There are 104 days and counting—and yes, we are most certainly counting—as of Dec. 29, 2023 until the first round of the 2024 Masters. Official invitations to the year’s first men’s major championship starting hitting mailboxes in the last few days, an extra special holiday gift for all who received one, especially those who will be making their first trip as a player at Augusta National come April.
However, some are a little superstitutious about going public with their invites.
An additional 11 tour pros just joined the "official" "unofficial field list" of invitees. Among the qualifying criteria that Masters chairman Fred Ridley outlined during his 2023 pre-tournament press conference more than seven months ago was the traditional invitation to all players who were among the top 50 of the final Official World Golf Ranking of 2023. These 11 were players who hadn't qualifed already, so they join ANGC's nice list. Back in April, Ridley announced the addition of the NCAA D-I individual champion as an invitee (ironically 2023 winner Fred Biondi turned pro, so won't be playing), clarified that only those who qualified for the Tour Championship and were eligible to compete the PGA Tour’s final FedEx Cup event also receive Masters invites (the Talor Gooch loophole being closed), and explained that winners of the FedEx Cup Fall Series events would also earn their way into the field. More recently, Ridley made it sound unlikely that the Masters would be adding a special criteria for a handful of LIV Golf members to have direct entry into the event.
So with that, below is our working list of where things seem to have shaken out so far in terms of players in the field, currently at 94 amateurs and pros, including past champions who are not expected to compete in the tournament; just 77 of the invitees are expected to compete. Depending on how many more players qualify between now and April, the field could be one of the smallest in recent memory. In the last 10 years, the fewest number of competitors was 87 (2018 and 2019). (You’ll see qualifying criteria at the bottom of the article.)
Meanwhile, there is still time to qualify for the Masters in 2024. Anybody not in the field who wins a PGA Tour full-field event will get in, plus there will be more World Ranking top-50 cut-offs for players who start the year strong. And the winner of the Latin America Amateur Championsihp in January will be the final amateur for 2024.
Tommy Aaron, 1*
Ludvig Aberg, 17 (RSM Classic), 19
Keegan Bradley, 17 (Travelers), 18, 19
Jack Burke, Jr., 1*
Sam Burns, 18, 19
Angel Cabrera, 1*
Patrick Cantlay, 18, 19
Wyndham Clark, 2, 14, 17 (Wells Fargo, U.S. Open), 18, 19
Eric Cole, 19
Corey Conners, 18, 19
Charles Coody, 1*
Fred Couples, 1
Ben Crenshaw, 1*
Cam Davis, 16, 19
Jason Day, 17 (Byron Nelson), 19
Bryson DeChambeau, 2, 16
Nick Dunlap (a), 7
Harris English, 19
Nick Faldo, 1*
Tony Finau, 17 (Mexico Open), 18, 19
Matt Fitzpatrick, 2, 13, 17 (RBC Heritage), 18, 19
Tommy Fleetwood, 18, 19
Raymond Floyd, 1*
Rickie Fowler, 17 (Rocket Mortgage), 18, 19
Ryan Fox, 19
Sergio Garcia, 1
Lucas Glover, 17 (Wyndham, St. Jude), 18, 19
Emiliano Grillo, 17 (Colonial), 18, 19
Adam Hadwin, 19
Stewart Hagestad (a), 11
Brian Harman, 3, 17 (British Open), 18, 19
Tyrrell Hatton, 18, 19
Russell Henley, 13, 18, 19
Lee Hodges, 17 (3M Open)
Nicolai Hojgaard, 19
Max Homa, 18, 19
Viktor Hovland, 13, 16, 17 (Memorial, BMW), 18, 19
Sungjae Im, 18, 19
Trevor Immelman, 1*
Dustin Johnson, 1
Zach Johnson, 1
Tom Kim, 15, 17 (Shriners), 18, 19
Si Woo Kim, 18, 19
Kurt Kitayama, 16, 19
Brooks Koepka, 4, 13, 16, 17, 19
Christo Lamprechet (a), 8
Bernhard Langer, 1
Min Woo Lee, 19
Luke List, 17 (Sanderson)
Shane Lowry, 3, 19
Sandy Lyle, 1•
Hideki Matsuyama, 1, 3, 19
Denny McCarthy, 19
Rory McIlroy, 13, 17 (Scottish Open), 18, 19
Adrian Meronk, 19
Phil Mickelson, 1, 4, 13
Larry Mize, 1*
Taylor Moore, 18
Collin Morikawa, 3, 4, 13, 19
Jack Nicklaus, 1*
Mark O'Meara, 1*
Jose Maria Olazabal, 1
Gary Player, 1*
J.P. Poston, 19
Jon Rahm, 1, 2, 15, 17 (Masters), 18, 19
Patrick Reed, 1, 13
Justin Rose, 19
Xander Schauffele, 18, 19
Scottie Scheffler, 1, 5, 13, 14, 16, 18
Adam Schenk, 18, 19
Charl Schwartzel, 1
Adam Scott, 1, 19
Neal Shipley (a), 7
Vijay Singh, 1
Cameron Smith, 3, 5, 14, 19
Jordan Spieth, 1, 13, 18, 19
Craig Stadler, 1*
Sepp Straka, 15, 17 (John Deere), 18, 19
Jasper Stubbs (a), 9
Nick Taylor, 17 (RBC Canadian), 18
Sahith Theegala, 13, 17 (Fortinet), 19
Justin Thomas, 4, 19
Erik van Rooyen, 17 (World Wide Technology)
Camilo Villegas, 17 (Bermuda)
Tom Watson, 1*
Bubba Watson, 1
Mike Weir, 1
Danny Willett, 1
Gary Woodland, 2
Tiger Woods, 1
Ian Woosnam, 1*
Cameron Young, 13, 19
Will Zalatoris, 19
Fuzzy Zoeller, 1*
1: Masters champions (lifetime)
2: U.S. Open champions (five years)
3: Open champions (five years)
4: PGA champion (five years)
5: Players champion (three years)
6: Current Olympic gold medalist (one year)
7: Current U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up (one year)
8: Current British Amateur champion (one year)
9: Current Asia-Pacific Amateur champion (one year)
10: Current Latin America Amateur champion (one year)
11: Current U.S. Mid-Amateur champion (one year)
12: Current NCAA Division I Men's Individual champion (one year)
13: First 12 players, including ties, in the previous year's Masters
14: First 4 players, including ties, in the previous year's U.S. Open
15: First 4 players, including ties, in the previous year's Open Championship
16: First 4 players, including ties, in the previous year's PGA Championship
17: Individual winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point FedEx Cup allocation, from previous Masters to current Masters
18: Those qualifying and eligible for the previous year's season-ending Tour Championship
19: 50 leaders on the final Official World Golf Ranking for the previous calendar year
20: 50 leaders on the Official World Golf Ranking published during the week prior to the current Masters
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