Justin Harding and Shane Lowry were added to the list of players invited to compete in the 2019 Masters at Augusta. Here we look how the field was determined:
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Harding, currently third on the Race to Dubai, joins fellow South Africans Charl Schwartzel, Trevor Immelman, Louis Oosthuizen, Branden Grace and leading amateur Jovan Rebula in the field.
The winner of this week’s Valero Texas Open will also be invited, should he not already be in the field.
The current Masters field:
Kiradech Aphibarnrat (18)
Lucas Bjerregaard (18)
Devon Bling (a) (7)
Keegan Bradley (16, 17, 18)
Angel Cabrera (1)
Rafael Cabrera-Bello (18)
Patrick Cantlay (17, 18)
Paul Casey (17, 18)
Stewart Cink (15)
Corey Conners (16)
Fred Couples (1)
Jason Day (4, 5, 16, 17, 18)
Bryson DeChambeau (16, 17, 18)
Tony Finau (12, 17, 18)
Matthew Fitzpatrick (18)
Tommy Fleetwood (13, 17)
Rickie Fowler (12, 17, 18)
Sergio Garcia (1, 18)
Branden Grace (18)
Emiliano Grillo (18)
Justin Harding (19)
Tyrrell Hatton (18)
Charley Hoffman (12)
J.B. Holmes (16)
Billy Horschel (17)
Viktor Hovland (a) (7)
Charles Howell III (16)
Shugo Imahara (special invite)
Trevor Immelman (1)
Dustin Johnson (2, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18)
Zach Johnson (1, 3)
Takumi Kanaya (a) (9)
Martin Kaymer (2)
Michael Kim (16)
Si Woo Kim (5)
Kevin Kisner (14, 18)
Patton Kizzire (17)
Brooks Koepka (2, 4, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18)
Satoshi Kodaira (16, 18)
Matt Kuchar (16, 18)
Andrew Landry (16)
Bernhard Langer (1)
Marc Leishman (12, 16, 17, 18)
Li Haotong (18)
Adam Long (16)
Shane Lowry (19)
Sandy Lyle (1)
Hideki Matsuyama (17, 18)
Rory McIlroy (3, 4, 5, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18)
Phil Mickelson (1, 16, 17, 18)
Keith Mitchell (16)
Larry Mize (1)
Francesco Molinari (3, 14, 16, 17, 18)
Kevin Na (16, 17, 18)
Alex Noren (18)
Kevin O’Connell (a) (10)
Jose Maria Olazabal (1)
Thorbjorn Olesen (18)
Louis Oosthuizen (12, 18)
Alvaro Ortiz (a) (11)
Eddie Pepperell (18)
Ian Poulter (18)
Jon Rahm (12, 15, 17, 18)
Jovan Rebula (a) (8)
Patrick Reed (1, 12, 13, 17, 18)
Justin Rose (12, 14, 16, 17, 18)
Charl Schwartzel (1)
Adam Scott (1, 15, 18)
Xander Schauffele (14, 17, 18)
Webb Simpson (5, 16, 17, 18)
Vijay Singh (1)
Cameron Smith (12, 17, 18)
Brandt Snedeker (16, 18)
Jordan Spieth (1, 2, 3, 12, 18)
Kyle Stanley (17, 18)
Henrik Stenson (3, 12, 18)
Justin Thomas (4, 16, 17, 18)
Kevin Tway (16)
Jimmy Walker (4)
Matt Wallace (18)
Bubba Watson (1, 12, 16, 17, 18)
Mike Weir (1)
Aaron Wise (16, 17)
Danny Willett (1)
Ian Woosnam (1)
Gary Woodland (17, 18)
Tiger Woods (1, 15, 16, 17, 18)
Qualification Criteria
Below are the 19 different categories in which a player may qualify for the Masters Tournament.
- Masters champions (Lifetime)
- US Open champions (Honorary, non-competing after five years)
- Open champions (Honorary, non-competing after five years)
- PGA champions (Honorary, non-competing after five years)
- Winners of The Players Championship (Three years)
- Current Olympic Gold Medallist
- Current US Amateur champion (7-A) (Honorary, non-competing after one year) and the runner-up (7-B) to the current US Amateur champion
- Current British Amateur champion (Honorary, non-competing after one year)
- Current Asia-Pacific Amateur champion
- Current Latin America Amateur champion
- Current US Mid-Amateur champion
- The first 12 players, including ties, in the previous year’s Masters Tournament
- The first four players, including ties, in the previous year’s US Open
- The first four players, including ties, in the previous year’s British Open
- The first four players, including ties, in the previous year’s PGA Championship
- Individual winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, from previous Masters to current Masters
- Those qualifying for the previous year’s season-ending Tour Championship
- The 50 leaders on the final Official World Golf Rankings for the previous calendar year
- The 50 leaders on the Official World Golf Rankings published during the week prior to the current Masters Tournament
*Special Invitation
