Masters field 2026: Who has already qualified for the first men's major?
The Masters field 2026: See the full list of players competing in the first major of the year at Augusta National in Georgia.
It won't be too long until we turn our attention to the 2026 Masters.
The tradition unlike any other signals the start of the men's major season.
In 2026, the annual tournament held at Augusta National will take place over 9-12 April.
Rory McIlroy will return to defend the green jacket 12 months after ending his 10-year wait for a major championship triumph.
GolfMagic has decided to take a look at the golfers who will be joining McIlroy in taking the trip down Magnolia Lane.
In total, there will be approximately 85-100 players in the 2026 Masters field.
At the bottom of this page, you can see the qualification criteria.
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*Last updated 27 October 2025
Category | Players |
All Masters champions | Angel Cabrera, Fred Couples, Sergio Garcia, Dustin Johnson, Zach Johnson, Bernhard Langer, Hideki Matsuyama, Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson, Jose Maria Olazabal, Jon Rahm, Patrick Reed, Scottie Scheffler, Charl Schwartzel, Adam Scott, Vijay Singh, Jordan Spieth, Bubba Watson, Mike Weir, Danny Willett |
Last five US Open champions | Wyndham Clark, Bryson DeChambeau, Matt Fitzpatrick, JJ Spaun |
Last five Open champions | Brian Harman, Collin Morikawa, Xander Schauffele, Cameron Smith |
Last five US PGA champions | Brooks Koepka, Justin Thomas |
Last three Players champions | Rory McIlroy |
Reigning US Amateur champion and runner-up | Jackson Herrington, Mason Howell |
Reigning British Amateur champion | Ethan Fang |
Reigning Asia-Pacific Amateur champion | Fifa Laopakdee |
Reigning NCAA Division I Men's individual champion | Michael La Sasso |
Top 12 players in previous year's Masters | Ludvig Aberg, Corey Conners, Jason Day, Harris English, Max Homa, Sungjae Im, Justin Rose |
Top four players in previous year's US Open | Tyrrell Hatton, Viktor Hovland, Robert MacIntyre, Carlos Ortiz, Cameron Young |
Top four players in previous year's Open | Chris Gotterup, Haotong Li |
Top four players in previous year's PGA Championship | Davis Riley |
Individual winners of PGA Tour events | Keegan Bradley, Brian Campbell, Tommy Fleetwood, Ryan Fox, Ben Griffin, Kurt Kitayama, Aldrich Potgieter, Sepp Straka |
Eligible for previous year's Tour Championship | Akshay Bhatia, Jacob Bridgeman, Sam Burns, Patrick Cantlay, Harry Hall, Russell Henley, Shane Lowry, Maverick McNealy, Andrew Novak, Nick Taylor |
Current Spanish Open champion | Marco Penge |
Current Japan Open champion | Naoyuki Kataoka |
Masters champions not expected to play | Tommy Aaron, 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, Tiger Woods, Ian Woosnam |
2026 Masters qualifying criteria
All Masters champions
Last five US Open champions
Last five Open champions
Last five PGA champions
Last three Players champions
Reigning Olympic gold medallist
Reigning US Amateur champion and runner-up
Reigning British Amateur champion
Reigning Asia-Pacific Amateur champion
Reigning Latin America Amateur champion
Reigning US Mid-Amateur champion
Reigning NCAA Division I Men’s Individual champion
Top 12 players (including ties) in previous year's Masters
Top four players (including ties) in previous year's US Open
Top four players (including ties) in previous year's Open
Top four players (including ties) in previous year's PGA Championship
Individual winners of PGA Tour events awarding full points
Players qualifying and eligible for previous year’s season-ending Tour Championship
Current Scottish Open champion
Current Spanish Open champion
Current Japan Open champion
Current Hong Kong Open champion
Current Australian Open champion
Current South African Open champion
Top 50 on the final OWGR for the previous calendar year
Top 50 on OWGR published the week prior to the Masters
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