With barely four months left until the first major of the year, the starting field begins The Masters 2026 to clear. After the final ranking competition of the season has been played, it is clear which players, via the world ranking and other criteria, are already qualified for play at Augusta National in April.
In total, a large number of players have now secured their invitations. Among them are two Swedes: Ludvig Åberg and Alex Norén. Åberg qualifies through world ranking (18th on OWGR) and that he finished top 12 in last year’s edition. Norén qualifies through world ranking (11th on OWGR). It will be the fifth Masters start for Norén and first since 2023, he has only passed the qualification limit once (tied 62nd in 2019). Åberg makes his third straight start, he finished second in the major debut in 2024 and seventh in 2025.
More players can be added until the week of the competition, including via the world ranking (top 50) the week before the Masters. Players who are top 50 at the end of 2025 will not lose their spot if they fall out of the top 50 in the spring.
The Masters field in 2026 – at the moment
(Numbers indicate eligibility criteria as listed below)
Ludvig Åberg, 13, 18
Alex Norén, 25
Akshay Bhatia, 18
Keegan Bradley, 17, 18
Michael Brennan, 25
Jacob Bridgeman, 18
Sam Burns, 18
Angel Cabrera, 1
Brian Campbell, 17
Patrick Cantlay, 18
Wyndham Clark, 2, 15
Corey Conners, 13, 18
Fred Couples, 1
Jason Day, 13
Bryson DeChambeau, 2, 13, 16
Harris English, 13, 15, 16, 18
Ethan Fang (a), 8
Matt Fitzpatrick, 2, 15
Tommy Fleetwood, 17, 18
Ryan Fox, 17
Sergio Garcia, 1
Ryan Gerard, 25
Chris Gotterup, 15, 17, 18
Max Greyserman, 25
Ben Griffin, 17, 18
Harry Hall, 18
Brian Harman, 3, 18
Tyrrell Hatton, 14
Russell Henley, 18
Jackson Herrington (a), 7
Rasmus Hojgaard, 25
Max Homa, 13
Brandon Holtz (a), 11
Viktor Hovland, 14, 18
Mason Howell (a), 7
Sungjae Im, 13
Zach Johnson, 1, 13
Dustin Johnson, 1
Naoyuki Kataoka, 21
Johnny Keefer, 25
Michael Kim, 25
Simily, 25
Kurt Kitayama, 17
Brooks Koepka, 4
Michael La Sasso (a), 12
Fifa Laopakdee (a), 9
Minne Lee, 25
Haotong Li, 15
Shane Lowry, 18
Robert MacIntyre, 14, 18
Hideki Matsuyama, 1, 18
Rory McIlroy, 1, 5, 13, 18
Tom McKibbin, 22
Maverick McNealy, 18
Phil Mickelson, 1, 4
Collin Morikawa, 3, 18
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, 23
Andrew Novak, 18
Jose Maria Olazabal, 1
Carlos Ortiz, 14
Taylor Pendrith, 25
Marco Penge, 20
Aldrich Potgieter, 17
Jon Rahm, 1, 2
Aaron Rai, 25
Patrick Reed, 1, 13
Kristoffer Reitan, 25
Davis Riley, 16
Justin Rose, 13, 17, 18
Xander Schauffele, 3, 4, 13
Scottie Scheffler, 1, 3, 4, 5, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18
Charl Schwartzel, 1
Adam Scott, 1
Vijay Singh, 1
Cameron Smith, 3
JJ Spaun, 2, 14, 17, 18
Jordan Spieth, 1
Sam Stevens, 25
Sepp Straka, 17, 18
Nick Taylor, 18
Justin Thomas, 4, 17, 18
Sami Valimaki, 25
Bubba Watson, 1
Mike Weir, 1
Danny Willett, 1
Tiger Woods, 1
Cameron Young, 14, 17, 18
Eligibility criteria
- Past Masters Winners (Lifetime)
- US Open winners (last five years)
- Open Championship winners (last five years)
- PGA Championship winners (last five years)
- The Players Championship winner (last three years)
- Reigning Olympic Gold Medalist (one year)
- Reigning US Amateur champion and runner-up (one year)
- Reigning British Amateur champion (one year)
- Reigning Asia-Pacific Amateur champion (one year)
- Reigning Latin America Amateur Champion (one year)
- Reigning US Mid-Amateur Champion (one year)
- Reigning NCAA Division I individual champion (one year)
- Top 12 (including splits) in the previous year’s Masters
- Top 4 (including ties) in the previous year’s US Open
- Top 4 (including splits) in the previous year’s Open Championship
- Top 4 (including ties) in previous year’s PGA Championship
- Winner of PGA Tour events with full points to the Tour Championship
- Qualified and eligible for the previous season’s Tour Championship
- Reigning Scottish Open winner (one year)
- Reigning Spanish Open winner (one year)
- Reigning Japan Open winner (one year)
- Reigning Hong Kong Open winner (one year)
- Reigning Australian Open winner (one year)
- Reigning South African Open winner (one year)
- Top 50 in the final world ranking in 2025
- Top 50 in the world rankings the week before the 2026 Masters
