With Augusta National Golf Club releasing its qualification criteria for the 2027 Masters Tournament on April 8-11, 2027, here is what the current field looks like:
(64 players as of Sept. 21)
1. Masters Tournament Champions (Lifetime)
Angel Cabrera
Fred Couples
Sergio Garcia
Dustin Johnson
Zach Johnson
Hideki Matsuyama
Rory McIlroy
Phil Mickelson
Jose Maria Olazabal
Jon Rahm
Patrick Reed
Scottie Scheffler
Charl Schwartzel
Adam Scott
Vijay Singh
Jordan Spieth
Bubba Watson
Mike Weir
Danny Willett
Tiger Woods
2. U.S. Open Champions (Honorary, non-competing after five years)
Wyndham Clark
Bryson DeChambeau
Matt Fitzpatrick
J.J. Spaun
3. The Open Champions (Honorary, non-competing after five years)
Ryan Fox
Brian Harman
Xander Schauffele
Cameron Smith
4. PGA Champions (Honorary, non-competing after five years)
Brooks Koepka
Justin Thomas
Aaron Rai
5. Winners of the Players Championship (Three years)
Cameron Young
6. Current Olympic Gold Medalist (One Year)
N/A
7. Current U.S. Amateur Champion (7-A) (Honorary, non-competing after one year) and the Runner-up (7-B) to the current U.S. Amateur Champion
a-Jack Whaley
a-Jay Leng Jr.
8. Current The Amateur Champion (Honorary, non-competing after one year)
a-Stuart Grehan
9. Current Asia-Pacific Amateur Champion (One year)
TBD (Oct. 29-Nov. 1)
10. Current Latin America Amateur Champion (One year)
TBD (Jan. 14-17, 2027)
11. Current U.S. Mid-Amateur Champion (One year)
TBD (Sept. 26-Oct. 1)
12. Current NCAA Division I Men’s Individual Champion (One year)
a-Preston Stout
13. The first 12 players, including ties, in the previous year’s Masters Tournament
Sam Burns
Patrick Cantlay
Jason Day
Tyrrell Hatton
Russell Henley
Max Homa
Jake Knapp
Collin Morikawa
Justin Rose
14. The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s U.S. Open
Tom Kim
Keith Mitchell
J.T. Poston
15. The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s The Open Championship
N/A
16. The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s PGA Championship
Ludvig Aberg
Matti Schmid
Alex Smalley
17. Individual winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation applied to the season-ending Tour Championship
Michael Brennan
Bud Cauley
Jackson Koivun
Kristoffer Reitan
Michael Thorbjornsen
18. Those qualifying and eligible for the previous year’s season-ending Tour Championship
Akshay Bhatia
Jacob Bridgeman
Alex Fitzpatrick
Ryan Gerard
Si Woo Kim
Min Woo Lee
Robert MacIntyre
Gary Woodland
19. Current Scottish Open Champion (One year)
N/A
20. Current Spanish Open Champion (One year)
TBD (Oct. 8-11)
21. Current Japan Open Champion (One year)
TBD (Oct. 15-18)
22. Current Hong Kong Open Champion (One year)
TBD (Oct. 22-25)
23. Current Australian Open Champion (One year)
TBD (Dec. 3-6)
24. Current South African Open Champion (One year)
TBD (March 4-7, 2027)
25. The 50 leaders on the final Official World Golf Ranking for the previous calendar year
TBD (In as of Sept. 21: 21. Alex Noren, 26. Ben Griffin, 35. Sepp Straka, 36. Joaquin Niemann, 39. Kurt Kitayama, 40. Shane Lowry, 42. Nicolai Hojgaard, 44. Harris English, 48. Maverick McNealy, 49. Rickie Fowler, 50. Keegan Bradley)
26. The 50 leaders on the final Official World Golf Ranking published during the week prior to the current Masters Tournament
TBD
PAST CHAMPIONS NOT EXPECTED TO COMPETE:
Tommy Aaron
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