US Masters: List of players

It's the smallest field of any major in golf, and perhaps therefore the hardest to qualify for.

Numerous golfers who've competed for years on the PGA TOUR go their whole careers without ever getting the chance to play at the prestigious Augusta National Golf Club.

The first and perhaps best known criteria is that everyone who wins the US Masters automatically receives a lifetime invitation. Jack Nicklaus made his last Masters appearance aged 65, Tom Watson was a year older at 66, and Gary Player remarkably played on until he was 73 years old, despite the demanding physical test Augusta National poses.

The last five winners of the other three majors also receive invitations as do the last three winners of THE PLAYERS Championship.

Anybody who won a PGA TOUR event between the last Masters and the next Masters receives an invite, however this needs to carry a full-point allocation towards the FedEx Cup, which excludes a number of events from the wraparound season and events opposite other bigger tournaments, such as the Corales Puntacana Championship, played on the same week as the WGC Match Play. 

Interestingly, Justin Rose will only receive an invite this year after his unlikely win at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am, extending his run of consecutive appearances to 13.

At its discretion, Augusta National can also hand out special invites to players not otherwise exempt, which it's done with leading Japanese player Kazuki Higa, and NCAA champion Gordon Sargent, who'll tee it up alongside other selected amateur champions.

Other qualifying criteria include:

• The top 12 from last year's Masters
• The top four from last year's other three majors
• All players who qualified for the 2022 Tour Championship
• The top 50 in the OWGR as of the end of 2022 and as of the second Monday before the US Masters

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Here's a full list of the expected field for the 2023 US Masters:

• Fred Couples 
• Sergio García 
• Dustin Johnson 
• Zach Johnson 
• Bernhard Langer 
• Sandy Lyle 
• Hideki Matsuyama 
• Phil Mickelson 
• Larry Mize 
• José María Olazábal 
• Patrick Reed 
• Scottie Scheffler 
• Charl Schwartzel 
• Adam Scott 
• Vijay Singh 
• Jordan Spieth 
• Bubba Watson 
• Mike Weir 
• Tiger Woods 
• Danny Willett 
• Bryson DeChambeau 
• Matt Fitzpatrick 
• Brooks Koepka 
• Jon Rahm 
• Shane Lowry 
• Francesco Molinari 
• Collin Morikawa 
• Cameron Smith 
• Justin Thomas 
• Sam Bennett (a) 
• Ben Carr (a) 
• Aldrich Potgieter (a) 
• Harrison Crowe (a) 
• Mateo Fernández de Oliveira (a) 
• Matthew McClean (a) 
• Cameron Champ 
• Corey Conners 
• Im Sung-jae 
• Rory McIlroy 
• Will Zalatoris 
• Tommy Fleetwood 
• Viktor Hovland 
• Cameron Young 
• Mito Pereira 
• Keegan Bradley 
• Sam Burns 
• Patrick Cantlay 
• Tony Finau 
• Russell Henley 
• Max Homa 
• Mackenzie Hughes 
• Billy Horschel 
• Kim Si-woo 
• Tom Kim 
• Chris Kirk 
• Kurt Kitayama 
• Lee Kyoung-hoon 
• Taylor Moore 
• Séamus Power 
• Justin Rose 
• J. T. Poston 
• Xander Schauffele 
• Adam Svensson 
• Brian Harman 
• Tom Hoge 
• Joaquín Niemann 
• Scott Stallings 
• Sepp Straka 
• Sahith Theegala 
• Aaron Wise 
• Abraham Ancer 
• Ryan Fox 
• Talor Gooch 
• Tyrrell Hatton 
• Kevin Kisner 
• Jason Kokrak 
• Adrian Meronk 
• Kevin Na 
• Alex Noren 
• Louis Oosthuizen 
• Thomas Pieters 
• Harold Varner III 
• Kazuki Higa 
• Gordon Sargent (a)
• Jason Day
• Harris English
• Keith Mitchell
• Min Woo Lee

Liam Williams

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