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.

Masters 2023 Tournament field

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

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

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

Bryson DeChambeau
Gary Woodland
Matt Fitzpatrick
Jon Rahm
Brooks Koepka

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

Shane Lowry
Francesco Molinari
Collin Morikawa
Cameron Smith

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

Justin Thomas

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

None

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

None

7) Current Amateur Championship winner and runner-up

Sam Bennett
Ben Carr

8) Current British Amateur Championship winner

Aldrich Potgieter

9) Current Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship

Harrison Crowe

10) Current U.S. Mid-Amateur winner

Matthew McClean

11) 2023 Latin American Amateur Championship winner

Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira

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

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

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

Tommy Fleetwood
Viktor Hovland
Cameron Young

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

Mito Pereira

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

16) 2022 PGA Tour qualifying players

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

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

Lee Kyoung Hoon

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

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

Jason Day
Harris English
Keith Mitchell
Min Woo Lee

20) Special Invitations

Kazuki Higa
Gordon Sargent

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

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

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.