The Masters Tournament at Augusta National is more than a month away. So far, 85 golfers have qualified to participate in the 2017 event.
2016 champion Danny Willett is one of 18 winners who have qualified for entry into the 81st Masters, which tees off April 6 through 9 in Augusta.
Last year’s Masters field consisted of 89 players, the fewest players since 2002.
The Masters is an invitation tournament, but players must qualify under one of these criteria. Yet to be named are the international invitees and the qualifiers of the Official World Golf Ranking list as of March 27. Here are the 85 names - and the qualifying reason - that have so far earned an invitation:
Masters Tournament Champions
Angel Cabrera
Fred Couples
Trevor Immelman
Zach Johnson
Bernhard Langer
Sandy Lyle
Phil Mickelson
Larry Mize
Mark O’Meara
Jose Maria Olazabal
Charl Schwartzel
Adam Scott
Vijay Singh
Jordan Spieth
Bubba Watson
Mike Weir
Danny Willett
Tiger Woods
U.S. Open champions (Five-year exemption)
Dustin Johnson
Justin Rose
Martin Kaymer
Webb Simpson
British Open Champions (Five-year exemption)
Ernie Els
Rory McIlroy
Henrik Stenson
PGA Champions (Five-year exemption)
Jason Dufner (4, 15, 16)
Jason Day (4, 5, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17)
Jimmy Walker (4, 16, 17)
Players Championship Winners (Three-year exemption)
Rickie Fowler
Top two finishers of U.S. Amateur Championship
Curtis Luck
Brad Dalke
British Amateur Champion winner
Scott Gregory
Latin America Amateur Champion
Toto Gana
U.S. Mid-Amateur Champion
Stewart Hagestad
Top 12 finishers (including ties) in previous year’s Masters
Daniel Berger
Paul Casey
Matthew Fitzpatrick
J.B. Holmes
Soren Kjeldsen
Hideki Matsuyama
Brandt Snedeker
Lee Westwood
Top four finishers (including ties) in previous year’s U.S. Open
Jim Furyk
Shane Lowry
Scott Piercy
Top four finishers (including ties) in previous year’s British Open
Steve Stricker
Top four finishers (including ties) in previous year’s PGA Championship
Branden Grace
Brooks Koepka
Daniel Summerhays
Winners of non-opposite PGA Tour events since previous Masters (events that award a full-point for the FedEx Cup)
Sergio Garcia
James Hahn
Charley Hoffman
Mackenzie Hughes
Billy Hurley III
Si Woo Kim
Russell Knox
William McGirt
Ryan Moore
Rod Pampling
Pat Perez
Jon Rahm
Patrick Reed
Brendan Steele
Brian Stuard
Hudson Swafford
Justin Thomas
Jhonattan Vegas
Qualifiers for 2016 Tour Championship
Roberto Castro
Kevin Chappell
Emiliano Grillo
Kevin Kisner
Matt Kuchar
Sean O'Hair
Kevin Na
Gary Woodland
Top 50 on final 2016 Official World Golf Ranking
An Byeong-hun
Rafael Cabrera Bello
Bill Haas
Tyrrell Hatton
Yuta Ikeda
Francesco Molinari
Alex Noren
Louis Oosthuizen
Thomas Pieters
Andy Sullivan
Bernd Wiesberger
Chris Wood
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