Invitations to compete in the 2024 Masters Tournament started landing on the doormats of a select group of professional golfers over the last week, providing a welcome addition to the usual of collection of late Christmas cards and flyers for local pizza delivery companies and gutter repair quotes.
It’s an especially exciting moment for those for whom it marks their first appearance at Augusta National, while even seasoned campaigners who have beaten a well-trodden path up Magnolia Drive never get tired of opening up that dark green envelope which contains the key to one of the most cherished experiences in golf.
The field currently stands at 77, including all of the world’s top 50 at the end of 2023, plus PGA Tour winners for events between the last Masters and now, past champions who have said that they will compete, and the latest winners of the US, English, Latin America and Asia-Pacific Amateur Championships.
Anyone not already in the field who wins a PGA Tour event between now and when the Masters begins on April 7 will be added to the line-up, as will those who break into the world’s top-50 during that period.
Depending on how many more players qualify between now and April, the field could be one of the smallest in recent years. In the last decade, the fewest number of competitors has been 87, which was registered in 2018 and 2019.
As things stand, as many as ten LIV Golf League players are due to take part in the season’s first major, including defending Masters champion Jon Rahm, Bryson deChambeau, Patrick Reed, Brooks Koepka, Sergio Garcia, Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Charl Schwartzel, Bubba Watson and Cameron Smith.
2024 Masters Tournament Invitees (A-Z)
Tommy Aaron
Ludvig Aberg
Keegan Bradley
Jack Burke
Sam Burns
Angel Cabrera
Patrick Cantlay
Wyndham Clark
Eric Cole
Corey Conners
Charles Coody
Fred Couples
Ben Crenshaw
Cam Davis
Jason Day
Bryson DeChambeau
Nick Dunlap (a)
Harris English
Nick Faldo
Tony Finau
Matt Fitzpatrick
Tommy Fleetwood
Rickie Fowler
Ryan Fox
Sergio Garcia
Lucas Glover
Emiliano Grillo
Adam Hadwin
Stewart Hagestad (a)
Brian Harman
Tyrrell Hatton
Russell Henley
Lee Hodges
Nicolai Hojgaard
Max Homa
Viktor Hovland
Sungjae Im
Dustin Johnson
Zach Johnson
Tom Kim
Si Woo Kim
Kurt Kitayama
Brooks Koepka
Christo Lamprechet (a)
Bernhard Langer
Min Woo Lee
Luke List
Shane Lowry
Hideki Matsuyama
Denny McCarthy
Rory McIlroy
Adrian Meronk
Phil Mickelson
Taylor Moore
Collin Morikawa
Jose Maria Olazabal
J.P. Poston
Jon Rahm
Patrick Reed
Justin Rose
Xander Schauffele
Scottie Scheffler
Adam Schenk
Charl Schwartzel
Adam Scott
Neal Shipley (a)
Vijay Singh
Cameron Smith
Jordan Spieth
Sepp Straka
Jasper Stubbs (a)
Nick Taylor
Sahith Theegala
Justin Thomas
Erik van Rooyen
Camilo Villegas
Bubba Watson
Mike Weir
Danny Willett
Gary Woodland
Tiger Woods
Cameron Young
Will Zalatoris
