Solely the winner of the PGA Tour’s Valero Texas Open can safe a last-minute invite to The Masters at Augusta Nationwide; Watch the opening main of the yr reside from April 6-9 completely reside on Sky Sports activities Golf
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The sphere is already set for the opening main of the yr, however who has already certified for The Masters and who’s but to safe their invite to Augusta Nationwide?
There are presently 89 gamers – as of March 27 – scheduled to tee it up in Georgia from April 6-9, completely reside on Sky Sports activities, the place world No 1 Scottie Scheffler returns as defending champion and Rory McIlroy has one other alternative to finish the profession Grand Slam.
The ultimate remaining invite will go to the winner of the Valero Texas Open this week, with former main winners, Ryder Cup hopefuls and Presidents Cup gamers all making an attempt to grab a last-minute victory and late spot in The Masters discipline.
Matt Wallace’s breakthrough PGA Tour victory on the Corales Puntacana Championship on Sunday is not sufficient to earn him an Augusta invite, attributable to it being an opposite-field occasion to a WGC, with Nico Echavarria in an analogous spot after successful the Puerto Rico Open the identical week because the Arnold Palmer Invitational final month.
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Rickie Fowler has loved an upturn in type in current months however suffered a group-stage exit in Austin final week, with the previous Augusta runner-up needing a primary PGA Tour win since 2019 to keep away from lacking the occasion for a 3rd successive yr.
England’s Aaron Rai – who fired a hole-in-one and impressed at The Gamers – joins fellow Group Europe contender Nicolai Hojgaard – who completed runner-up to Wallace final week – in needing a win, whereas former Ryder Cup captain Padraig Harrington is among the many others chasing victory.
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Former PGA champion Jimmy Walker and ex-US Open winner Lucas Glover are but to qualify, neither is 2018 first-round chief Charley Hoffman and new PGA Tour particular short-term member Akshay Bhatia.
JJ Spaun will want a profitable title defence to seize a late invite for the second successive yr, with Matt Kuchar, Thomas Detry, Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Taylor Montgomery among the many others nonetheless seeking to qualify for The Masters.
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How do gamers qualify for The Masters?
The highest 50 on the planet on the finish of the earlier calendar yr earn an invitation, as do these inside the highest 50 through the week earlier than the match takes place, whereas earlier winners maintain a lifetime exemption and another main winners from the final 5 years are additionally included within the discipline.
The highest-12 and ties from final yr’s Masters Match are allowed to return, as are the highest 4 and ties from the opposite three majors in 2022, with each winner at a full-field PGA Tour occasion – those not performed the identical week as a significant or one of many World Golf Championship – over the previous 12 months securing a spot.
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The final three winners of The Gamers and all qualifiers for final season’s Tour Championship earn their invite, plus the champions of 5 of the world’s largest novice titles, whereas The Masters committee can invite a participant who hasn’t certified.
Who’s in The Masters discipline?
Appropriate as of March 27; USA until acknowledged
# denotes first Masters; *denotes novice; ~ denotes committee invite
Abraham Ancer (Mex)
Sam Bennett *#
Keegan Bradley
Sam Burns
Patrick Cantlay
Ben Carr *#
Cameron Champ
Corey Conners (Can)
Fred {Couples}
Harrison Crowe *# (Aus)
Jason Day (Aus)
Bryson DeChambeau
Harris English
Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira*# (Arg)
Tony Finau
Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng)
Tommy Fleetwood (Eng)
Ryan Fox # (NZL)
Sergio Garcia (Esp)
Talor Gooch
Brian Harman
Tyrrell Hatton (Eng)
Russell Henley
Kazuki Higa #~ (Jpn)
Tom Hoge
Max Homa
Billy Horschel
Viktor Hovland (Nor)
Mackenzie Hughes (Can)
Sungjae Im (Kor)
Dustin Johnson
Zach Johnson
Si Woo Kim (Kor)
Tom Kim # (Kor)
Chris Kirk
Kevin Kisner
Kurt Kitayama #
Brooks Koepka
Jason Kokrak
Bernhard Langer (Ger)
Kyoung-Hoon Lee (Kor)
Min Woo Lee (Aus)
Shane Lowry (Irl)
Sandy Lyle (Sco)
Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)
Matthew McClean #* (NIrl)
Rory McIlroy (NIrl)
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Adrian Meronk # (Pol)
Phil Mickelson
Keith Mitchell
Larry Mize
Francesco Molinari (Ita)
Taylor Moore #
Collin Morikawa
Kevin Na
Joaquin Niemann (Chi)
Alex Noren (Swe)
Jose Maria Olazabal (Esp)
Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa)
Mito Pereira # (Chi)
Thomas Pieters (Bel)
JT Poston
Aldrich Potgieter #* (Rsa)
Seamus Energy (Irl)
Jon Rahm (Esp)
Patrick Reed
Justin Rose (Eng)
Gordon Sargent #*~
Xander Schauffele
Scottie Scheffler
Charl Schwartzel (Rsa)
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Adam Scott (Aus)
Vijay Singh (Fiji)
Cameron Smith (Aus)
Jordan Spieth
Scott Stallings
Sepp Straka (Aut)
Adam Svensson # (Can)
Sahith Theegala #
Justin Thomas
Harold Varner III
Bubba Watson
Mike Weir (Can)
Danny Willett (Eng)
Aaron Clever
Gary Woodland
Tiger Woods
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Cameron Younger
Will Zalatoris
Who’re the previous champions not enjoying?
Tommy Aaron, Jack Burke Jr, Angel Cabrera, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw, Sir Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Trevor Immelman, Jack Nicklaus, Mark O’Meara, Gary Participant, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller
Who can safe a last-minute invite to The Masters? Watch the Valero Texas Open all through the week reside on Sky Sports activities. Early protection begins on Thursday from 1.30pm on Sky Sports activities Golf, forward of full protection from 9pm.
