It’s finally here! After nearly nine months of waiting, the 2025 Masters and the beginning of the men’s major golf season is upon us. Everyone got an early taste in March, watching Rory McIlroy pull out a playoff victory at the Players Championship and speculating as to whether this helps or hurts his chances of winning at Augusta National and (finally) closing out the career Grand Slam he’s been striving for since 2015. Then at the Valspar Championship, there was a dramatic finish between Viktor Hovland and Justin Thomas, two other popular players looking like they could be factors in Georgia.

This past week, Andrew Novak tried to see if he could sneak in a last-minute invitation to Augusta National, but Brian Harman wasn’t going to have it. The 2023 Open Championship winner went wire-to-wire at the Valero Texas Open, and since he was already in the field thanks to his major, the final field remained unchanged..

Of course, anticipation for the Masters has been bubbling ever since late December when Augusta National started sending out its first batch of invitations to players who had already claimed spots in the field.

When all was said and done, 96 invitees are anticipated to play this week at Augusta National. That does not include past champions who aren’t playing and two amateurs who qualified but turned pro and are no longer eligible. It also discounts Tiger Woods, who had to pull out of the event after having Achilles tendon surgery last month. However, Woods did try to have a little April Fools Day fun.

Not long after, however, he gave himself up.

As we head into 2025 Masters week, here is the list of everybody who is in the field, in alphabetical order.

Ludvig Aberg, 13, 17 (Genesis Invitational), 18, 19, 20

Byeong Hun An, 18, 19, 20

Jose Luis Ballester (a), 7-A

Evan Beck (a), 11

Daniel Berger, 20

Christiaan Bezuidenhout, 18

Akshay Bhatia, 18, 19, 20

Keegan Bradley, 17 (BMW), 18, 19, 20

Sam Burns, 18, 19, 20

Angel Cabrera, 1

Brian Campbell, 17 (Mexico Open)

Rafael Campos, 17 (Bermuda)

Laurie Canter, 20

Patrick Cantlay, 14, 18, 19, 20

Wyndham Clark, 2, 18, 19, 20

Corey Conners, 19, 20

Fred Couples, 1

Cameron Davis, 13, 17 (Rocket Mortgage)

Jason Day, 19, 20

Bryson DeChambeau, 2, 13, 14, 16, 17 (U.S. Open), 19, 20

Thomas Detry, 16, 17 (WM Phoenix Open), 20

Nick Dunlap, 19, 20

Nico Echavarria, 17 (Zozo Championship), 20

Austin Eckroat, 17 (World Wide Technology), 19

Harris English, 17 (Farmers), 20

Tony Finau, 14, 18, 19, 20

Matt Fitzpatrick, 2, 19

Tommy Fleetwood, 13, 18, 19, 20

Sergio Garcia, 1

Lucas Glover, 19, 20

Max Greyserman, 19, 20

Brian Harman, 3, 19, 20

Justin Hastings (a), 10

Tyrrell Hatton, 13, 19, 20

Russell Henley, 17 (Arnold Palmer Invitational), 18, 19, 20

Joe Highsmith, 17 (Cognizant Classic)

Tom Hoge, 18

Nicolai Hojgaard, Special

Rasmus Hojgaard, 19

Max Homa, 13, 19

Billy Horschel, 15, 18, 19, 20

Viktor Hovland, 16, 17 (Valspar), 18, 19, 20

Sungjae Im, 18, 19, 20

Stephan Jaeger, 20

Dustin Johnson, 1

Zach Johnson, 1

Noah Kent (a), 7-B

Michael Kim, 20

Tom Kim, 19, 20

Chris Kirk, 18

Patton Kizzire, 17 (Procore)

Brooks Koepka, 4

Bernhard Langer, 1

Thriston Lawrence, 15, 19

Min Woo Lee, 17 (Texas Children’s Houston Open), 19, 20

Shane Lowry, 18, 19, 20

Robert MacIntyre, 17 (RBC Canadian Open, Scottish Open), 18, 19, 20

Hideki Matsuyama, 1, 17 (FedEx St. Jude, Sentry), 18, 19, 20

Denny McCarthy, 19, 20

Matt McCarty, 17 (Black Desert), 19

Rory McIlroy, 5, 14, 17 (Wells Fargo, Pebble Beach, Players), 18, 19, 20

Maverick McNealy, 17 (RSM Classic), 19, 20

Phil Mickelson, 1, 4

Collin Morikawa, 3, 4, 13, 16, 18, 19, 20

Joaquin Niemann, Special

Jose Maria Olazabal, 1

Matthieu Pavon, 13, 18, 19

Taylor Pendrith, 17 (CJ Cup Bryon Nelson), 18, 19, 20

J.T. Poston, 17 (Shriners Children’s Open), 19, 20

Jon Rahm, 1, 2, 19

Aaron Rai, 17 (Wyndham), 18, 19, 20

Patrick Reed, 1, 13

Davis Riley, 17 (Charles Schwab Challenge)

Justin Rose, 15, 19, 20

Xander Schaufelle, 3, 4, 13, 16, 17 (PGA, Open Championship), 18, 19, 20

Scottie Scheffler, 1, 5, 6, 13, 17 (RBC Heritage, Memorial, Travelers), 18, 19, 20

Adam Schenk, 13

Charl Schwartzel, 1

Adam Scott, 1, 18, 19, 20

Vijay Singh, 1

Cameron Smith, 3, 13

J.J. Spaun, 20

Jordan Spieth, 1

Sepp Straka, 17, 18, 19, 20

Hiroshi Tai (a), 12

Nick Taylor, 17 (Sony Open), 20

Sahith Theegala, 18, 19, 20

Justin Thomas, 4, 18, 19, 20

Davis Thompson, 17 (John Deere), 19, 20

Jhonattan Vegas, 17 (3M Open)

Bubba Watson, 1

Mike Weir, 1

Danny Willett, 1

Cameron Young, 13, 19

Kevin Yu, 17 (Sanderson)

Will Zalatoris, 13

QUALIFIED BUT NOT PLAYING BECAUSE HE TURNED PRO

Wenyi Ding, 9

Jacob Skov Olesen, 8

PAST CHAMPIONS NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY

Tommy Aaron

Charles Coody

Ben Crenshaw

Nick Faldo

Raymond Floyd

Trevor Immelman

Sandy Lyle

Larry Mize

Jack Nickaus

Mark O’Meara

Gary Player

Craig Stadler

Tom Watson

Tiger Woods

Ian Woosnam

Fuzzy Zoeller

Masters qualifying criteria

1: Masters champions (lifetime)

2: U.S. Open champions (five years)

3: Open champions (five years)

4: PGA champion (five years)

5: Players champion (three years)

6: Current Olympic gold medalist (one year)

7: Current U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up (one year)

8: Current British Amateur champion (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: First 12 players, including ties, in the previous year’s Masters

14: First 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s U.S. Open

15: First 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s Open Championship

16: First 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s PGA Championship

17: Individual winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point FedEx Cup allocation, from previous Masters to current Masters

18: Those qualifying and eligible for the previous year’s season-ending Tour Championship

19: 50 leaders on the final Official World Golf Ranking for the previous calendar year

20: 50 leaders on the Official World Golf Ranking published during the week prior to the current Masters

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