AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The players expected to play in the 90th Masters Tournament April 9-12 and how they can qualify for invitations. Players listed only in the first category in which they are eligible (Amateur):
Masters Champion (lifetime)
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Rory McIlroy, Scotty Scheffler, Jon Rahm, Hideki Matsuyama, Dustin Johnson, Tiger Woods, Patrick Reed, Sergio Garcia, Danny Willett, Jordan Spieth, Bubba Watson, Adam Scott, Charl Schwartzell, Phil Mickelson, Angel Cabrera, Zach Johnson, Mike Weir, Vijay Singh, Jose Maria Olazabal, Fred Couples.
PGA Champion (five years)
Xander Schauffele, Brooks Koepka, Justin Thomas.
U.S. Open Champion (five years)
JJ Spann, Bryson DeChambeau, Wyndham Clark, Matt Fitzpatrick.
British Open Championship (five years)
Brian Harman, Cameron Smith, Colin Morikawa.
Players Championship (three years)
March 15 TBD.
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NCAA champion
a-Michael Lasasso.
U.S. Amateur Champion, Runner-up
a-Mason Howell, a-Jackson Herrington.
British Amateur Champion
a-Ethan Fang.
U.S. Mid-Amateur Champion
a-Brandon Holtz.
Asia Pacific Amateur Championship Champion
a-FIFA Laupakdi.
latin american amateur champion
a-Matteo Pulsini.
2025 Masters Top 12 and Ties
Justin Rose, Sungjae Im, Ludwig Aberg, Corey Connors, Jason Day, Harris English, Max Homa.
2025 PGA Championship Top Four and Ties
Davis Riley.
2025 U.S. Open Top Four and Ties
Robert McIntyre, Victor Hovland, Cameron Young, Tyrell Hatton, Carlos Ortiz.
Scottish Open Champion
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Chris Gottrup
2025 British Open top four and ties
Li Haotong
Spanish Open Champion
Marco Penge.
Japan Open Champion
Naoyuki Kataoka.
Hong Kong Open Champion
Tom McKibbin.
Australian Open Champion
Rasmus Nergaard-Petersen.
South African Open Champion
March 1 TBD.
PGA Tour wins since 2025 Masters (full FedExCup points, excluding fall events)
Sepp Straka, Ben Griffin, Ryan Fox, Keegan Bradley, Aldrich Potgett, Brian Campbell, Kurt Kitayama, Tommy Fleetwood.
2025 Tour Championship Venue
Russell Henry, Maverick McNeely, Andrew Novak, Sam Burns, Patrick Cantlay, Sean Lowry, Nick Taylor, Harry Hall, Jacob Bridgeman, Akshay Bhatia.
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Final Official World Golf Ranking Top 50 2025
Alex Nolen, Aaron Ray, Christopher Reitan, Max Glaeserman, Michael Brennan, Michael King, Sami Valimaki, Rasmus Hoggard, Min-woo Lee, Ryan Gerrard, Si-woo Kim, Johnny Kiefer, Sam Stevens.
Top 50 in the official world golf rankings on March 30, 2026
To be determined.
special invitation
To be determined.
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