The 2026 Masters Tournament has finally arrived, with men’s golfers primed for the first major championship on the calendar.
The Masters remains the most difficult field in men’s pro golf to enter. Even so, there are 26 different ways a player can find his place onto the first tee box on Thursday of Masters week.
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Here’s a look at the 91 players in this year’s field as of Sunday, April 5, along with how they qualified for the event. Those marked with a pound sign are making their debut in Augusta.
A leaderboard at Augusta National Golf Club.
2026 Masters Tournament field
Making Masters debut #; Amateur*
Ludvig Aberg 13, 18, 25, 26
Daniel Berger 26
Akshay Bhatia 17, 18, 25, 26
Keegan Bradley 17, 18, 25, 26
# Michael Brennan 25, 26
# Jacob Bridgeman 17,18, 26
Sam Burns 18, 25, 26
Angel Cabrera 1
Brian Campbell 17
Patrick Cantlay 18, 25, 26
Wyndham Clark 2, 15, 25
Corey Conners 13, 18, 25, 26
Fred Couples 1
Jason Day 13, 26
Bryson DeChambeau 2, 13, 16, 25, 26
Nicolas Echavarria 17, 26
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Harris English 13, 15, 16, 18, 25, 26
#* Ethan Fang 8
Matt Fitzpatrick 2, 15, 17, 25, 26
Tommy Fleetwood 17, 18, 25, 26
Ryan Fox 17, 25, 26
Sergio Garcia 1
# Ryan Gerard 25, 26
# Chris Gotterup 15, 17, 18, 19, 25, 26
Max Greyserman 25
# Ben Griffin 17, 18, 25, 26
# Harry Hall 18
Brian Harman 3, 18, 25, 26
Tyrrell Hatton 14, 25, 26
Russell Henley 18, 25, 26
#* Jackson Herrington 7-B
Nicolai Hojgaard 26
Rasmus Hojgaard 25
#* Brandon Holtz 11
Max Homa 13
Viktor Hovland 14, 18, 25, 26
#* Mason Howell 7-A
Sungjae Im 13, 18, 25
# Casey Jarvis 24
Dustin Johnson 1
Zach Johnson 1, 13
# Naoyuki Kataoka 21
# John Keefer 25
Michael Kim 25
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Si Woo Kim 25, 26
Kurt Kitayama 17, 25, 26
Jake Knapp 26
Brooks Koepka 4
#* Fifa Laopakdee 9
Min Woo Lee 25, 26
Haotong Li 15
Shane Lowry 18, 25, 26
Robert MacIntyre 14, 18, 25, 26
Matt McCarty 26
Hideki Matsuyama 1, 18, 25, 26
Rory McIlroy 1, 5, 18, 25, 26
# Tom McKibbin 22
Maverick McNealy 18, 25, 26
Collin Morikawa 3, 17, 18, 25, 26
# Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen 23, 25
Alex Noren 25, 26
# Andrew Novak 18, 25, 26
Jose Maria Olazabal 1
Carlos Ortiz 14
# Marco Penge 20, 25, 26
Aldrich Potgieter 17
#* Mateo Pulcini 10
Jon Rahm 1, 2, 26
Aaron Rai 25, 26
Patrick Reed 1, 13, 25, 26
# Kristoffer Reitan 25, 26
Davis Riley 16
Justin Rose 13, 17, 18, 25, 26
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Xander Schauffele 3, 4, 13, 25, 26
Scottie Scheffler 1, 3, 4, 5, 13, 17, 18, 25, 26
Charl Schwartzel 1
Adam Scott 1
Vijay Singh 1
Cameron Smith 3
J.J. Spaun 2, 18, 25, 26
Jordan Spieth 1
# Samuel Stevens 25, 26
Sepp Straka 17, 18, 25, 26
Nick Taylor 18
Justin Thomas 4, 17, 18, 25, 26
# Sami Valimaki 25
Bubba Watson 1
Mike Weir 1
Danny Willett 1
Gary Woodland 17
Cameron Young 14, 17, 18, 25, 26
Past Champions not playing in the 2026 Masters
Tommy Aaron, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Trevor Immelman, Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Phil Mickelson, Larry Mize, Jack Nicklaus, Mark O’Meara, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Tiger Woods, Ian Woosnam
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2026 Masters Tournament Qualifications
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Masters Tournament Champions (Lifetime)
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U.S. Open Champions (Five years)
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The Open Champions (Five years)
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PGA Champions (Five years)
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Winners of the Players Championship (Three years)
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Current Olympic Gold Medalist (One year)
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Current U.S. Amateur Champion (7-A) and Runner-up (7-B) to the current U.S. Amateur Champion (One year)
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Current The Amateur Champion (One year)
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Current Asia-Pacific Amateur Champion (One year)
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Current Latin America Amateur Champion (One year)
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Current U.S. Mid-Amateur Champion (One year)
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Current NCAA Division I Men’s Individual Champion (One year)
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The first 12 players, including ties, in the previous year’s Masters Tournament
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The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s U.S. Open
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The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s The Open Championship
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The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s PGA Championship
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Individual winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation applied to the season-ending Tour Championship
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Those qualifying and eligible for the previous year’s season-ending Tour Championship
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Current Scottish Open Champion (One year)
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Current Spanish Open Champion (One year)
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Current Japan Open Champion (One year)
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Current Hong Kong Open Champion (One year)
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Current Australian Open Champion (One year)
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Current South African Open Champion (One year)
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The 50 leaders on the final Official World Golf Ranking for the previous calendar year
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The 50 leaders on the final Official World Golf Ranking published during the week prior to the current Masters Tournament
This article originally appeared on Augusta Chronicle: 2026 Masters Tournament field has 91 golfers for Augusta National
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