US Masters Golf Qualifying Information
Invitation categories:
Past champions have a lifelong invitation to compete in any addition, although the elderly have been dissuaded of competing for too long a period.
US Open Golf champions, British Open Golf champions and PGA champions for the first five years.
Winners of the Players Championship Golf Tournament for three years.
The current US amateur champion and runner-up, the current US Amateur Public Links champion and the current Mid-Amateur champion, for one year.
The first 16 players, including ties, in the previous US Masters Golf Tournament.
The first 8 players, including ties in the previous year’s US Open Golf Tournament.
The first 4 players, including ties in the previous year’s British Open Golf Tournament.
The first 4 players, including ties in the previous year’s PGA Championship Golf Tournament.
The 30 leaders on the official PGA Tour money List for the previous calendar year.
The 50 leaders on the World Golf ranking published a week prior to the US Masters Golf Tournament.
The US Masters golf committee, at its discretion, may invite any other golfer they deem fit to compete.
US Masters Golf Format
As with all golf tournaments, the US Masters Golf Tournament is a 72-hole event held over four days. As the field is considerably smaller than most events, the selected golf players are grouped in threes for the first 36 holes. Thereafter the
‘cut’ is made. Those who make the cut are in one or both of the following categories:
The lowest 44 scores plus ties and/or Within 10 strokes of the leader