We are a week away from the biggest tournament in golf. The 2025 Masters will begin on Thursday, April 10 as golfers play through four rounds at Augusta National in Augusta, Georgia.
Official invitations have been sent out, with competitors having a laundry list of ways that they can qualify for the tournament. For example, if you win the Masters, you have an invite in every subsequent Masters if you would like to. That means that Scottie Scheffler, the winner of the 2024 Masters, is automatically entered into the player field if he wanted to accept his invitation (which he did).
The Sporting News takes a look at who has been invited to the 2025 Masters along with how they qualified for the first major of the golf calendar.
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The Masters field 2025 tracker: Full list of qualified golfers
| Golfer | Qualification Method | Golfer | Qualification Method |
| Ludvig Åberg | 13, 17, 18, 19, 20 | Byeong Huan An | 18, 19, 20 |
| Jose Luis Ballester | 7A | Evan Beck | 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 | Corey Conners | 19, 20 |
| Fred Couples | 1 | Cam Davis | 13, 17 |
| Jason Day | 19, 20 | Bryson DeChambeau | 2, 13, 16, 19, 20 |
| Thomas Detry | 16, 17, 20 | Nick Dunlap | 19, 20 |
| Nicolas 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 | 10 | Tyrrell Hatton | 13, 19, 20 |
| Russell Henley | 17, 18, 19, 20 | Joe Highsmith | 17 |
| Tom Hoge | 18 | Nicolai Højgaard | special invite |
| Rasmus Højgaard | 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 | 7B | 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 invite | 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, 18, 19, 20 | Scottie Scheffler | 1, 5, 6, 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 | 12 | Nick Taylor | 17, 20 |
| Sahith Teegala | 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 |
| Tommy Aaron* | 1 | Charles Coody* | 1 |
| Ben Crenshaw* | 1 | Nick Faldo* | 1 |
| Raymond Floyd* | 1 | Trevor Immelman* | 1 |
| Sandy Lyle* | 1 | Larry Mize* | 1 |
| Jack Nicklaus* | 1 | Mark O’Meara* | 1 |
| Gary Player* | 1 | Craig Stadler* | 1 |
| Tom Watson* | 1 | Tiger Woods* | 1 |
| Ian Woosnam* | 1 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 1 |
*indicates past champion not playing
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How to qualify for Masters 2025
Here are the 20 ways to qualify for the Masters and full list of exemptions:
- 1. Masters Tournament Champions (Lifetime)
- 2. US 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 US Amateur Champion (7-A) (Honorary, non-competing after one year) and the runner-up (7-B) to the current US 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 US Mid-Amateur Champion (one year)
- 12. Current NCAA Division 1 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 US Open Championship
- 15. The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s Open Championship
- 16. The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s PGA Championship
- 17. Winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, from previous Masters to current Masters
- 18. Those qualifying for the previous year’s season-ending Tour Championship
- 19. The 50 leaders on the Final Official World Golf Ranking for the previous calendar year
- 20. The 50 leaders on the Official World Golf Ranking published during the week prior to the current Masters Tournament
Is Tiger Woods playing in the Masters this year?
No. Woods announced that he had torn his Achilles in March. The veteran golfer did play an April Fools’ Day joke saying that he would be in the field, but later admitted it was a joke and that he was not close to returning.
P.S. April Fools my Achilles is still a mess 🙂 https://t.co/H1Y1AOgn2v
— Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods) April 1, 2025
How to watch 2025: TV channel, live stream
- TV channels: ESPN, CBS
- Live streams: Fubo
The Masters has events throughout the week, but fans tend to first turn in on Wednesday for the Par 3 contest. This will be carried by ESPN this year, and can be streamed on Fubo.
The first two rounds of the 2025 Masters will also be broadcast on ESPN. The final two rounds on Saturday and Sunday will both air on CBS. The good news for viewers is that Fubo carries both channels in its lineup, and is running a free trial!
Masters TV schedule 2025
Here is the streaming schedule for the main broadcast each day of the Masters.
| Date | Time (ET) | TV/Live stream | Event |
| Wednesday, April 9 | 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. | ESPN, Fubo | Par 3 Contest |
| Thursday, April 10 | 3 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. | ESPN, Fubo | First Round |
| Friday, April 11 | 3 p.m. -7:30 p.m. | ESPN, Fubo | Second Round |
| Saturday, April 12 | 2 p.m. – 7 p.m. | CBS, Fubo | Third Round |
| Sunday, April 13 | 2 p.m. – 7 p.m. | CBS, Fubo | Final Round |
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