2019 Masters Field Now Set
Canadian Corey Conners Seen Here With His Wife After Winning The Valero Texas Open And Punching His Ticket Into Next Weekend's Masters - Image Courtesy Golf Canada
The "Golden Ticket" was up for grabs Sunday at the Valero Texas Open...Starting Sunday, Corey Conners was looking for that win and a spot in the Masters as his two playing partners Si Woo Kim and Charley Hoffman both had their spot secured.
Conners and past Champion Mike Weir will be the only Canadians in the field at Augusta National this year.
Winning a full-point allocation PGA TOUR event automatically gets you into the event. Of course, the most popular but toughest way to get in is to win the Masters.
This year there are 21 returning champions from the likes of Larry Mize, Jose Maria Olazabal, Sandy Lyle and, Ian Woosnam to more recent winners like Sergio Garcia, Adam Scott, Jordan Spieth, and Danny Willet. All major champion winners from the PGA Championship (three-year exemption), U.S. Open (five-year exemption) and, Open Championship (five-year exemption).
Amateur champions from U.S. Amateur, British Amateur, Asia-Pacific Amateur, Latin America Amateur, and the U.S. Mid-Amateur get an automatic invite to Augusta National. The 50 leaders on the Official World Golf Ranking published during the week prior to the current Masters Tournament will gain entry into The Masters.
Here is the field for the 2019 Masters Tournament. The number in parentheses indicates the category or categories in which each player earned his spot. Players are listed under the first category that they qualified.
CATEGORY 1: Masters Tournament Champions
Angel Cabrera (1), Argentina
Fred Couples (1)
Sergio Garcia (1, 18, 19), Spain
Trevor Immelman, (1), South Africa
Zach Johnson (1, 3)
Bernhard Langer (1), Germany
Sandy Lyle (1), Scotland
Phil Mickelson (1, 3, 16, 17, 18, 19)
Larry Mize (1)
Jose Maria Olazabal (1), Spain
Patrick Reed (1, 13, 17, 18, 19)
Charl Schwartzel (1, 12), South Africa
Adam Scott (1, 12, 15, 18, 19), Australia
Vijay Singh (1), Fiji
Jordan Spieth (1, 2, 3, 12, 18, 19)
Bubba Watson (1, 16, 17, 18, 19)
Mike Weir (1), Canada
Danny Willett (1), England
Tiger Woods (1, 15, 17, 18, 19)
Ian Woosnam (1), Wales
CATEGORY 2: U.S. Open champions (Five-year exemption)
Justin Rose (2, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19), England
Martin Kaymer (2), Germany
Dustin Johnson (2, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19)
Brooks Koepka (2, 4, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19)
CATEGORY 3: The Open Champions (Five-year exemption)
Rory McIlroy (3, 4, 5, 14, 17, 18, 19), Northern Ireland
Henrik Stenson (3, 18, 19)
Francesco Molinari (3, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19), Italy
CATEGORY 4: PGA Champions (Five-year exemption)
Justin Thomas (4, 16, 17, 18, 19)
Jimmy Walker (4)
Jason Day (4, 16, 17, 18, 19), Australia
CATEGORY 5: The Players Championship Winners (Three-year exemption)
Si-Woo Kim (5), South Korea
Webb Simpson (5, 17, 18, 19)
MORE: Here are the rookies in the field this year
CATEGORY 6: Current Olympic Golf Medalist (One year)
N/A
CATEGORY 7-A: Current U.S. Amateur champion
Viktor Hovland (7), Norway
CATEGORY 7-B: Current U.S. Amateur runner-up
Devon Bling (7)
CATEGORY 8: Current British Amateur Champion
Jovan Rebula, South Africa (8)
CATEGORY 9: Current Asia-Pacific Amateur Champion
Takumi Kanaya (9)
CATEGORY 10: Current Latin America Amateur Champion
Alvaro Ortiz, Mexico (10)
CATEGORY 11: Current U.S. Mid-Amateur Champion
Kevin O'Connell (11)
CATEGORY 12: First 12 players (including ties) in previous year's Masters
Jon Rahm (12, 15, 17, 18, 19), Spain
Cameron Smith (12, 17, 18, 19), Australia
Marc Leishman (12, 16, 17, 18, 19), Australia
Tony Finau (12, 17, 18, 19)
Charley Hoffman (12)
Louis Oosthuizen (12, 18, 19), South Africa
CATEGORY 13: First 4 players (including ties) in previous year's U.S. Open
Tommy Fleetwood, England (13, 17, 18, 19)
CATEGORY 14: First 4 players (including ties) in previous year's Open Championship
Xander Schauffele (14, 17, 18, 19)
Kevin Kisner (14, 16, 18, 19)
CATEGORY 15: First 4 players (including ties) in previous year's PGA Championship
Stewart Cink (15)
CATEGORY 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
Satoshi Kodaira (16, 18), Japan
Andrew Landry (16)
Aaron Wise (16, 17)
Bryson DeChambeau (16, 17, 18, 19)
Kevin Na (16, 17, 18)
Michael Kim (16)
Brandt Snedeker (16, 18, 19)
Keegan Bradley (16, 17, 18, 19)
Kevin Tway (16)
Matt Kuchar (16, 18, 19)
Charles Howell III (16, 19)
Adam Long (16)
Rickie Fowler (16, 17, 18, 19)
J.B. Holmes (16, 19)
Keith Mitchell (16)
Paul Casey (16, 17, 18, 19)
Corey Conners (16) Canada
MORE: Conners goes from Monday qualifier to Masters qualifier at Valero Texas Open
CATEGORY 17: Qualifiers for previous year's season-ending Tour Championship
Patrick Cantlay (17, 18, 19)
Billy Horschel (17, 18, 19)
Patton Kizzire (17)
Hideki Matsuyama (17, 18, 19)
Kyle Stanley (17, 18, 19)
Gary Woodland (17, 18, 19)
CATEGORY 18: Top 50 on final Official World Golf Ranking for previous calendar year
Alex Noren (18, 19)
Tyrrell Hatton (18, 19)
Rafa Cabrera Bello (18, 19)
Eddie Pepperrell (18, 19)
Kiradech Aphibarnrat (18, 19)
Ian Poulter (18, 19)
Matthew Fitzpatrick (18, 19)
Haotong Li (18, 19)
Thorbjorn Olsen (18)
Matt Wallace (18, 19)
Lucas Bjerregaard (18, 19)
Emiliano Grillo (18)
Branden Grace (18, 19)
CATEGORY 19: The 50 leaders on the Official World Golf Ranking published during the week prior to the current Masters Tournament
Justin Harding (19), South Africa
Shane Lowry (19), Ireland
SPECIAL EXEMPTION
Shugo Imahira, Japan