What began 101 days earlier has sadly come to an end. Is it just us, or did the 2024 men’s major season fly by, with Scottie Scheffler, Bryson DeChambeau and Xander Schauffele twice walking off with the hardware. There were endless storylines in their wake (did the world’s No. 1 player really get arrested on Friday of the PGA Championship?)

Now golf fans are in for the long wait—261 days to be precise—until the first round of the 2025 Masters.

Mind you, there is lots of golf to come between now and then—the Olympics, FedEx Cup Playoffs, Presidents Cup, not to mention one last women’s major (at St. Andrews to boot!) and Solheim Cup.

In an attempt to hold you over until the golf world returns to Augusta National once more next April, we compiled this early look at everybody who has already earned a spot in the field for next year’s Masters. We write this post with a caveat: We’re working off the presumption that the qualifying criteria for the 2025 event will mirror what was used in 2024.

To date, the number who have qualified, including past champions unlikely to play next year, is 68, the latest additions coming on Sunday at The Open. Here’s the list, in alphabetical order.

Ludvig Aberg, 13

Patrick Cantlay, 14

Wyndham Clark, 2

Fred Couples, 1

Cameron Davis, 13, 17 (Rocket Mortgage)

Bryson DeChambeau, 2, 13, 14, 16, 17 (US Open)

Thomas Detry, 16

Tony Finau, 14

Matt Fitzpatrick, 2

Tommy Fleetwood, 13

Sergio Garcia, 1

Brian Harman, 3

Tyrrell Hatton, 13

Max Homa, 13

Billy Horschel, 15

Viktor Hovland, 16

Dustin Johnson, 1

Zach Johnson, 1

Brooks Koepka, 4

Bernhard Langer, 1

Thriston Lawrence, 15

Shane Lowry, 3

Robert MacIntyre, 17 (RBC Canadian Open, Scottish Open)

Hideki Matsuyama, 1

Rory McIlroy, 14, 17 (Wells Fargo)

Phil Mickelson, 1, 4

Collin Morikawa, 3, 4, 13, 16

Jose Maria Olazabal, 1

Jacob Skov Olesen (a), 8

Matthieu Pavon, 13

Taylor Pendrith, 17 (CJ Cup Bryon Nelson)

Jon Rahm, 1, 2

Patrick Reed, 1, 13 Justin Rose, 15

Davis Riley, 17 (Charles Schwab Challenge)

Xander Schauffele, 3, 4, 13, 16, 17 (PGA)

Scottie Scheffler, 1, 5, 13, 17 (RBC Heritage, Memorial, Travelers)

Adam Schenk, 13

Charl Schwartzel, 1

Adam Scott, 1

Vijay Singh, 1

Cameron Smith, 3, 13

Jordan Spieth, 1

Hiroshi Tai (a), 12

Justin Thomas, 4

Davis Thompson, 17 (John Deere)

Bubba Watson, 1

Mike Weir, 1

Danny Willett, 1

Tiger Woods, 1

Cameron Young, 13

Will Zalatoris, 13

PAST CHAMPIONS NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY

Tommy Aaron

Angel Cabrera

Charles Coody

Ben Crenshaw

Nick Faldo

Raymond Floyd

Trevor Immelman

Sandy Lyle

Larry Mize

Jack Nicklaus

Mark O’Meara

Gary Player

Craig Stadler

Tom Watson

Fuzzy Zoeller

Ian Woosnam

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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The USGA brings its marquee event back to Pinehurst No. 2 in June, the fourth time the famed Donald Ross course is hosting the national championship. The first came 25 years ago in 1999, when Payne Stewart won the U.S. Open for the second time in his career. In 2005, Michael Campbell pulled out the victory, and in 2014, Martin Kaymer dominated the field, winning by eight shots. Pinehurst has already been named site for the 2029, 2035, 2041 and 2047 U.S. Open along with several other USGA championships.

USGA officials proudly boast that the U.S. Open is the most democratic championship in golf. Any professional or amateur with a 0.4 handicap index can enter, with 10,052 doing so this year. And around half the spots in the 156-player field were earned via qualifying. The USGA conducted 100+ 18-hole Local Qualifiers. All players advancing then competed in 36-hole Final Qualifiers that were held at 13 sites, 10 in the U.S., one in England, one in Canada and one in Japan. Those wrapped up June 3, dubbed by some as “Golf’s Longest Day,” with some dramatic stories of young amateurs, first-time qualifiers and even a past U.S. Open champion (Webb Simpson) earning their way to start at Pinehurst.

