2024 the Masters qualifying criteria: 2 revisions to the tournament’s field explored

Fred Ridley recently announced that the Masters will undergo changes to its qualifications for 2024. Qualifications stayed the same this year amid the LIV Golf-PGA Tour debate, but they're changing for 2024.

Shortly after, Augusta National confirmed the changes. Many speculated that these changes might target LIV Golf after Ridley refused to invite CEO Greg Norman and hasn't been shy about his displeasure with the rebel tour. Nevertheless, the Masters' qualification changes weren't targeted at anything it appears.

Here are the full qualifications for the Masters:

1. Masters Tournament champions, all-time
2. U.S. Open champions dating back five years
3. The Open champions dating back five years
4. PGA champions dating back five years
5. Winners of the Players Championship dating back three years
6. Current Olympic Gold Medalist
7. Current U.S. Amateur champion and the runner-up
8. Current Amateur champion
9. Current Asia-Pacific Amateur champion
10. Current Latin America Amateur champion
11. Current U.S. Mid-Amateur champion
12. Current NCAA D1 individual champion
13. The first 12 places in the previous Masters Tournament
14. The first four places in the previous U.S. Open Championship
15. The first four places in the previous Open Championship
16. The first four places in the previous PGA Championship
17. Winners of Tour events that award a full-point for the season-ending Tour Championship
18. Those qualified for the previous Tour Championship
19. Top 50 on the final OWGR for the previous year
20. Top 50 of the current year right before the tournament

Only numbers 12 and 18 appear to have undergone any changes, though they are not all that significant. For the most part, the qualifications have remained the same, so most players will still be eligible in the same ways.

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What is the current the Masters field?

The qualifications for the 2023 Masters remained the same since the field had already been set.

Here's the field, as well as the odds for those players to win based on CBS Sports odds:

• Scottie Scheffler +650
• Rory McIlroy +750
• Jon Rahm +800
• Cameron Smith +1400
• Jordan Spieth +1400
• Justin Thomas +1500
• Will Zalatoris +1600
• Collin Morikawa +1600
• Max Homa +1600
• Xander Schauffele +2000
• Patrick Cantlay +2000
• Sam Burns +2500
• Jason Day +2500
• Tony Finau +2800
• Sungjae Im +2800
• Dustin Johnson +2800
• Viktor Hovland +2800
• Cameron Young +3000
• Brooks Koepka +3000
• Joohyung (Tom) Kim +3300
• Hideki Matsuyama +3500
• Matthew Fitzpatrick +3500
• Joaquin Niemann +4000
• Shane Lowry +4500
• Keith Mitchell +5000
• Tyrrell Hatton +5500
• Tiger Woods +6000
• Tommy Fleetwood +6000
• Bryson DeChambeau +6500
• Justin Rose +7000
• Corey Conners +7500
• Louis Oosthuizen +7500
• Patrick Reed +8000
• Russell Henley +8000
• Sahith Theegala +8000

Can Patrick Reed defy the odds to win the Masters?

• Abraham Ancer +8500
• Talor Gooch +9000
• Si-Woo Kim +9000
• Mito Pereira +9000
• Adam Scott +10000
• Bubba Watson +10000
• Chris Kirk +12500
• Min Woo Lee +12500
• Billy Horschel +12500
• Tom Hoge +12500
• Sergio Garcia +12500
• Scott Stallings +15000
• Gary Woodland +15000
• Kurt Kitayama +15000
• K H Lee +15000
• Sepp Straka +15000
• Keegan Bradley +15000
• Ryan Fox +15000
• Harold Varner +15000
• Brian Harman +15000
• Kevin Na +15000
• Alex Noren +17500
• Seamus Power +17500
• Harris English +17500
• Cameron Champ +17500
• Thomas Pieters +17500
• Charl Schwartzel +20000
• Jason Kokrak +20000
• Phil Mickelson +20000
• Kevin Kisner +20000
• Danny Willett +22500
• Adrian Meronk +22500
• J T Poston +22500
• Mackenzie Hughes +25000
• Taylor Moore +25000
• Francesco Molinari +25000
• Adam Svensson +30000
• Zach Johnson +35000
• Kazuki Higa +50000
• Fred Couples +100000
• Bernhard Langer +100000
• Vijay Singh +150000
• Mike Weir +150000
• Larry Mize +250000
• Jose Maria Olazabal +250000
• Sandy Lyle +500000

Plenty of LIV Golf members, 18 to be exact, are currently in the Masters field.