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We are less than a month away from the most prestigious golf tournament of the year as we head to Augusta National for the 2024 Masters.
Official invitations for the men’s first major championship of the year were sent out during the week before Christmas, quite the holiday treat, but players can still qualify by winning events.
Jon Rahm may have moved to LIV Golf but automatically qualifies for the rest of his career due to be a Masters champion after he won last year’s tournament in a tremendous final-day showdown with Brooks Koepka.
The Sporting News takes a look at who has been invited to this year’s competition along with how they qualified for the first major of the golf calendar.
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The Masters field 2024 tracker: Full list of qualified golfers
There are 103 amateurs and pros, including past champions who have lifetime qualification, that have been invited to play this year.
However, the number of golfers that are expected to play is set to be between 80 and 90.
Here are all the players who have received an invite along with how they qualified. There are 19 ways to qualify for The Masters. Click here to skip down for an explanation of all 19 methods to qualify.
***Last updated: March 27***
| Golfer | Qualification method | Golfer | Qualification method |
| Tommy Aaron | 1 | Luke List | 17 |
| Ludvig Aberg | 17, 19 | Shane Lowry | 3, 19 |
| Keegan Bradley | 17, 18, 19 | Sandy Lyle | 1 |
| Sam Burns | 18, 19 | Peter Malnati | 17 |
| Angel Cabrera | 1 | Hideki Matsuyama | 1, 3, 17, 19 |
| Patrick Cantlay | 18, 19 | Denny McCarthy | 19 |
| Wyndham Clark | 2, 14, 17, 18, 19 | Rory McIlroy | 13, 17, 18, 19 |
| Eric Cole | 19 | Adrian Meronk | 19 |
| Corey Conners | 18, 19 | Phil Mickelson | 1, 4, 13 |
| Charles Coody | 1 | Larry Mize | 1 |
| Fred Couples | 1 | Taylor Moore | 18 |
| Ben Crenshaw | 1 | Collin Morikawa | 3, 4, 13, 19 |
| Cam Davis | 16, 19 | Grayson Murray | 18 |
| Jason Day | 17, 19 | Jack Nicklaus | 1 |
| Santiago De la Fuente (a) | 10 | Joaquin Niemann | Special invite |
| Bryson DeChambeau | 2, 16 | Mark O’Meara | 1 |
| Nick Dunlap | 17 | Jose Maria Olzabal | 1 |
| Austin Eckroat | 17 | Thorbjorn Olesen | Special invite |
| Harris English | 19 | Matthieu Pavon | 17 |
| Nick Faldo | 1 | Gary Player | 1 |
| Tony Finau | 17, 18, 19 | J.P. Poston | 19 |
| Matt Fitzpatrick | 2, 13, 17, 18, 19 | Jon Rahm | 1, 2, 15, 17, 18, 19 |
| Tommy Fleetwood | 18, 19 | Patrick Reed | 1, 13 |
| Raymond Floyd | 1 | Justin Rose | 19 |
| Rickie Fowler | 17, 18, 19 | Xander Schauffele | 18, 19 |
| Ryan Fox | 19 | Scottie Scheffler | 1, 5, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18 |
| Sergio Garcia | 1 | Adam Schenk | 18, 19 |
| Lucas Glover | 17, 18, 19 | Charl Schwartzel | 1 |
| Emiliano Grillo | 17, 18, 19 | Adam Scott | 1, 19 |
| Adam Hadwin | 19 | Neal Shipley (a) | 7 |
| Stewart Hagestad (a) | 11 | Vijay Singh | 1 |
| Brian Harman | 3, 17, 18, 19 | Cameron Smith | 3, 5, 14, 19 |
| Tyrrell Hatton | 18, 19 | Jordan Spieth | 1, 13, 18, 19 |
| Russell Henley | 13, 18, 19 | Craig Stadler | 1 |
| Ryo Histasune | Special invite | Sepp Straka | 15, 17, 18, 19 |
| Lee Hodges | 17 | Jasper Stubbs (a) | 9 |
| Nicolai Hojgaard | 19 | Nick Taylor | 17, 18 |
| Max Homa | 18, 19 | Sahith Theegala | 13, 17, 19 |
| Viktor Hovland | 13, 16, 17, 18, 19 | Justin Thomas | 4, 19 |
| Sungjae Im | 18, 19 | Erik van Rooyen | 17 |
| Trevor Immelman | 1 | Camilo Villegas | 17 |
| Dustin Johnson | 1 | Tom Watson | 1 |
| Zach Johnson | 1 | Bubba Watson | 1 |
| Si Woo Kim | 18, 19 | Mike Weird | 1 |
| Tom Kim | 15, 17, 18, 19 | Danny Willett | 1 |
| Chris Kirk | 17 | Gary Woodland | 2 |
| Kurt Kitayama | 16, 19 | Tiger Woods | 1 |
| Jake Knapp | 18 | Ian Woosnam | 1 |
| Brooks Koepka | 4, 13, 16, 17, 19 | Cameron Young | 13, 19 |
| Christo Lamprecht (a) | 8 | Will Zalatoris | 19 |
| Bernhard Langer | 1 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 1 |
| Min Woo Lee | 19 |
How to qualify for Masters 2024
Here are the 19 ways to qualify for the Masters and full list of exemptions:
- 1. Masters Tournament Champions (Lifetime)
- 2. US Open Champions (Honorary, non-competing after five years)
- 3. The Open Champions (Honorary, non-competing after five years)
- 4. PGA Champions (Honorary, non-competing after five years)
- 5. Winners of The Players Championship (three years)
- 6. Current Olympic Gold Medalist (one year)
- 7. Current US Amateur Champion (7-A) (Honorary, non-competing after one year) and the runner-up (7-B) to the current US Amateur Champion
- 8. Current British Amateur Champion (Honorary, non-competing after one year)
- 9. Current Asia-Pacific Amateur Champion (one year)
- 10. Current Latin America Amateur Champion (one year)
- 11. Current US Mid-Amateur Champion (one year)
- 12. The first 12 players, including ties, in the previous year’s Masters Tournament
- 13. The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s US Open Championship
- 14. The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s Open Championship
- 15. The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s PGA Championship
- 16. Winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, from previous Masters to current Masters
- 17. Those qualifying for the previous year’s season-ending 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
Is Tiger Woods playing in the Masters this year?
Woods has not yet publicly declared whether he will play in the 2024 Masters, but he is part of the 2024 player list on the tournament’s official site.
The Masters website has been recently updated for the 2024 Tournament 🐅 pic.twitter.com/TR6EOkQNNc
— TWLEGION (@TWlegion) March 20, 2024
That would seem to indicate that 48-year-old is planning to participate in the event, though he could drop out depending on his health status.
How to watch Masters 2024: TV channel, live stream
The Masters Par 3 Contest will air on ESPN, and it can be streamed on Fubo and ESPN+. Rounds 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the Masters will be split between CBS and ESPN, and they can also be streamed on Paramount+ and Fubo, respectively.
Masters TV schedule 2024
| Date | Time (ET) | TV/Live stream |
| Wednesday, April 10 (Par 3 Contest) | Noon-3 p.m. | ESPN+ |
| 3-5 p.m. | ESPN, Fubo | |
| Thursday, April 11 (Round 1) | 3-7:30 p.m. | ESPN, Fubo |
| Friday, April 12 (Round 2) | 3-7:30 p.m. | ESPN, Fubo |
| Saturday, April 13 (Round 3) | 3-7 p.m. | CBS, Paramount+ |
| Sunday, April 14 (Round 4) | 2-7 p.m. | CBS, Paramount+ |