The remainder of the field earned their places through 23 fully exempt categories, including defending champion Wyndham Clark and Tiger Woods, who accepted a special exemption into the event earlier this month. The final exempt spots were filled June 10 when anyone in the top 60 of the Official World Golf Ranking not already in the field at Pinehurst earns a spot. That included Robert MacIntyre and Adam Scott. Scott had to anxiously await the outcome of the Memorial Tournament to see if his spot would remain secure and his streak of consecutive majors played would increase to 92.

Also getting 11th-hour spots were Sergio Garcia, amateur Brendan Valdes, Otto Black and Maxwell Moldovan. All four were originally alternates out of Final Qualifying but advanced when spots held for Top 60 players weren’t filled.

Here’s the list then of the final field as of Monday morning. We’ll continue to update this list should there be any withdrawals and replacements.

Field

Ludvig Aberg, 21

Byeong Hun An, 21

Sam Bairstow, Qualifier

Parker Bell (a), Qualifer

Sam Bennett, Qualifier

Daniel Berger, Qualifier

Christiaan Bezuidenhout, 21

Akshay Bhatia, 21

Zac Blair, Qualifier

Keegan Bradley, 11, 21

Gunnar Broin (a), Qualifier

Jackson Buchanan (a), Qualifier

Dean Burmester, Qualifier

Sam Burns, 11, 21

Brian Campbell, Qualifier

Patrick Cantlay, 11, 21

Frankie Capan III, Qualifier

Eugenio Chacarra, Qualifier

John Chin, Qualifier

Luke Clanton (a), Qualifier

Wyndham Clark, 1, 2, 11, 21

Eric Cole, 21

Corey Conners, 11, 21

Cameron Davis, Qualifier

Jason Day, 11, 21

Santiago De la Fuente (a), 20

Bryson DeChambeau, 1, 21

Thomas Detry, 21

Nick Dunlap, 4

Nicolas Echavarria, Qualifier

Austin Eckroat, 2, 21

Harris English, 2, 21

Tony Finau, 11, 21

Matt Fitzpatrick, 1, 11, 21

Tommy Fleetwood, 2, 11, 21

Grant Forrest, Qualifier

Rickie Fowler, 2, 11, 21

Ryan Fox, 10

Sergio Garcia, Qualifier

Lucas Glover, 11, 12, 21

Max Greyserman, Qualifier

Emiliano Grillo, 11, 21

Chesson Hadley, Qualifier

Adam Hadwin, 21

Stewart Hagestad (a), 5

Brian Harman, 8, 11, 21

Tyrrell Hatton, 11, 21

Russell Henley, 11, 21

Jim Herman, Qualifier

Harry Higgs, Qualifier

Rico Hoey, Qualifier

Tom Hoge, 21

Nicolai Hojgaard, 21

Max Homa, 11, 21

Billy Horschel, 13

Rikuya Hoshino, 16

Beau Hossler, Qualifier

Viktor Hovland, 11, 12, 21

Mark Hubbard, Qualifier

Mackenzie Hughes, 13

Sungjae Im, 11, 21

Ryo Ishikawa, Qualifier

Stephan Jaeger, 21

Ben James (a), Qualifier

Casey Jarvis, Qualifier

Carter Jenkins, Qualifier

Dustin Johnson, 1, 2, 6

Takumo Kanaya, Qualifier

Sung Kang, Qualifier

Riki Kawamoto, Qualifier

Martin Kaymer, 1

Bryan Kim (a), 5

S.H. Kim, Qualifier

Si Woo Kim, 11, 21

Tom Kim, 2, 21

Chris Kirk, 21

Kurt Kitayama, 21

Frederik Kjettrup (a), Qualifier

Jake Knapp, 21

Brooks Koepka, 1, 7, 21

Ben Kohles, 14

Matt Kuchar, Qualifier

Min Woo Lee, 2, 21

Justin Lower, Qualifier

Shane Lowry, 8, 21

Robert MacIntyre, 22

Willie Mack III, Qualifier

Peter Malnati, 13

Matteo Manassero, Qualifier

Richard Mansell, Qualifier

Hideki Matsuyama, 6, 21

Logan McAllister, Qualifier

Denny McCarthy, 21

Ashton McCulloch (a), Qualifier

Michael McGowan, Qualifier

Rory McIlroy, 2, 11, 12, 21

Tom McKibbin, Qualifier

Mac Meissner, Qualifier

Adrian Meronk, 15

Phil Mickelson, 7

Maxwell Moldovan, Qualifier

Edoardo Molinari, Qualifier

Francesco Molinari, Qualifier

Taylor Moore, 11, 21

Omar Morales (a), Qualifier

Collin Morikawa, 7, 8, 11, 21

Chris Naegel, Qualifier

Alex Noren, 21

Matthieu Pavon, 21

Taylor Pendrith, 13

Victor Perez, 15

Chris Petefish, Qualifier

J.T. Poston, 21

Seamus Power, Qualifier

Colin Prater (a), Qualifier

David Puig, Qualifier

Jon Rahm, 1, 2, 6, 11, 21

Aaron Rai, Qualifier

Charles Reiter, Qualifier

Brandon Robinson Thompson, Qualifier

