The Masters 2023: List of golfers confirmed to be participating till now

The 2023 Masters is scheduled to take place from April 6 and run through April 9 at the Augusta National Golf Course. It is the biggest tournament of the year featuring the best golfers in the world.

Officials had already released the eligibility criteria in January and sent out invitations.

Scottie Scheffler, the 2022 Masters winner, will return to defend his title. Rory McIlroy will also be playing in the championship as well as current World No. 1 Jon Rahm.

McIlroy recently missed the cut at the Players Championship and is now heading for the Masters. Speaking about the major tournament, McIlroy revealed:

"Just making sure my game is in shape for Augusta. Making sure that I've got all the shots. Making sure that I familiarize myself with the golf course again and go up there for a couple of days. But, yeah, from now all the way until the start of April, it's really just all about getting ready for Augusta."

Interestingly, five-time Masters winner Tiger Woods will also return to the field to win the next major tournament. He developed plantar fascitis ahead of the World Hero Challenge in December 2022 and has been struggling with a leg injury. Woods is also focused on winning the sixth Masters of his career.

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The Masters 2023 field explored

Qualification for The Masters is based on the category released by the officials. Here is a list of the 2023 Masters fields:

1)Past winners

• 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 winners (2018-2022)

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

3) The Open Championship winners (2018-2022)

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

4) PGA Championship (2018-2022)

• Justin Thomas

5) The Players Championship winners (2021-2023)

• NA

6) The Olympic Games gold medal (last year) 7)

• NA

7) 2022 Amateur Championship winner and runner-up 8)

• Sam Burns
• Ben Carr

8) 2022 Amateur Championship winner

• Aldrich Potgieter

9) 2022 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship

• Harrison Crowe

10) 2023 Latin America Amateur Championship winner

• Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira

11) 2022 The Master's winner (leading 12)

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

12) 2022 Open Championship (leading four)

• Tommy Fleetwood
• Viktor Hovland
• Cameron Young

13) 2022 PGA Championship (leading four)

• Mito Pereira

14) PGA Tour events winners

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

15) 2022 Tour Championship qualifiers

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

16) 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 II

17) Special invitations

• Kazuki Higa
• Gordon Sargent