2026 Masters field: Who is playing Augusta National this year

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The 2026 Masters is set to begin at Augusta National in a matter of days. With the final PGA Tour event before the Masters now complete, we have a full picture of the full Masters field for this year’s event for the first time.

Here’s what you need to know.

Masters field for 2026: The basics

There are many qualifying criteria to earn a spot in the Masters, with this year’s event adding several spots for winners of various national Opens. (You can see a full list of Masters exemption categories at the bottom of this article.) In all, 91 pros and top amateurs will compete in this year’s Masters.

The final spot was up for grabs over the weekend at the Valero Texas Open. Anyone not qualified for the Masters who won last week would earn Masters tee times. But J.J. Spaun came away with the victory in the end. Spaun was already exempt into the Masters based on several criteria, including his U.S. Open win last year.

That means the final spots were awarded the week before, when Gary Woodland qualified by winning the Texas Children’s Houston Open, and four others earned Masters spots via the Official World Golf Ranking.

Unfortunately, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson will not be in this year’s Masters field, nor will either player be present at Augusta National during tournament week.

You can see the full 2026 Masters field below, along with each player’s exemption categories.

Full Masters field for 2026 (exemptions)

Ludvig Aberg (13, 18, 25, 26)

Daniel Berger (26)

Akshay Bhatia (17, 18, 25, 26)

Keegan Bradley (17 , 18, 25, 26)

Michael Brennan (25, 26)

Jacob Bridgeman (17, 18, 26)

Sam Burns (18, 25, 26)

Angel Cabrera (1)

Brian Campbell (17)

Patrick Cantlay (18, 25, 26)

Wyndham Clark (2, 15, 25)

Corey Conners (13, 18, 25, 26)

Fred Couples (1)

Jason Day (13, 26)

Bryson DeChambeau (2, 13, 16, 25, 26)

Nico Echavarria (17, 26)

Harris English (13, 15, 16, 18, 25, 26)

Ethan Fang (8)

Matt Fitzpatrick (2, 15, 17, 25, 26)

Tommy Fleetwood (17, 18, 25, 26)

Ryan Fox (17, 25, 26)

Sergio Garcia (1)

Ryan Gerard (25, 26)

Chris Gotterup (15, 17, 18, 25, 26)

Max Greyserman (25)

Ben Griffin (17 , 18, 25, 26)

Harry Hall (18)

Brian Harman (3, 18, 25, 26)

Tyrrell Hatton (14, 25, 26)

Russell Henley (18, 25, 26)

Jackson Herrington (7)

Nicolai Hojgaard (26)

Rasmus Hojgaard (25)

Brandon Holtz (11)

Max Homa (13)

Viktor Hovland (14, 18, 25, 26)

Mason Howell (7)

Sungjae Im (13, 25)

Casey Jarvis (24)

Dustin Johnson (1)

Zach Johnson (1, 13)

Naoyuki Kataoka(21)

Johnny Keefer (25)

Michael Kim (25)

Si Woo Kim (25, 26)

Kurt Kitayama (17, 25, 26)

Jake Knapp (26)

Brooks Koepka (4)

Fifa Laopakdee (9)

Min Woo Lee (25, 26)

Haotong Li (15)

Shane Lowry (18, 25, 26)

Robert MacIntyre (14, 18, 25, 26)

Hideki Matsuyama (1, 18, 25, 26)

Matt McCarty (26)

Rory McIlroy (1, 5, 13, 18, 25, 26)

Tom McKibbin (22)

Maverick McNealy (18, 25, 26)

Collin Morkiawa (3, 17, 18, 25, 26)

Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (23, 25)

Alex Noren (25, 26)

Andrew Novak (18, 25, 26)

Jose Maria Olazabal (1)

Carlos Ortiz (14)

Marco Penge (20, 25, 26)

Aldrich Potgieter, (17)

Mateo Pulcini (10)

Jon Rahm (1, 2, 26)

Aaron Rai (25, 26)

Patrick Reed (1, 13, 25, 26)

Kristoffer Reitan (25, 26)

Davis Riley (16)

Justin Rose (13, 17, 18, 25, 26)

Xander Schauffele (3, 4, 13, 25, 26)

Scottie Scheffler (1, 3, 4, 5, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 25, 26)

Charl Schwartzel (1)

Adam Scott (1)

Vijay Singh (1)

Cameron Smith (3)

J.J. Spaun (2, 14, 17, 18, 25, 26)

Jordan Spieth (1)

Sam Stevens (25, 26)

Sepp Straka (17, 18, 25, 26)

Nick Taylor (18)

Justin Thomas (4, 17, 18, 25, 26)

Sami Valimaki (25)

Bubba Watson(1)

Mike Weir (1)

Danny Willett (1)

Gary Woodland (17)

Cameron Young (5, 14, 17, 18, 25, 26)

Masters exemption categories for 2026

  1. Masters Tournament Champions (Lifetime)
  2. U.S. Open Champions (Honorary, non-competing after five years)
  3. The Open Champions (Honorary, non-competing after five years)
  4. PGA Champions (Honorary, non-competing after five years)
  5. Winners of the Players Championship (Three years)
  6. Current Olympic Gold Medalist (One Year)
  7. Current U.S. Amateur Champion (7-A) (Honorary, non-competing after one year) and the Runner-up (7-B) to the current U.S. Amateur Champion
  8. Current The Amateur Champion (Honorary, non-competing after one year)
  9. Current Asia-Pacific Amateur Champion (One year)
  10. Current Latin America Amateur Champion (One year)
  11. Current U.S. Mid-Amateur Champion (One year)
  12. Current NCAA Division I Men’s Individual Champion (One year)
  13. The first 12 players, including ties, in the previous year’s Masters Tournament
  14. The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s U.S. Open
  15. The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s The Open Championship
  16. The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s PGA Championship
  17. Individual winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation applied to the season-ending Tour Championship
  18. Those qualifying and eligible for the previous year’s season-ending Tour Championship
  19. Current Scottish Open Champion (One year)
  20. Current Spanish Open Champion (One year)
  21. Current Japan Open Champion (One year)
  22. Current Hong Kong Open Champion (One year)
  23. Current Australian Open Champion (One year)
  24. Current South African Open Champion (One year)
  25. The 50 leaders on the final Official World Golf Ranking for the previous calendar year
  26. The 50 leaders on the final Official World Golf Ranking published during the week prior to the current Masters Tournament

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