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Who is playing Augusta National this year?



The 2026 Masters will begin at Augusta National in a few days. With the final PGA Tour event before the Masters wraps up, we have for the first time a complete look at the full Masters field for this year’s event.

Here’s what you need to know.

Master’s field for 2026: Basics

There are many qualifying criteria to win a place in the Masters, with this year’s event adding a few points for winner of various national Opens. (You can see a full list of Masters exemption categories at the end of this article.) In total, 91 top pros and amateurs will compete in this year’s Masters.

The final spot was up for grabs over the weekend at the Valero Texas Open. Anyone who didn’t qualify for the Masters who won last week would earn times in the Masters. But JJ Spaun came away with the win in the end. Spaun was already disqualified from the Masters based on several criteria, including his US Open victory last year.

That means the final spots were awarded a week ago, when Gary Woodland qualified by winning the Texas Children’s Houston Open, and four others won Masters spots vIA Official World Golf Ranking.

Unfortunately, Tiger Woods AND Phil Mickelson will not be in this year’s Masters field, nor will any of the players be present at Augusta National during the week of the tournament.

You can see the full Masters 2026 field below, along with each player’s exemption categories.

Full Masters field for 2026 (exclusions)

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)

Nico Echavarria (17, 26)

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, 25, 26)

Max Grayserman (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)

Nicolai Hojgaard (26)

Rasmus Hojgaard (25)

Brandon Holtz (11)

Max Homa (13)

Viktor Hovland (14, 18, 25, 26)

Mason Howell (7)

My Sungjae (13, 25)

Casey Jarvis (24)

Dustin Johnson (1)

Zach Johnson (1, 13)

Naoyuki Kataoka (21)

Johnny Keefer (25)

Michael Kim (25)

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)

Hideki Matsuyama (1, 18, 25, 26)

Matt McCarthy (26)

Rory McIlroy (1, 5, 13, 18, 25, 26)

Tom McKibbin (22)

Maverick McNealy (18, 25, 26)

Collin Morkiawa (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 Money (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)

Xander Schauffele (3, 4, 13, 25, 26)

Scottie Scheffler (1, 3, 4, 5, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 25, 26)

Charl Schwartzel (1)

Adam Scott (1)

Vijay Singh (1)

Cameron Smith (3)

JJ Spaun (2, 14, 17, 18, 25, 26)

Jordan Spieth (1)

Sam 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 (5, 14, 17, 18, 25, 26)

Master’s exemption categories for 2026

  1. Masters Tournament Champions (Lifetime)
  2. US Open Champions (Honorary, non-competitive after five years)
  3. The Open Champions (Honorary, non-competitive after five years)
  4. PGA Champions (Honorary, non-competitive after five years)
  5. Players Championship Winners (three years)
  6. Current Olympic Gold Medalist (one year)
  7. Current US Amateur Champion (7-A) (Honor, non-competitive after one year) and runner-up (7-B) to current US Amateur Champion
  8. Current Amateur Champion (Honorary, non-competitive after one year)
  9. Current Asia-Pacific Amateur Champion (one year)
  10. Current Latin American Amateur Champion (one year)
  11. Current US Amateur Champion (one year)
  12. Current NCAA Division I Men’s Individual Champion (one year)
  13. The top 12 players, including ties, in last year’s Masters Tournament
  14. Top 4 players, including ties, at last year’s US Open
  15. Top 4 players, including ties, in last year’s Open Championship
  16. The top 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s PGA Championship
  17. Individual winners of PGA Tour events that award a full division of points applied to the Tour Championship at the end of the season
  18. Those who qualify and qualify for the tournament championship at the end of the previous year’s season
  19. Current Scottish Open Champion (one year)
  20. Current Spanish Open Champion (one year)
  21. Current Japan Open Champion (one year)
  22. Current Hong Kong Open Champion (one year)
  23. Current Australian Open Champion (one year)
  24. Current South African Open Champion (one year)
  25. The 50 leaders in the final official world golf rankings for the past calendar year
  26. The 50 leaders in the final official world golf rankings released during the week before the current Masters Tournament



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