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2023 Masters field: Here’s who is playing at Augusta National

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland (L) and Collin Morikawa acknowledge the fans as they walk off the 18th green after finishing their round during the final round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on April 10, 2022 in Augusta, Georgia.

Rory McIlroy and Collin Morikawa at the 2022 Masters. They're among the favorites at the 2023 Masters.

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The anticipation is finally over because the 2023 Masters has arrived.

This year, 88 players will descend upon the hallowed grounds of Augusta National Golf Club to compete for the green jacket.

The Masters is an invitational event, meaning Augusta National can invite whoever they would like, but the tournament field has generally been made up of the 19 exemption categories listed below. This year, the club has also handed out two special invitations to Japan’s Kazuki Higa and reining NCAA Champion Gordon Sargent.

A top storyline this week will also be the 18 LIV Golfers who are in the field this week. This is the first Masters since the upstart Saudi-backed tour launched last summer.

And unlike last year, there is less speculation about whether five-time champion Tiger Woods is teeing it. All indications point to Woods taking part in the year’s first major after making a regular PGA Tour start earlier this year at the Genesis Invitational.

Woods will tee it up with the likes of other pre-tournament favorites like Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler and Cam Smith who are battling to etch their name into the history books with a win at one of the game’s most revered venues.

The full Masters field is listed below along with the exemption categories below that.

2023 Masters field

Abraham Ancer (18,19)

Sam Bennett (A) (7-A)

Keegan Bradley (16,18,19)

Sam Burns (16,17,18,19)

Patrick Cantlay (16,17,18,19)

Ben Carr (A) (7-B)

Cameron Champ (12)

Corey Conners (12,17,18,19)

Fred Couples (1)

Harrison Crowe (9)

Jason Day (19)

Bryson DeChambeau (2)

Harris English (19)

Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira (A) (10)

Tony Finau (16,17,18,19)

Matthew Fitzpatrick (2,17,18,19)

Tommy Fleetwood (14,18,19)

Ryan Fox (18,19)

Sergio Garcia (1)

Talor Gooch (17,18)

Brian Harman (17,18,19)

Tyrrell Hatton (18,19)

Russell Henley (16,18,19)

Kazuki Higa (Special Invitation)

Tom Hoge (17,18,19)

Max Homa (16,17,18,19)

Billy Horschel (16,17,18,19)

Viktor Hovland (14,17,18,19)

Mackenzie Hughes (16,18)

Sungjae Im (12,17,18,19)

Dustin Johnson (1,12,18)

Zach Johnson (1)

Si Woo Kim (16,19)

Tom Kim (16,18,19)

Chris Kirk (16,19)

Kevin Kisner (18,19)

Kurt Kitayama (16,18,19)

Brooks Koepka (2,4)

Jason Kokrak (18)

Bernhard Langer (1)

K.H. Lee (16,17,18,19)

Min Woo Lee (19)

Shane Lowry (3,12,18,19)

Sandy Lyle (1)

Hideki Matsuyama (1,13,17,18,19)

Matthew McClean (A) (11)

Rory McIlroy (12,14,16,17,18,19)

Adrian Meronk (18)

Phil Mickelson (1,4)

Keith Mitchell (19)

Larry Mize (1)

Francesco Molinari (3)

Taylor Moore (16,19)

Collin Morikawa (3,4,12,17,18,19)

Kevin Na (18)

Joaquin Niemann (17,18,19)

Alex Noren (18,19)

Jose Maria Olazabal (1)

Louis Oosthuizen (18)

Mito Pereira (15,18)

Thomas Pieters (18,19)

J.T. Poston (16,17,19)

Aldrich Potgieter (A)(8)

Seamus Power (16,18,19)

Jon Rahm (2,16,17,18,19)

Patrick Reed (1)

Justin Rose (16,19)

Gordon Sargent (A) (Special Invitation)

Xander Schauffele (16,17,18,19)

Scottie Scheffler (1,5,13,16,17,18,19)

Charl Schwartzel (1,12)

Adam Scott (1,17,18,19)

Vijay Singh (1)

Cameron Smith (3,5,12,17,18,19)

Jordan Spieth (1,16,17,18,19)

Scott Stallings (17)

Sepp Straka (17,18,19)

Adam Svensson (16)

Sahith Theegala (17,18,19)

Justin Thomas (4,5,12,17,18,19)

Harold Varner III (18)

Bubba Watson (1)

Mike Weir (Canada) (1)

Danny Willett (England )(1,12)

Gary Woodland (2)

Tiger Woods (1)

Cameron Young (14,15,17,18,19)

Will Zalatoris (12,13,15,16,17,18,19)

Exemption categories

  1. Masters Tournament Champions (Lifetime)
  2. Last five U.S. Open Champions
  3. Last five Open Champions
  4. Last five PGA Champions
  5. Last three winners of the Players Championship
  6. Current Olympic Gold Medalist (In years following the Olympics)
  7. Current U.S. Amateur Champion (7-A) and the Runner-up (7-B) to the current U.S. Amateur Champion
  8. Current The Amateur Champion
  9. Current Asia-Pacific Amateur Champion
  10. Current Latin America Amateur Champion
  11. Current US Mid-Amateur Champion
  12. The first 12 players, including ties, in the previous year’s Masters Tournament
  13. The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s U.S. Open
  14. The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s Open Championship
  15. The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s PGA Championship
  16. Individual winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, from previous Masters to current Masters
  17. Those qualifying for the previous year’s season-ending Tour Championship
  18. The 50 leaders on the final Official World Golf Ranking for the previous calendar year
  19. The 50 leaders on the Official World Golf Ranking published during the week prior to the current Masters Tournament
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