2019 Masters field
Who has received their invites for Augusta National?
With the first major of the season just around the corner anticipation is high for the first glimpse of Augusta National. 100 lucky golfers have received their invites to be in the 2019 Masters field and walk the hallowed turf in Georgia.
Despite the invites being sent out, the field is set to be one of the smallest in decades with only 86 players accepting their invites to play. All past champions who are still alive are invited and 13 have already declined their invite to play.
Corey Conners took the final spot at the 2019 Valero Texas Open with his dominant display at TPC San Antonio.
There are many ways that you can qualify for The Masters, the exemptions are as follows:
- Masters Tournament winners (lifetime)
- US Open winners (five years)
- The Open winners (five years)
- PGA Championship winners (five years)
- Winners of the Players Championship (three years)
- Current Olympic Gold Medalist (one year)
- Current U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up
- Current British Amateur champion
- Current Asia-Pacific Amateur champion
- Current U.S. Mid-Amateur champion
- Current Latin America Amateur champion
- The first 12 players, including ties, in the previous year’s Masters Tournament
- The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s US Open
- The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s Open Championship
- The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s PGA Championship
- Winners of PGA Tour regular-season and playoff events that award at least a full-point allocation for the FedEx Cup, starting with the RBC Heritage the week after the Masters to the Shell Houston Open the week beforehand.
- Those qualifying for the previous year’s season-ending Tour Championship (top 30 in FedEx Cup prior to tournament)
- The 50 leaders on the final Official World Golf Ranking for the previous calendar year
- The 50 leaders on the Official World Golf Ranking published during the week prior to the current Masters Tournament
Here’s a breakdown of the 2019 Masters field, from the leading Amateurs to the major champions.
2019 Masters field
Kiradech Aphibarnrat
Lucas Bjerregaard
Devon Bling (a)
Keegan Bradley
Angel Cabrera
Rafael Cabrera Bello
Patrick Cantlay
Paul Casey
Stewart Cink
Corey Conners
Fred Couples
Jason Day
Bryson DeChambeau
Tony Finau
Matthew Fitzpatrick
Tommy Fleetwood
Rickie Fowler
Sergio Garcia
Branden Grace
Emiliano Grillo
Justin Harding
Tyrrell Hatton
Charley Hoffman
JB Holmes
Billy Horschel
Viktor Hovland (a)
Charles Howell III
Shugo Imahara (special invite)
Trevor Immelman
Dustin Johnson
Zach Johnson
Takumi Kanaya (a)
Martin Kaymer
Michael Kim
Si Woo Kim
Kevin Kisner
Patton Kizzire
Brooks Koepka
Satoshi Kodaira
Matt Kuchar
Andrew Landry
Bernhard Langer
Marc Leishman
Haotong Li
Adam Long
Shane Lowry
Sandy Lyle
Hideki Matsuyama
Rory McIlroy
Phil Mickelson
Keith Mitchell
Larry Mize
Francesco Molinari
Kevin Na
Alex Noren
Kevin O’Connell (a)
Jose Maria Olazabal
Thorbjorn Olesen
Louis Oosthuizen
Alvaro Ortiz (a)
Eddie Pepperell
Ian Poulter
Jon Rahm
Jovan Rebula (a)
Patrick Reed
Justin Rose
Charl Schwartzel
Adam Scott
Xander Schauffele
Webb Simpson
Vijay Singh
Cameron Smith
Brandt Snedeker
Jordan Spieth
Kyle Stanley
Henrik Stenson
Justin Thomas
Kevin Tway
Jimmy Walker
Matt Wallace
Bubba Watson
Mike Weir
Aaron Wise
Danny Willett
Ian Woosnam
Gary Woodland
Tiger Woods
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