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Rory McIlroy’s road to the green jacket
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The field has been released for the first major of the year, the 2026 Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia, contested at Augusta National Golf Club.
The field that has qualified as of March 30 (qualifying categories in parentheses) is listed below. The final spot is up for grabs at the Valero Texas Open, which concludes on Sunday, April 5, if the winner has not already qualified.
InviteesCountryQualificationÅberg, LudvigSweden13, 18, 25Berger, DanielUnited States26Bhatia, AkshayUnited States17, 18, 25 Bradley, KeeganUnited States17, 18, 25 # Brennan, MichaelUnited States25# Bridgeman, JacobUnited States17, 18 Burns, SamUnited States18, 25Cabrera, ÁngelArgentina1Campbell, BrianUnited States17Cantlay, PatrickUnited States18, 25Clark, WyndhamUnited States2, 15, 25Conners, CoreyCanada13, 18, 25 Couples, FredUnited States1Day, JasonAustralia13DeChambeau, BrysonUnited States2, 13, 16,25 Echavarria, NicoColombia17English, HarrisUnited States13, 15, 16, 18, 25 #* Fang, EthanUnited States8Fitzpatrick, MattEngland2, 15, 17, 25Fleetwood, TommyEngland17, 18, 25Fox, RyanNew Zealand17, 25 García, SergioSpain1# Gerard, RyanUnited States25# Gotterup, ChrisUnited States15, 17, 18, 19, 25 Greyserman, MaxUnited States25# Griffin, BenUnited States17, 18, 25 # Hall, HarryEngland18Harman, BrianUnited States3, 18, 25Hatton, TyrrellEngland14, 25Henley, RussellUnited States18, 25#* Herrington, JacksonUnited States7-BHøjgaard, NicolaiDenmark26Højgaard, RasmusDenmark25#* Holtz, BrandonUnited States11Homa, MaxUnited States13Hovland, ViktorNorway14, 18, 25#* Howell, MasonUnited States7-AIm, SungjaeKorea13, 18, 25# Jarvis, CaseySouth Africa24Johnson, DustinUnited States1Johnson, ZachUnited States1, 13# Kataoka, NaoyukiJapan21# Keefer, JohnUnited States25Kim, Si WooKorea25Kim, MichaelUnited States25Kitayama, KurtUnited States17, 25Knapp, JakeUnited States26Koepka, BrooksUnited States4#* Laopakdee, FifaThailand9Lee, Min WooAustralia25Li, HaotongChina15Lowry, ShaneIreland18, 25MacIntyre, RobertScotland14, 18, 25Matsuyama, HidekiJapan1, 18, 25McCarty, MattUnited States26McIlroy, RoryNorthern Ireland1, 5, 18, 25# McKibbin, TomNorthern Ireland22McNealy, MaverickUnited States18, 25Mickelson, PhilUnited States1, 4Morikawa, CollinUnited States3, 17, 18, 25# Neergaard-Petersen, RasmusDenmark23, 25Noren, AlexSweden25# Novak, AndrewUnited States18, 25Olazábal, José MaríaSpain1Ortiz, CarlosMexico14# Penge, MarcoEngland20, 25Potgieter, AldrichSouth Africa17#* Pulcini, MateoArgentina10Rahm, JonSpain1, 2Rai, AaronEngland25Reed, PatrickUnited States1, 13, 25# Reitan, KristofferNorway25Riley, DavisUnited States16Rose, JustinEngland13, 17, 18, 25Schauffele, XanderUnited States3, 4, 13, 25Scheffler, ScottieUnited States1, 3, 4, 5, 13, 17, 18, 25Schwartzel, CharlSouth Africa1Scott, AdamAustralia1Singh, VijayFiji1Smith, CameronAustralia3Spaun, J.J.United States2, 18, 25Spieth, JordanUnited States1# Stevens, SamuelUnited States25Straka, SeppAustria17, 18, 25Taylor, NickCanada18Thomas, JustinUnited States4, 17, 18, 25# Valimaki, SamiFinland25Watson, BubbaUnited States1Weir, MikeCanada1Willett, DannyEngland1Woodland, GaryUnited States17Woods, TigerUnited States1Young, CameronUnited States5, 14, 17, 18, 25 # Denotes first Masters
* Denotes Amateur
^ The Masters Committee, at its discretion, also invites international players not otherwise qualified.
Categories for 2026 Masters Tournament eligibility
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 U.S. 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 four players, including ties, in the previous year’s U.S. Open
15. The first four players, including ties, in the previous year’s The Open Championship
16. The first four players, including ties, in the previous year’s PGA Championship
17. Individual winners of PGA TOUR events that award a full-point allocation applied to the season-ending TOUR Championship
18. Those qualifying and eligible for the previous year’s season-ending TOUR Championship
19. Current Genesis 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 on the final Official World Golf Ranking for the previous calendar year
26. The 50 leaders on the final Official World Golf Ranking published during the week prior to the current Masters Tournament
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Mar 30, 2026
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