How the 2024 Masters field is shaping up at the turn of the year

31/12/2023 19:00

Take a look at how the Masters 2024 field is filling out as changes to the system of qualification could mean a smaller field for the first Major of the year.

There will be a LIV presence with plenty of former Masters champions having jumped ship.

Defending champion Jon Rahm will be among those LIV rebels turning out at Augusta. He joined the likes of Sergio Garcia, Phile Mickelson and Dustin Johnson after the 2023 PGA Tour season.

Expected field for the 2024 Masters

1. Past Masters champions

• Fred Couples (1)
• Sergio Garcia (1)
• Dustin Johnson (1)
• Zach Johnson (1)
• Bernhard Langer (1)
• Sandy Lyle (1)
• Hideki Matsuyama (1, 18)
• Larry Mize (1)
• Jose Maria Olazabal (1)
• Phil Mickelson (1, 12)
• Jon Rahm (1, 14, 17, 18)
• Patrick Reed (1, 12)
• Scottie Scheffler (1, 5, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18)
• Charl Schwartzel (1, 12)
• Adam Scott (1, 17, 18)
• Vijay Singh (1)
• Jordan Spieth (1, 12, 17, 18)
• Bubba Watson (1)
• Mike Weir (1)
• Danny Willett (1)
• Tiger Woods (1)

2. U.S. Open champions 2019-2023 (Honorary, non-competing after five years)

• Wyndham Clark (2, 16, 17, 18)
• Bryson DeChambeau (2, 15)
• Matt Fitzpatrick (2, 12, 16, 17, 18)
• Brooks Koepka (2, 4, 12, 18)
• Gary Woodland (2)

3. British Open champions 2019-2023 (Honorary, non-competing after five years)

• Brian Harman (3, 17, 18)
• Cam Smith (3, 13, 18)
• Collin Morikawa (3, 12, 16, 17, 18)
• Shane Lowry (3, 12, 18)

4. PGA champions 2019-2023 (Honorary, non-competing after five years)

• Justin Thomas (4, 12, 17, 18)

5. Winners of the Players Championship 2022-2024 (Three years)

• n/a at this time

6. Current Olympic Gold Medalist (One year)

• n/a

7. 2023 U.S. Amateur Champion (7-A) (Honorary, non-competing after one year) and the runner-up (7-B) to the 2023 U.S. Amateur champion

• Nick Dunlap (7-A)
• Neal Shipley (7-B)

8. 2023 British Amateur Champion (Honorary, non-competing after one year)

• Christo Lamprecht (8)

9. 2023 Asia-Pacific Amateur champion

• Jasper Stubbs (9)

10. 2024 Latin America Amateur champion

• TBD

11. 2023 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion

• Stewart Hagestad (11)

12. The first 12 players, including ties, in the 2023 Masters Tournament

• Russell Henley (12, 17, 18)
• Cameron Young (12, 18)
• Viktor Hovland (12, 15, 16, 17, 18)
• Sahith Theegala (12, 16)
• Xander Schauffele (12, 17, 18)

13. The first 4 players, including ties, in the 2023 U.S. Open Championship

• Rory McIlroy (13, 16, 17, 18)

14. The first 4 players, including ties, in the 2023 British Open Championship

• Sepp Straka (14, 17, 18)
• Jason Day (14, 16, 17, 18)
• Tom Kim (14, 17, 18)

15. The first 4 players, including ties, in the 2023 PGA Championship

• Kurt Kitayama (15, 18)
• Cam Davis (15, 18)

16. Individual winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, from the 2023 Masters to the 2024 Masters (including fall 2023)

• Tony Finau (16, 17, 18)
• Emiliano Grillo (16, 17, 18)
• Nick Taylor (16, 17)
• Keegan Bradley (16, 17, 18)
• Rickie Fowler (16, 17, 18)
• Sepp Straka (16, 17, 18)
• Lee Hodges (16)
• Lucas Glover (16, 17, 18)
• Sahith Theegala (16, 18)
• Luke List (16)
• Tom Kim (16, 18)
• Erik Van Rooyen (16)
• Ludvig Aberg (16, 18)

17. Those qualifying for the 2023 Tour Championship

• Patrick Cantlay (17, 18)
• Tommy Fleetwood (17, 18)
• Adam Schenk (17, 18)
• Sam Burns (17, 18)
• Max Homa (17, 18)
• Tyrrell Hatton (17, 18)
• Si Woo Kim (17, 18)
• Sungjae Im (17, 18)
• Corey Conners (17, 18))
• Taylor Moore (17)

18. The 50 leaders on the final Official World Golf Ranking for the previous calendar year

• Ryan Fox (18)
• Min Woo Lee (18)
• Denny McCarthy (18)
• Justin Rose (18)
• Will Zalatoris (18)
• Shane Lowry (18)
• Harris English (18)
• Eric Cole (18)
• J.T. Poston (18)
• Adrian Meronk (18)
• Adam Hadwin (18)
• Nicolai Hojgaard (18)

19. The 50 leaders on the Official World Golf Ranking published during the week prior to the current Masters Tournament

• TBD

Past champions not expected to play

• Tommy Aaron
• Jack Burke Jr.
• 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 post How the 2024 Masters field is shaping up at the turn of the year appeared first on Golf365.