOWRY
- COLLIN MORIKAWA
- CAMERON SMITH
- JUSTIN THOMAS
- GARY WOODLAND
The winners of PGA Tour events between the 2023 and 2024 editions also includes an important group of players, many of them with a chance to win The Masters. Those not included in previous categories are:
- LUDVIG ABERG
- KEEGAN BRADLEY
- NICK DUNLAP
- AUSTIN ECKROAT
- TONY FINAU
- RICKIE FOWLER
- LUCAS GLOVER
- EMILIANO GRILLO
- LEE HODGES
- VIKTOR HOVLAND
- STEPHAN JAEGER
- TOM KIM
- CHRIS KIRK
- JAKE KNAPP
- LUKE LIST
- RORY MCILROY
- PETER MALNATI
- GRAYSON MURRAY
- MATTHIEU PAVON
- SEPP STRAKA
- NICK TAYLOR
- SAHITH THEEGALA
- ERIK VAN ROOYEN
- CAMILO VILLEGAS
Qualifiers based on their World and FedEx Cup rankings, not included in the previous categories, are the following players
- BYEONG HUN AN
- SAM BURNS
- PATRICK CANTLAY
- ERIC COLE
- COREY CONNERS
- CAM DAVIS
- JASON DAY
- HARRIS ENGLISH
- TOMMY FLEETWOOD
- RYAN FOX
- ADAM HADWIN
- TAYRELL HATTON
- RUSSELL HENLEY
- NICOLAI HOJGAARD
- MAX HOMA
- SUNGJAE IM
- SI WOO KIM
- KURT KITAYAMA
- MIN WOO LEE
- DENNY MCCARTHY
- ADRIAN MERONK
- TAYLOR MOORE
- JT POSTON
- JUSTIN ROSE
- XANDER SCHAUFFELE
- ADAM SCHENK
- CAMERON YOUNG
- WILL ZALATORIS
Finally, five amateurs and three special guests will also play in The Masters. They are:
- SANTIAGO DE LA FUENTE (Current Latin America Amateur Champion)
- STEWART HAGESTAD (Current US Mid-Amateur Champion)
- CHRISTO LAMPRECHT (Current The Amateur Champion)
- NEAL SHIPLEY (Current US Amateur Runner-up)
- JASPER STUBBS (Current Asia-Pacific Amateur Champion)
- RYO HISTASUNE (Special Invitation)
- JOAQUIN NIEMANN (Special Invitation)
- THORBJORN OLESEN (Special Invitation)
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