Can we get excited for Augusta now? Here’s who’s in the field for the 2025 Masters

Well, here we go again. The countdown begins!

Why do we put ourselves through it every year? The 2025 Masters is just three weeks away, and we are ready to take that special trip down Magnolia Lane again.

So, what better way to get in the mood than running through the players who already know they’ll be teeing up in the Masters 2025 field?

Come on, let’s get excited together…

The Masters 2025 field as it stands

Here is a full list of the Masters qualification criteria and the players who are currently exempt under each. If any player is exempt in more than one category, the numbers are listed in brackets after his name.

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1. All Masters champions 

Angel Cabrera
Fred Couples
Sergio Garcia
Dustin Johnson
Zach Johnson
Bernhard Langer
Hideki Matsuyama (17, 18)
Phil Mickelson (4)
Jose Maria Olazabal
Jon Rahm (2)
Patrick Reed (13)
Scottie Scheffler (5, 6, 13, 17, 18)
Charl Schwartzel
Adam Scott
Vijay Singh
Jordan Spieth
Bubba Watson
Mike Weir
Danny Willett
Tiger Woods

2. Last five US Open champions

Wyndham Clark
Bryson DeChambeau (13, 14, 16, 17)
Matt Fitzpatrick

3. Last five Open champions

Brian Harman
Collin Morikawa (4, 13, 16, 18)
Xander Schauffele (4, 13, 18)
Cameron Smith (13)

4. Last five PGA champions

Brooks Koepka
Justin Thomas (18)

5. Last three Players champions

The Players Championship will conclude on March 16, 2025.

6. Reigning Olympic gold medallist

The Olympic men’s event concludes on August 4, 2024.

7. Reigning US Amateur champion and runner-up

Jose Luis Ballester
Noah Kent

8. Reigning British Amateur champion

Jacob Skov Olesen (a)

9. Reigning Asia-Pacific Amateur champion

Ding Wenyi forfeited his exemption by turning pro.

10. Reigning Latin America Amateur champion

Justin Hastings

11. Reigning US Mid-Amateur champion

Evan Beck

12. Reigning NCAA Division I Men’s Individual champion

Hiroshi Tai (a)

13. Top 12 players, including ties, in the previous year’s Masters

Ludvig Aberg (18)
Cam Davis (17)
Tommy Fleetwood (18)
Tyrrell Hatton
Max Homa
Matthieu Pavon (14, 18)
Adam Schenk
Cameron Young
Will Zalatoris

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14. Top 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s US Open

Patrick Cantlay (18)
Rory McIlroy (17, 18)

15. Top 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s Open

Billy Horschel (18)
Thriston Lawrence
Justin Rose

16. Top 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s PGA Championship

Thomas Detry
Viktor Hovland (18)

17. Individual winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point FedEx Cup allocation since the 2024 Masters

Taylor Pendrith (18)
Davis Riley
Robert MacIntyre (18)
Davis Thompson
Jhonattan Vegas
Aaron Rai (18)
Keegan Bradley (18)
Patton Kizzire
Kevin Yu
Matt McCarty
JT Poston
Austin Eckroat
Nico Echavarria
Rafael Campos
Maverick McNealy
Brian Campbell
Joe Highsmith

18. Those qualifying and eligible for the previous year’s season-ending Tour Championship

Sahith Theegala
Adam Scott
Russell Henley
Sungjae Im
Shane Lowry
Sam Burns
Byeong Hun An
Tony Finau
Akshay Bhatia
Sepp Straka
Chris Kirk
Tom Hoge
Christiaan Bezuidenhout

19. Top 50 on the final Official World Golf Ranking for the previous calendar year

Tom Kim
Jason Day
Nick Dunlap
Max Greyserman
Rasmus Hojgaard
Corey Conners
Denny McCarthy
Min Woo Lee
Lucas Glover

20. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Ranking published during the week prior to the current Masters

This exemption criteria will conclude on April 6, 2025.

21. Special Invites

Joaquin Niemann
Nicolai Hojgaard

Masters champions not expected to play

The following Green Jacket winners will not take their spot in the Masters 2025 field.

Tommy Aaron
Charles Coody
Ben Crenshaw
Nick Faldo
Raymond Floyd
Trevor Immelman
Sandy Lyle
Larry Mize
Jack Nicklaus
Mark O’Meara
Gary Player
Craig Stadler
Tom Watson
Fuzzy Zoeller
Ian Woosnam

This page will update as more players are added to the Masters 2025 field.