The Masters takes place from April 7-10 live on Sky Sports, with round-the-clock coverage from Augusta National throughout the week; Players can still qualify over the coming months for the opening men's major of the year
Monday 28 March 2022 14:20, UK
Who has qualified for The Masters? How do players secure an invite to Augusta National? We look at the field as it stands for the opening men's major of the year.
Hideki Matsuyama returns as defending champion after becoming the first Asian recipient of the Green Jacket in last year's contest, while Rory McIlroy will have another opportunity to complete golf's career Grand Slam at Augusta National.
There are currently 91 players scheduled to feature at The Masters while it's too early to know whether Tiger Woods will be far enough in his recovery from injury to tee it up at a venue where he won five times.
Previous recipients of the Green Jacket get a lifetime invite back to Augusta National, while the winners of the other three men's majors receive a five-year exemption and there's a three-year exemption for those who win The Players.
Those who finished inside the top-12 and ties during last year's Masters get to return the following year, as do those who finish in a share of fourth or better at the PGA Championship, US Open and The Open.
Winners of PGA Tour events from April 2021 onwards and the 30 players who reached the PGA Tour's season-ending Tour Championship all receive an invite, along with the world's top 50 at the end of the year and the top 50 players the week before The Masters.
There are also six spots available via amateur competitions, providing the players don't go professional before heading to Augusta, with both US Amateur finalists joined by the winners of The Amateur Championship, Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, Latin America Amateur Championship and the US Mid-Amateur Championship.
Players inside the world's top 50 when the latest rankings were released on Monday March 28 also earn a spot, with Ireland's Seamus Power among those to benefit. The only remain ways to qualify are by either winning the Valero Texas Open or by receiving a special invite.
The field won't be officially confirmed until April, but here's a look at the invitations as things stand (as of March 28):
(x) denotes amateurs
Abraham Ancer, Daniel Berger, Christiaan Bezuidenhout. Sam Burns, Patrick Cantlay, Paul Casey, Cameron Champ, Stewart Cink, Corey Conners, Fred Couples, Cam Davis, Bryson DeChambeau, Harris English, Tony Finau, Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, Sergio Garcia, Lucas Glover, Talor Gooch, Austin Greaser (x), Stewart Hagestad (x), Brian Harman, Padraig Harrington, Tyrrell Hatton, Lucas Herbert, Garrick Higgo, Harry Higgs, Tom Hoge, Max Homa, Billy Horschel, Viktor Hovland, Mackenzie Hughes, Sungjae Im, Aaron Jarvis (x), Dustin Johnson, Zach Johnson, Takumi Kanaya, Si Woo Kim, Kevin Kisner, Brooks Koepka, Jason Kokrak, Bernhard Langer, K.H. Lee, Min Woo Lee, Marc Leishman, Shane Lowry, Luke List, Sandy Lyle, Robert MacIntyre, Hideki Matsuyama, Rory McIlroy, Guido Migliozzi, Larry Mize, Francesco Molinari, Collin Morikawa, Kevin Na, Keita Nakajima (x), Joaquin Niemann, Jose Maria Olazabal, Louis Oosthuizen, Ryan Palmer, Thomas Pieters, James Piot (x), Seamus Power, Jon Rahm, Patrick Reed, Justin Rose, Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler, Charl Schwartzel, Adam Scott, Laird Shepherd (x), Webb Simpson, Vijay Singh, Cameron Smith, Jordan Spieth, Sepp Straka, Hudson Swafford, Justin Thomas, Erik van Rooyen, Harold Varner III, Bubba Watson, Mike Weir, Lee Westwood, Danny Willett, Matthew Wolff, Gary Woodland, Tiger Woods, Cameron Young, and Will Zalatoris.
Past Champions over age 50 not expected to play in 2022: Tommy Aaron, Jack Burke Jr., Angel Cabrera, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw, Sir Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Bob Goalby, Trevor Immelman, Phil Mickelson, Jack Nicklaus, Mark O'Meara, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Ian Woosnam, and Fuzzy Zoeller.
Former world No 1 Jason Day and two-time major champion Martin Kaymer are among the notable names not yet in the field, along with 2018 Masters runner-up Rickie Fowler and former PGA champion Keegan Bradley.
European Ryder Cup stalwarts Ian Poulter and Henrik Stenson are yet to earn their spot for The Masters and Matt Kuchar is in danger of missing the event for the first time since 2009, with Alex Noren, Victor Perez and Matt Wallace some of the others still hoping to qualify for Augusta.
Sky Sports will once again be the home of The Masters this April, with round-the-clock coverage throughout tournament week on Sky Sports from April 4-10.
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