Every LIV golfer who’ll be at The Masters 

One of the biggest storylines at this year’s Masters Tournament is how LIV players will be received.  

A total of 18 players who have aligned with the controversial Saudi-funded enterprise are eligible to play at Augusta National this year, including six past winners of the Green Jacket.  

There has been much speculation about what kind of atmosphere that will create at the Champions Dinner on Tuesday, in the locker room and throughout the grounds of the iconic Georgia course.  

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Shortly before Christmas, Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley said the club would not be banning any LIV golfer who is eligible to play from taking part in The Masters, though he did add that “recent actions have divided men’s professional golf by diminishing the virtues of the game and the meaningful legacies of those who built it.” 

More recently, television executives have confirmed that they won’t ignore LIV golfers in the field and that the decision to cover them – or not – would be judged on the same terms as every other player.  

Beyond that, families of 9/11 victims are reportedly planning to protest against LIV Golf outside the gates of the club throughout the week because of the new circuit’s links to Saudi Arabia, which was implicated in the attacks on the World Trade Centre in 2001. 

So, who are the 18 LIV golfers who’ll be pegging it up at Augusta National? Here’s a look at them all, their Masters records, and their current world ranking… 

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Abraham Ancer
Best finish: T13 (2020)
Total previous appearances: 3
World ranking: 30 

Bryson DeChambeau 
Best finish: T21 (2016)
Total previous appearances: 6
World ranking: 149 

Sergio Garcia 
Best finish: Won (2017)
Total previous appearances: 23
World ranking: 153 

Talor Gooch 
Best finish: T14 (2022)
Total previous appearances: 1
World ranking: 52 

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Dustin Johnson 
Best finish: Won (2020)
Total previous appearances: 12
World ranking: 68 

Brooks Koepka 
Best finish: T2 (2019)
Total previous appearances: 7
World ranking: 111 

Jason Kokrak
Best finish: T14 (2022)
Total previous appearances: 3
World ranking: 83

Phil Mickelson 
Best finish: Won (2004, 2006, 2010)
Total previous appearances: 29
World ranking: 395 

Kevin Na 
Best finish: T12 (2012, 2015, 2021)
Total previous appearances: 11
World ranking: 92 

Joaquin Niemann 
Best finish: T35 (2022)
Total previous appearances: 3
World ranking: 26 

Louis Oosthuizen 
Best finish: 2 (2012)
Total previous appearances: 14
World ranking: 112 

Mito Pereira 
Best finish: N/A
Total previous appearances: 0
World ranking: 53 

Thomas Pieters 
Best finish: T4 (2017)
Total previous appearances: 3
World ranking: 43 

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Patrick Reed 
Best finish: Won (2018)
Total previous appearances: 9
World ranking: 70 

Charl Schwartzel 
Best finish: Won (2011)
Total previous appearances: 13
World ranking: 209 

Cam Smith 
Best finish: T2 (2020)
Total previous appearances: 6
World ranking: 5 

Harold Varner III 
Best finish: T23 (2022)
Total previous appearances: 1
World ranking: 57 

Bubba Watson 
Best finish: Won (2012, 2014)
Total previous appearances: 14
World ranking: 215