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The 2025 Masters will see 96 of the world's best players descend on Augusta National. Getty Images The 2025 Masters has finally arrived as a loaded field of golf’s best players will descend upon Augusta National this week to compete in the year’s first major. World No.
1 and two-time Masters winner Scottie Scheffler enters as the defending champion. Scheffler is fresh off a T2 finish at the Texas Children’s Houston Open. While Scheffler has yet to find the winner’s circle this season, world No.
2 Rory McIlroy has already pulled off wins at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the Players Championship. McIlroy is entering Year 11 of his major championship drought, but the four-time major winner arrives at the Masters believing he is now a “more complete” golfer than ever before. There are 12 players from LIV Golf in the field, led by Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau.
At last year’s Masters, DeChambeau was tied for the lead after 36 holes and finished tied for sixth. Players earn their way into the Masters via 20 different exemption categories, including being in the top 50 in the Official World Golf Rankings, every PGA Tour winner from the past season and every past Masters champion. Below is a full list of the players in the 2025 Masters field, along with the exemption category they satisfied.
There is a list of Masters exemption categories at the bottom of this story. 2025 Masters field Ludvig Aberg (13, 17, 18, 19, 20) Byeong Hun An (18, 19, 20) Jose Luis Ballester (a) (7) Evan Beck (a) (11) Daniel Berger (20) Christiaan Bezuidenhout (18) Akshay Bhatia (18. 19, 20) Keegan Bradley (17, 18, 19, 20) Sam Burns (18, 19, 20) Angel Cabrera (1) Brian Campbell (17) Rafael Campos (17) Laurie Canter (20) Patrick Cantlay (14, 18, 19, 20) Wyndham Clark (2, 18, 19, 20) Correy Conners (19.
20) Fred Couples (1) Cameron Davis (13, 17) Jason Day (19, 20) Bryson DeChambeau (2, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20) Thomas Detry (16, 17, 20) Nick Dunlap (19, 20) Nico Echavarria (17, 20) Austin Eckroat (17. 19) Harris English (17, 20) Tony Finau (14, 18, 19, 20) Matt Fitzpatrick (2, 19) Tommy Fleetwood (13, 18, 19, 20) Sergio Garcia (1) Lucas Glover (19, 20) Max Greyserman (19, 20) Brian Harman (3, 19, 20) Justin Hastings (a) (10) Tyrrell Hatton (13, 19, 20) Russell Henley (17, 18, 19, 20) Joe Highsmith (17) Tom Hoge (18) Nicolai Hojgaard (special) Rasmus Hojgaard (19) Max Homa (13, 19) Billy Horschel (15, 18, 19, 20) Viktor Hovland (16, 17, 18, 19, 20) Sungjae Im (18, 19, 20) Stephan Jaeger (20) Dustin Johnson (1) Zach Johnson (1) Noah Kent (a) (7) Michael Kim (20) Tom Kim (19, 20) Chris Kirk (18) Patton Kizzire (17) Brooks Koepka (4) Bernhard Langer (1) Thriston Lawrence (15, 19) Min Woo Lee (17, 19, 20) Shane Lowry (18, 19, 20) Robert MacIntyre (17, 18, 19, 20) Hideki Matsuyama (1, 17, 18, 19, 20) Denny McCarthy (19, 20) Matt McCarty (17, 19) Rory McIlroy (5, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20) Maverick McNealy (17, 19, 20) Phil Mickelson (1, 4) Collin Morikawa (3, 4, 13, 16, 18, 19, 20) Joaquin Niemann (special) Jose Maria Olazabal (1) Matthieu Pavon (13, 18, 19) Taylor Pendrith (17, 18, 19, 20) J.T.
Poston (17, 19, 20) Jon Rahm (1, 2, 19) Aaron Rai (17, 18, 19, 20) Patrick Reed (1, 13) Davis Riley (17) Justin Rose (15, 19, 20) Xander Schauffele (3, 4, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20) Scottie Scheffler (1, 5, 6, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20) Adam Schenk (13) Charl Schwartzel (1) Adam Scott (1, 18, 19, 20) Vijay Singh (1) Cameron Smith (3, 13) J.J. Spaun (20) Jordan Spieth (1) Sepp Straka (17, 18, 19, 20) Hiroshi Tai (a) (12) Nick Taylor (17, 20) Sahith Theegala (18, 19, 20) Justin Thomas (4, 18, 19, 20) Davis Thompson (17, 19, 20) Jhonattan Vegas (17) Bubba Watson (1) Mike Weir (1) Danny Willett (1) Cameron Young (13, 19) Kevin Yu (17) Will Zalatoris (13) Masters exemption categories for 2025 Latest In News Golf.
com Editor Josh Schrock is a writer and reporter for Golf. com. Before joining GOLF, Josh was the Chicago Bears insider for NBC Sports Chicago.
He previously covered the 49ers and Warriors for NBC Sports Bay Area. A native Oregonian and UO alum, Josh spends his free time hiking with his wife and dog, thinking of how the Ducks will break his heart again, and trying to become semi-proficient at chipping. A true romantic for golf, Josh will never stop trying to break 90 and never lose faith that Rory McIlroy’s major drought will end.
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