Which LIV Golf players have qualified for the 2026 Masters?

The 2026 Masters Tournament at famed Augusta National has arrived. 

The battle for the 90th green jacket will begin on 9 April. 

Reigning world number one, four-time major champion and the heir apparent to Tiger Woods, Scottie Scheffler, is the overwhelming favourite to clinch his third Masters title. 

Scheffler, 29, grabbed two of the four majors in 2025 (PGA Championship, The Open) and is expected to be the next golfer to make a serious tilt at completing the career grand slam.

Should he win the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills in June, Scheffler would join the exclusive club of which only McIlroy, Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan and Gary Player are members.

The American's biggest challenge is expected to come from the reigning champion, McIlroy, who finally got over the line at Augusta last April with a playoff victory over England's Justin Rose on what was most of the most absorbing Masters Sundays in recent memory. 

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Elsewhere, the likes of Tommy Fleetwood, Xander Schauffele, Ludvig Aberg, Justin Thomas and Cameron Young are expected to mount challenges. 

There is also a contingent of LIV Golf players who will believe they have what it takes to become a Masters champion. 

At the 90th edition of The Masters, there are a total of 10 LIV Golf players in the 91-man field. 

Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm are expected to lead the charge for the PIF-backed league. 

Rahm won his second major title here in 2023 whilst DeChambeau, a winner of two U.S. Open titles, has produced consecutive top 10 finishes at Augusta. 

Sergio Garcia, Bubba Watson, Charl Schwartzel and Dustin Johnson are also playing having won the green jacket before. 

The biggest name from LIV Golf not playing this year is three-time winner Phil Mickelson. 

Mickelson has been absent from several tournaments this season owing to a private family health matter. 

His absence means that, for the first time since 1994, the field will not have Woods or Mickelson competing. 

Brooks Koepka and Patrick Reed, who were previously members of LIV Golf, are also playing this week. 

LIV Golf players in 2026 Masters field

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Bryson DeChambeau

DeChambeau qualified via four routes. 

The American grabbed a five-year exemption into The Masters owing to his 2024 U.S. Open victory at Pinehurst No.2. 

DeChambeau was also among the top 12 players, including ties, at the 2025 Masters. 

He also placed in the first four players, including ties, at the 2025 PGA Championship. 

DeChameau is also ranked inside the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking. 

Sergio Garcia

Garcia is exempt into The Masters for life courtesy of his only major victory at Augusta National in 2017 over the aforementioned Rose in a play-off. 

Tyrrell Hatton

Hatton qualified for the 2026 Masters by finishing in the top four of the 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont. 

The Englishman is also among the top 50 of the world rankings.

Dustin Johnson

Johnson won his second major championship title at the 2020 Masters. 

The tournament was held in November that year because of the global pandemic. 

Tom McKibbin

The 23-year-old, who honed his game at the same club as McIlroy when he was a junior, qualified for the 2026 Masters by winning the Hong Kong Open.

Carlos Ortiz

The Mexican, 34, qualified for the 2026 Masters by finishing inside the top-five at the 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont.

Jon Rahm

Rahm claimed his second major championship title at the 2023 Masters, capitalising on Brooks Koepka's self-confessed collapse. 

Rahm also has a five-year exemption into The Masters after winning the U.S. Open in 2021 at Torrey Pines.

Cameron Smith

Cameron Smith qualified for the 2026 Masters by winning the landmark, 150th Open at St Andrews in 2022. 

His exemption expires after the 2026 Masters. 

Bubba Watson

Watson won The Masters in 2012 and 2014.

Charl Schwartzel 

The South African won the 2011 Masters, finishing one stroke clear of Australia's Adam Scott.