Masters 2023 tournament field list explored: Who qualified and how?

The Masters 2023 tournament is just a week away. The most illustrious golf tournament kicks off on April 6 at the Augusta National Golf Club and will conclude on April 9. Despite the PGA vs LIV Golf controversy going around, the organizers announced 17 LIV rebel players who will be invited to play in the competition

The 87th Masters tournament would field no more than 90 players. Interestingly, only one spot was given to the Valero Texas Open champions.

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Masters 2023 Tournament field

There are 19 qualification requirements for the Masters 2023 Tournament that has been released by the competition's officials.

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1) Previous Masters champions (lifetime)

• Fred Couples
• Sandy Lyle
• Patrick Reed
• Jordan Spieth
• Sergio Garcia
• Hideki Matsuyama
• Scottie Scheffler
• Bubba Watson
• Dustin Johnson
• Phil Mickelson
• Mike Weir
• Zach Johnson
• Larry Mize
• Charl Schwartzel
• Tiger Woods
• Bernhard Langer
• Jose Maria Olazabal
• Adam Scott
• Vijay Singh
• Danny Willett

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2) US Open Champions (five-year i.e., 2018-2022)

• Bryson DeChambeau
• Gary Woodland
• Matt Fitzpatrick
• Jon Rahm
• Brooks Koepka

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3) The Open Championship winners (five-year i.e., 2018-2022)

• Shane Lowry
• Francesco Molinari
• Collin Morikawa
• Cameron Smith

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4) PGA Championship winners (five-year i.e., 2018-2022)

• Justin Thomas

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5) THE PLAYERS Championship winners (three-year i.e., 2021-2023)

• None

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6) The Olympic Games gold medalist (last one year)

• None

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7) Current Amateur Championship winner and runner-up

• Sam Bennett
• Ben Carr

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8) Current British Amateur Championship winner

• Aldrich Potgieter

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9) Current Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship

• Harrison Crowe

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10) Current U.S. Mid-Amateur winner

• Matthew McClean

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11) 2023 Latin American Amateur Championship winner

• Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira

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12) First 12 players in the 2022 Masters (including ties)

• Cameron Champ
• Sungjae I'm
• Will Zalatoris
• Corey Conners
• Rory McIlroy

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13) First 4 players in the 2022 Open Championship (including ties)

• Tommy Fleetwood
• Viktor Hovland
• Cameron Young

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14) First 4 players in the 2022 PGA Championship (including ties)

• Mito Pereira

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15) PGA Tour regular-season and playoff tournament champions who get at least the full amount of FedEx Cup points

• Keegan Bradley
• Max Homa
• Chris Kirk
• Xander Schauffele
• Adam Svensson
• Sam Burns
• Mackenzie Hughes
• Kurt Kitayama
• Patrick Cantlay
• Bill Horschel
• Tony Finau
• Kim Si Woo
• Seamus Power
• Russell Henley
• Tom Kim
• Justin Rose

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16) 2022 PGA Tour qualifying players

• Brian Harman
• Joaquin Niemann
• Scott Stallings
• Sahith Theegala
• Tom Hoge
• JT Poston
• Sepp Straka
• Aaron Wise
• Taylor Moore

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17) Players who qualified for the season-ending Tour Championship the year before (top 30 in FedEx Cup)

• Lee Kyoung Hoon

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18) Official World Golf Rankings (top 50)

• Abraham Ancer
• Tyrell Hatton
• Adrian Meronk
• Louis Oosthuizen
• Ryan Fox
• Kevin Kisner
• Kevin Na
• Thomas Pieters
• Talor Gooch
• Jason Kokrak
• Alex Noren
• Harold Varner III
• Sam Burns

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19) Top 50 on OWGR (a week prior to 2023 Master)

• Jason Day
• Harris English
• Keith Mitchell
• Min Woo Lee

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20) Special Invitations

• Kazuki Higa
• Gordon Sargent

The qualification categories that feature no players are because they have qualified through better results.

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Previous Champions who are not playing in the Masters 2023 Tournament

The list consists of players who have retired from playing golf.

• Tommy Aaron
• Jack Burke, Jr.
• Angel Cabrera
• Charles Coody
• Ben Crenshaw
• Nick Faldo
• Raymond Floyd
• Trevor Immelman
• Jack Nicklaus
• Mark O'Meara
• Gary Player
• Craig Stadler
• Tom Watson
• Ian Woosnam
• Fuzzy Zoeller

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The 2023 Masters Dinner

On April 4 at the Augusta National Clubhouse, Scottie Scheffler will be recognized at the Champions dinner. Every year, a famous dinner is held to honor and praise the winner from the previous year.

Golfers who have won The Masters over the years will be featured at the exclusive winners' dinner. Tiger Woods, Dustin Johnson, Phil Mikelson, Adam Scott, Bubba Watson, and several others are on the list of attendees.