Jon Rahm returns as defending champion and Rory McIlroy looks to complete the career Grand Slam; The Masters field is almost complete - watch the opening major of the year live from April 11-14 on Sky Sports Golf
Monday 8 April 2024 11:11, UK
The field is set for the opening major of the year, but who has qualified for The Masters?
There are 89 players - as of April 8 - scheduled to tee it up in Georgia from April 11-14, exclusively live on Sky Sports, where Jon Rahm returns as defending champion and world No 1 Scottie Scheffler looks to win the event for a second time.
Rahm is part of a strong LIV contingent in the field, including reigning PGA champion Brooks Koepka and former Open champion Cameron Smith, while Rory McIlroy arrives with another opportunity to complete the career Grand Slam.
US Open champion Wyndham Clark is among the rookies in the field and FedExCup winner Viktor Hovland will look to bounce back from a slow start to the season, while Tiger Woods - a winner of The Masters in 2019 - is scheduled to return to action.
The top 50 in the world at the end of the previous calendar year earn an invite, as do those inside the top 50 during the week before the tournament takes place, while previous winners hold a lifetime exemption and any other major winners from the last five years are also included in the field.
The top 12 and ties from last year's Masters are allowed to return, as are the top four and ties from the other three majors in 2022, with every winner at a full-field PGA Tour event - the ones not played the same week as a major - over the past 12 months securing a spot.
The last three winners of The Players and all qualifiers for last season's Tour Championship earn their invite, plus the champions of five of the world's biggest amateur titles, while The Masters committee can invite a player who has not qualified.
Those inside the top 50 when the latest Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR) were announced on Monday April 1 qualify, with Byeong Hun An earning his spot via that category, while Stephan Jaeger is also a late entry after claiming his maiden PGA Tour title at the Texas Children's Houston Open.
The final spot went to the winner of the Valero Texas Open on Sunday, where Akshay Bhatia overcame a shoulder injury and stunning back-nine birdie charge from Denny McCarthy to defeat the American in a play-off and claim a second PGA Tour title.
Correct as of April 8; USA unless stated
# denotes first Masters; *denotes amateur; ^ denotes committee invite
Ludiv Åberg (Swe) #
Byeong Hun An (Kor)
Akshay Bhatia
Keegan Bradley
Sam Burns
Patrick Cantlay
Wyndham Clark #
Eric Cole #
Corey Conners (Can)
Fred Couples
Cameron Davis (Aus)
Jason Day (Aus)
Bryson DeChambeau
Santiago de la Fuente (Mex) #*
Nick Dunlap #
Austin Eckroat #
Harris English
Tony Finau
Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng)
Tommy Fleetwood (Eng)
Rickie Fowler
Ryan Fox (Nzl)
Sergio Garcia (Esp)
Lucas Glover
Emiliano Grillo (Arg)
Adam Hadwin (Can)
Stewart Hagestad*
Brian Harman
Tyrrell Hatton (Eng)
Russell Henley
Ryo Hisatsune (Jpn) #^
Lee Hodges #
Nicolai Hojgaard (Den) #
Max Homa
Viktor Hovland (Nor)
Sungjae Im (Kor)
Stephan Jaeger (Ger)
Dustin Johnson
Zach Johnson
Si Woo Kim (Kor)
Tom Kim (Kor)
Chris Kirk
Kurt Kitayama
Jake Knapp #
Brooks Koepka
Christo Lamprecht (Rsa) #*
Min Woo Lee (Aus)
Luke List
Shane Lowry (Irl)
Peter Malnati
Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)
Denny McCarthy #
Rory McIlroy (NIrl)
Adrian Meronk (Pol)
Phil Mickelson
Taylor Moore
Collin Morikawa
Grayson Murray #
Joaquin Niemann (Chi) ^
Jose Maria Olazabal (Esp)
Thorbjorn Olesen (Den) ^
Matthieu Pavon (Fra) #
JT Poston
Jon Rahm (Esp)
Patrick Reed
Justin Rose (Eng)
Xander Schauffele
Scottie Scheffler
Adam Schenk #
Charl Schwartzel (Rsa)
Adam Scott (Aus)
Neal Shipley #*
Vijay Singh (Fij)
Cameron Smith (Aus)
Jordan Spieth
Sepp Straka (Aut)
Jasper Stubbs (Aus) #*
Nick Taylor (Can)
Sahith Theegala
Justin Thomas
Erik van Rooyen (Rsa)
Camilo Villegas (Col)
Bubba Watson
Mike Weir (Can)
Danny Willett (Eng)
Gary Woodland
Tiger Woods
Cameron Young
Will Zalatoris
Tommy Aaron, Angel Cabrera, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Trevor Immelman, Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize, Jack Nicklaus, Mark O'Meara, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller.
Wall-to-wall coverage from the tournament begins at 2pm over the first two rounds on Thursday April 11 and Friday April 12, with Featured Group action and regular updates from around the course available to enjoy on Sky Sports Golf until the global broadcast window begins at 8pm.
There will be lots of extra action throughout all four days via the red button on Sky Sports Golf, along with Sky Q and Sky Glass, providing plenty of bonus feeds and allowing you to follow players' progress through various parts of Augusta's famous layout.
Sky Sports Golf will show extended build-up content over the weekend and occasional live updates from the course before the global broadcast window starts at 8pm for the third round and 7pm for the final day, with early action available throughout via the red button.
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