2023 Masters Tournament Official Field List, Qualifiers

These are all the players who have qualified to play the 2023 Masters at Augusta National.
2023 Masters Tournament Official Field List, Qualifiers
2023 Masters Tournament Official Field List, Qualifiers /

This is the official field list for the 2023 Masters, which is set for April 6-9 at Augusta National Golf Course in Augusta, Ga. A total of 88 players will compete for the green jacket.

Players can qualify for the first of golf's majors in many ways, including past champions and winners of other major championships (more on that below). We'll update this article each time another player qualifies between now and the tournament in April.

First, here's how players qualify for the Masters, according to the official site at Masters.com. There are two additional special invitees, as named in January by Augusta National.

  1. Masters Tournament champions (Lifetime)
  2. U.S. Open champions 2018-2022 (Honorary, non-competing after five years)
  3. British Open champions 2018-2022 (Honorary, non-competing after five years)
  4. PGA champions 2018-2022 (Honorary, non-competing after five years)
  5. Winners of the Players Championship 2021-2023 (Three years)
  6. Current Olympic Gold Medalist (One year)
  7. 2022 U.S. Amateur champion (7-A) (Honorary, non-competing after one year) and the runner-up (7-B) to the 2022 U.S. Amateur champion
  8. 2022 British Amateur champion (Honorary, non-competing after one year)
  9. 2022 Asia-Pacific Amateur champion
  10. 2023 Latin America Amateur champion
  11. 2022 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion
  12. The first 12 players, including ties, in the 2022 Masters Tournament
  13. The first 4 players, including ties, in the 2022 U.S. Open Championship
  14. The first 4 players, including ties, in the 2022 British Open Championship
  15. The first 4 players, including ties, in the 2022 PGA Championship
  16. Individual winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, from the 2022 Masters to the 2023 Masters
  17. Those qualifying for the 2022 Tour Championship
  18. The 50 leaders on the final Official World Golf Ranking for the previous calendar year
  19. The 50 leaders on the Official World Golf Ranking published during the week prior to the current Masters Tournament

2023 Masters Tournament Field List

Here is the current, unofficial field list, along with the categories in which the players qualified.

1. Past Masters champions

  • Fred Couples (1)
  • Sergio Garcia (1)
  • Dustin Johnson (1, 12, 18)
  • Zach Johnson (1)
  • Bernhard Langer (1)
  • Sandy Lyle (1)
  • Hideki Matsuyama (1, 13, 17, 18)
  • Larry Mize (1)
  • Jose Maria Olazabal (1)
  • Phil Mickelson (1, 4)
  • Patrick Reed (1)
  • Scottie Scheffler (1, 13, 17, 18)
  • Charl Schwartzel (1, 12)
  • Adam Scott (1, 17, 18)
  • Vijay Singh (1)
  • Jordan Spieth (1, 16, 17, 18)
  • Bubba Watson (1)
  • Mike Weir (1)
  • Danny Willett (1, 12)
  • Tiger Woods (1)

2. U.S. Open champions 2018-2022 (Honorary, non-competing after five years)

  • Bryson DeChambeau (2)
  • Matt Fitzpatrick (2, 17, 18)
  • Brooks Koepka (2, 4)
  • Gary Woodland (2)
  • Jon Rahm (2, 16, 17, 18)

3. British Open champions 2018-2022 (Honorary, non-competing after five years)

  • Shane Lowry (3, 12, 18)
  • Francesco Molinari (3)
  • Collin Morikawa (3, 4, 12, 17, 18)
  • Cam Smith (3, 5, 12, 17, 18)

4. PGA champions 2018-2022 (Honorary, non-competing after five years)

  • Justin Thomas (4, 5, 12, 17, 18)

5. Winners of the Players Championship 2021-2023 (Three years)

6. Current Olympic Gold Medalist (One year)

  • n/a

7. 2022 U.S. Amateur Champion (7-A) (Honorary, non-competing after one year) and the runner-up (7-B) to the 2021 U.S. Amateur champion

  • Sam Bennett (7-A)
  • Ben Carr (7-B)

8. 2022 British Amateur Champion (Honorary, non-competing after one year)

  • Aldrich Potgieter (8)

9. 2022 Asia-Pacific Amateur champion

  • Harrison Crowe (9)

10. 2023 Latin America Amateur champion

  • Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira (10)

11. 2022 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion

  • Matthew McClean (11)

12. The first 12 players, including ties, in the 2022 Masters Tournament

  • Rory McIlroy (12, 14, 16, 17, 18)
  • Will Zalatoris (12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18)
  • Corey Conners (12, 16, 17, 18)
  • Sungjae Im (12, 17, 18)
  • Cameron Champ (12) 

13. The first four players, including ties, in the 2022 U.S. Open Championship

  • n/a

14. The first 4 players, including ties, in the 2022 British Open Championship

  • Cameron Young (14, 15, 17, 18)
  • Tommy Fleetwood (14, 18)
  • Viktor Hovland (14, 17, 18)

15. The first 4 players, including ties, in the 2022 PGA Championship

  • Mito Pereira (15, 18)

16. Individual winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, from the 2022 Masters to the 2023 Masters

  • Patrick Cantlay (16, 17, 18)
  • Xander Schauffele (16, 17, 18)
  • Max Homa (16, 17, 18)
  • K.H. Lee (16, 17, 18)
  • Sam Burns (16, 17, 18)
  • Billy Horschel (16, 17, 18)
  • J.T. Poston (16, 17)
  • Tony Finau (16, 17, 18)
  • Tom Kim (16, 18)
  • Mackenzie Hughes (16, 18)
  • Keegan Bradley (16, 18)
  • Seamus Power (16, 18)
  • Russell Henley (16, 18)
  • Adam Svensson (16)
  • Si Woo Kim (16)
  • Justin Rose (16)
  • Chris Kirk (16)
  • Kurt Kitayama (16, 18)
  • Taylor Moore (16)

17. Those qualifying for the 2022 Tour Championship

  • Sepp Straka (17, 18)
  • Tom Hoge (17, 18)
  • Joaquin Niemann (17, 18)
  • Brian Harman (17, 18)
  • Sahith Theegala (17, 18)
  • Scott Stallings (17)
  • Talor Gooch (17, 18)

18. The 50 leaders on the final Official World Golf Ranking for the previous calendar year

  • Abraham Ancer (18)
  • Ryan Fox (18)
  • Tyrrell Hatton (18)
  • Kevin Kisner (18)
  • Jason Kokrak (18)
  • Adrian Meronk (18)
  • Kevin Na (18)
  • Alex Noren (18)
  • Louis Oosthuizen (18)
  • Thomas Pieters (18)
  • Harold Varner III (18)

19. The 50 leaders on the Official World Golf Ranking published during the week prior to the current Masters Tournament

  • Jason Day (19)
  • Harris English (19)
  • Keith Mitchell (19)
  • Min Woo Lee (19)

Special Invitees 

  • Kazuki Higa
  • Gordon Sargent

Past champions not expected to play

  • Tommy Aaron
  • Jack Burke Jr.
  • Angel Cabrera
  • Charles Coody
  • Ben Crenshaw
  • Nick Faldo
  • Raymond Floyd
  • Trevor Immelman
  • Jack Nicklaus
  • Mark O'Meara
  • Gary Player
  • Craig Stadler
  • Tom Watson
  • Ian Woosnam
  • Fuzzy Zoeller

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