Robert Rock, Qualifier

Justin Rose, 21

Gordon Sargent (a), 18

Isaiah Salinda, Qualifier

Carson Schaake, Qualifier

Xander Schauffele, 2, 7, 11, 21

Scottie Scheffler, 2, 6, 9, 11, 12, 21

Adam Schenk, 11, 21

Adam Scott, 22

Jason Scrivener, Qualifier

Taisei Shimizu, Qualifier

Neal Shipley (a), 5

Greyson Sigg, Qualifier

Webb Simpson, Qualifier

Cameron Smith, 2, 8, 9

Jordan Spieth, 1, 11, 21

Sepp Straka, 11, 21

Adam Svensson, Qualifier

Andrew Svoboda, Qualifier

Hiroshi Tai (a), 19

Nick Taylor, 11, 21

Sahith Theegala, 21

Justin Thomas, 7, 21

Davis Thompson, Qualifier

Brendon Todd, Qualifier

Brendan Valdes (a), Qualifier

Erik van Rooyen

Joey Vrzich, Qualifier

Tim Widing, Qualifier

Wells Williams (a), Qualifier

Gary Woodland, 1

Tiger Woods, 23

Brandon Wu, Qualifier

Cameron Young, 21

Will Zalatoris, 21

QUALIFYING CATEGORIES

F-1. Winners of the U.S. Open Championship the last 10 years (2014-23)

F-2. From the 2023 U.S. Open Championship, the 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place

F-3. Winner of the 2023 U.S. Senior Open Championship

F-4. Winner of the 2023 U.S. Amateur Championship

F-5. Winners of the 2023 U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Mid-Amateur Championships, and the 2023 U.S. Amateur runner-up (must be an amateur)

F-6. Winners of the Masters Tournament from 2020-2024

F-7. Winners of the PGA of America Championship from 2019-2024

F-8. Winners of The Open Championship from 2019-23

F-9. Winners of The Players Championship from 2022-2024

F-10. Winner of the 2023 European BMW PGA Championship

F-11. Those players who qualified and were eligible for the season-ending 2023 Tour Championship

F-12. Multiple winners of PGA Tour events that award full-point allocation for the FedEx Cup, from the conclusion of the 2023 U.S. Open to the initiation of the 2024 U.S. Open:

F-13. The Top 5 players in the 2024 FedExCup standings as of May 20, 2024 who are not otherwise exempt

F-14. The points leader from the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour season using combined points earned on the Official Korn Ferry Tour Regular Season Points Standings and points earned in the Korn Ferry Tour Finals

F-15. The top two players from the final 2023 Race to Dubai Rankings who are not otherwise exempt as of May 20, 2024

F-16. The top player on the 2024 Race to Dubai Rankings as of May 20, 2024 who is not otherwise exempt

F-17. Winner of 2023 The Amateur Championship conducted by The R&A (must be an amateur)

F-18. Winner of the 2023 Mark H. McCormack Medal (Men’s World Amateur Golf Ranking; must be an amateur)

F-19. Winner of the 2024 NCAA Division I Men’s Individual Golf Championship (must be an amateur)

F-20. Winner of the 2024 Latin America Amateur Championship (must be an amateur)

F-21. From the current Official World Golf Ranking, the top 60 points leaders and ties as of May 20, 2024. Players must select a qualifying site at the time of entry.

F-22. From the current Official World Golf Ranking, the top 60 points leaders and ties as of June 10, 2024 (if not previously exempt).

F-23. Special exemptions as selected by the USGA.

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Sixteen past champions are listed in the field to compete. Among them is Brooks Koepka, winner a year ago at Oak Hill when he shot a closing 67 to outpace Viktor Hovland and win the Wanamaker Trophy for the third time in his career. Koepka is also coming with momentum after winning his fourth career LIV event last week in Singapore.

Also in the field is Tiger Woods. A four-time PGA winner, including memorably in a playoff over Bob May at Valhalla in 2000, Woods has not officially announced if he will be playing or not, but the PGA Championship’s social media handle showed video of him practising this week at Valhalla.

