Which LIV golfers are in the 2025 Masters field? How they qualified

Ninety-four golfers have qualified for the 2025 Masters, 12 of those being from the LIV Golf Tour.

Thirteen played in the 2024 Masters, with Cameron Smith and Bryson DeChambeau each tying for sixth at 2-under par, but the total of LIV golfers at each tournament have dwindled since 18 represented the tour in 2023.

More than half of this year’s LIV qualifiers have a lifetime pass to the tournament as previous champions.

Which LIV golfers are in the 2025 Masters field?

Below are the LIV golfers in this year’s Master’s field and how they qualified.

• Bryson DeChambeau – 2024 U.S. Open champ; First 12 and ties in 2024 Masters; First 4 and ties of 2024 PGA Championship; Top 50 of Official World Golf Rankings at end of 2024; Top 50 in OWGR week of Masters
• Sergio Garcia – Previous Masters Champion
• Tyrrell Hatton – First 12 and ties in 2024 Masters; Top 50 of Official World Golf Rankings at end of 2024; Top 50 in OWGR week of Masters
• Dustin Johnson – Previous Masters Champion
• Brooks Koepka – 2023 PGA Champion (Five year exemption)
• Phil Mickelson – Previous Masters Champion; 2021 PGA Champion (Five year exemption)
• Joaquin Niemann – Special Invitation
• Jon Rahm – Previous Masters Champion; 2021 U.S. Open Champion (Five year exemption)
• Patrick Reed – Previous Masters Champion; First 12 and ties in 2024 Masters
• Charl Schwartzel – Previous Masters Champion
• Cameron Smith – 2022 The Open Champion (Five year exemption); First 12 and ties in 2024 Masters
• Bubba Watson – Previous Masters Champion

How to qualify for the Masters

Below are the 20 ways to qualify for the Masters, as listed on the tournament’s official site. LIV golfers are harmed by requirements 19 and 20, as they do not receive points toward Official World Golf Rankings. The league was denied in 2023 its bid to receive the points.

The golfers can receive points through the four majors and by playing in the DP World Tour, but not earning the same world rankings as PGA Tour players limits their chance to qualify through OWGR.

Here are the ways to qualify for the Masters.

1. Masters Tournament Champions (Lifetime)
2. U.S. Open Champions (Honorary, non-competing after five years)
3. The Open Champions (Honorary, non-competing after five years)
4. PGA Champions (Honorary, non-competing after five years)
5. Winners of the Players Championship (Three years)
6. Current Olympic Gold Medalist (One Year)
7. Current U.S. Amateur Champion (7-A) (Honorary, non-competing after one year) and the Runner-up (7-B) to the current US Amateur Champion
8. Current The Amateur Champion (Honorary, non-competing after one year)
9. Current Asia-Pacific Amateur Champion (One year)
10. Current Latin America Amateur Champion (One year)
11. Current U.S. Mid-Amateur Champion (One year)
12. Current NCAA Division I Men’s Individual Champion (One year)
13. The first 12 players, including ties, in the previous year’s Masters Tournament
14. The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s U.S. Open
15. The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s The Open Championship
16. The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s PGA Championship
17. Individual winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation from previous Masters to current Masters
18. Those qualifying and eligible for the previous year’s season-ending Tour Championship
19. The 50 leaders on the final Official World Golf Ranking for the previous calendar year
20. The 50 leaders on the final Official World Golf Ranking published during the week prior to the current Masters Tournament

Ryne Dennis is the Deep South Connect Team Editor for Gannett/USA Today. Find him on X @RyneDennis and email at [email protected].