The Masters 2023 Invitations: Golfers confirmed to have received invitations

Qualifying players received invitations to the Masters 2023 last week. Following a lengthy debate, the LIV Golf players were also invited to compete in the year's major tournament, which will be held from April 6 to 9 at the Augusta National Golf Club.

Players showed their excitement for the championship by sharing their invitations on social media. The list has been made public, and it includes some well-known names.

Past champions who will not be competing in the tournament were also invited. Officials released 19 categories in which players were chosen.

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The Masters 2023 qualifying categories

• 1: Masters Champions (lifetime)
• 2: U.S. Open champions (five years)
• 3: Open champions (five years)
• 4: PGA champion (five years)
• 5: Players champion (three years)
• 6: Current Olympic gold medalist (one year)
• 7: Current U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up (one year)
• 8: Current British Amateur champion (one year)
• 9: Current Asia-Pacific Amateur champion (one year)
• 10: Current U.S. Mid-Amateur champion (one year)
• 11: Current Latin America Amateur champion (one year)
• 12: First 12 players, including ties, in the previous year's Masters
• 13: First 4 players, including ties, in the previous year's U.S. Open
• 14: First 4 players, including ties, in the previous year's Open Championship
• 15: First 4 players, including ties, in the previous year's PGA Championship
• 16: Winners of PGA Tour regular-season and playoff events that award at least a full allocation of FedEx Cup points
• 17: Qualifiers from the previous year's season-ending Tour Championship (top 30 in FedEx Cup)
• 18: 50 leaders on the final Official World Golf Ranking for the previous calendar year
• 19: 50 leaders on the Official World Golf Ranking published during the week prior to the current Masters

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The Masters 2023 Invitees

Past Masters champions

• Fred Couples
• Sergio Garcia
• Dustin Johnson
• Zach Johnson
• Bernhard Langer
• Sandy Lyle
• Hideki Matsuyama
• Larry Mize
• Jose Maria Olazabal
• Phil Mickelson
• Patrick Reed
• Scottie Scheffler
• Charl Schwartzel
• Adam Scott
• Vijay Singh
• Jordan Spieth
• Bubba Watson
• Mike Weir
• Danny Willett
• Tiger Woods

U.S. Open champions 2018-2022

• Bryson DeChambeau
• Matt Fitzpatrick
• Brooks Koepka
• Gary Woodland
• Jon Rahm

British Open champions 2018-2022

• Shane Lowry
• Francesco Molinari
• Collin Morikawa
• Cam Smith

PGA champions 2018-2022

• Justin Thomas

2022 U.S. Amateur Champion

• Sam Bennett
• Ben Carr

2022 British Amateur Champion

• Aldrich Potgieter

2022 Asia-Pacific Amateur champion

• Harrison Crowe

2022 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion

• Matthew McClean

The first 12 players, including ties, in the 2022 Masters Tournament

• Rory McIlroy
• Will Zalatoris
• Corey Conners
• Sungjae Im
• Cameron Champ

The first 4 players, including ties, in the 2022 British Open Championship

• Cameron Young
• Tommy Fleetwood
• Viktor Hovland

The first 4 players, including ties, in the 2022 PGA Championship

• Mito Pereira

Individual winners of PGA Tour events

• Patrick Cantlay
• Xander Schauffele
• Max Homa
• K.H. Lee
• Sam Burns
• Billy Horschel
• J.T. Poston
• Tony Finau
• Tom Kim
• Mackenzie Hughes
• Keegan Bradley
• Seamus Power
• Russell Henley
• Adam Svensson

Those qualifying for the 2022 Tour Championship

• Sepp Straka
• Tom Hoge
• Joaquin Niemann
• Brian Harman
• Sahith Theegala
• Scott Stallings
• Talor Gooch

The 50 leaders on the final Official World Golf Ranking for the previous calendar year

• Abraham Ancer
• Ryan Fox
• Tyrrell Hatton
• Kevin Kisner
• Kurt Kitayama
• Jason Kokrak
• Adrian Meronk
• Kevin Na
• Alex Noren
• Louis Oosthuizen
• Thomas Pieters
• Harold Varner III
• Aaron Wise

Past champions not expected to play

• Tommy Aaron
• Jack Burke Jr.
• Angel Cabrera
• Charles Coody
• Ben Crenshaw
• Nick Faldo
• Raymond Floyd
• Trevor Immelman
• Jack Nicklaus
• Mark O'Meara
• Gary Player
• Craig Stadler
• Tom Watson
• Ian Woosnam
• Fuzzy Zoeller