Tiger Woods has arrived at the 2024 PGA Championship #PGAChamp pic.twitter.com/RPX1KlKzyo

— PGA Championship (@PGAChampionship) May 12, 2024

Woods did not compete at last year’s PGA after undergoing fusion surgery on his right ankle a month earlier. He has made only two starts in PGA Tour events since the surgery: the Genesis Invitational in February, where he withdrew because of the flu during the second round, and the Masters last month, where he made his record-breaking 24th straight cut at Augusta while finishing 60th. His most recent PGA Championship start was 2022, where he made the cut at Southern Hills but withdrew after the third round.

Much of the qualifying criteria closed last Monday, and the PGA of America released the full field for the 105th championship on Tuesday. Koepka was among nine LIV golfers who were already exempt or announced as in the field, along with past PGA champions Phil Mickelson and Martin Kaymer. Seven other LIV golfers also qualified, either thanks to the position on the PGA Championship points list or via special invitation.

Chris Gotterup, winner of the Myrtle Beach Classic on Sunday, and S.H. Kim claimed the final two spots in the field; Kim earned his spot as the first alternate into the field when Rory McIlroy, who already had qualified for the championship, claimed victory at the Wells Fargo.

Here’s the full list in alphabetical order:

Ludvig Åberg

Byeong Hun An

Rich Beem

Josh Bevell (CP)

Christiaan Bezuidenhout

Akshay Bhatia

Alexander Björk

Zac Blair

Michael Block (CP)

Evan Bowser (CP)

Keegan Bradley

Dean Burmester

Sam Burns

Parick Cantlay

Wyndham Clark

Eric Cole

Preston Cole (CP)

Tyler Collet (CP)

Corey Conners

John Daly

Cameron Davis

Jason Day

Bryson DeChambeau

Thomas Detry

Matt Dobyns (CP)

Luke Donald

Jason Dufner

Nick Dunlap

Austin Eckroat

Harris English

Tony Finau

Matthew Fitzpatrick

Tommy Fleetwood

Rickie Fowler

Ryan Fox

Brice Garnett

Lucas Glover

Talor Gooch

Chris Gotterup

Ben Griffin

Emiliano Grillo

Larkin Gross (CP)

Adam Hadwin

Brian Harman

Padraig Harrington

Tyrrell Hatton

Russell Henley

Lucas Herbert

Ryo Hisatsune

Lee Hodges

Charley Hoffman

Tom Hoge

Nicolai Højgaard

Rasmus Højgaard

Max Homa

Billy Horschel

Rikuya Hoshino

Beau Hossler

Viktor Hovland

Mark Hubbard

Mackenzie Hughes

Sungjae Im

Stephan Jaeger

Dustin Johnson

Jared Jones (CP)

Taukumi Kanaya

Martin Kaymer

Jeff Kellen (CP)

S.H. Kim

Si Woo Kim

Tom Kim

Chris Kirk

Kurt Kitayama

Jake Knapp

Kazuma Kobori

Brooks Koepka

Ben Kohles

Thirston Lawrence

K.H. Lee

Min Woo Lee

Luke List

Shane Lowry

Robert MacIntyre

Peter Malnati

Brad Marek (CP)

Hideki Matsuyama

Denny McCarthy

Rory McIlroy

Maverick McNealy

Kyle Mendoza

Adrian Meronk

Patrick Smith

Shaun Micheel

Phil Mickelson

Keith Mitchell

Franceso Molinari

Taylor Montgomery

Taylor Moore

Collin Morikawa

Jesse Mueller (CP)

Grayson Murray

Keita Nakajima

Joaquin Niemann

Alex Noren

Vincent Norrman

Zac Oakley (CP)

Andy Ogletree

Thorbjorn Olesen

Adrian Otaegui

Matthieu Pavon

Taylor Pendrith

Victor Perez

Tracy Phillips (CP)

Ben Polland (CP)

J.T. Poston

David Puig

Andrew Putnam

Jon Rahm

Aaron Rai

Patrick Reed

Patrick Rodgers

Justin Rose

Xander Schauffele

Scottie Scheffler

Adam Schenk

Adam Scott

Braden Shattuck (CP)

Alex Smalley

Cameron Smith

Jordan Smith

Sebastian Soderberg

John Somers (CP)

Josh Speight (CP)

Jordan Spieth

Sepp Straka

Adam Svensson

Jesper Svensson

Andy Svoboda (CP)

Nick Taylor

Sahith Theegala

Justin Thomas

Brendon Todd

Alejandro Tosti

Sami Valimaki

Erik van Rooyen

Ryan van Velzen

Camilo Villegas

Jimmy Walker

Matt Wallace

Jeremy Wells (CP)

Tim Widing

Gary Woodland

Tiger Woods

Wyatt Worthington II (CP)

Y.E. Yang,

Cameron Young

Will Zalatoris

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