Mandatory masks. TOMMY FLEETWOOD Age: 30 World Ranking: 24 Masters appearances: 4 Best Masters finish: T-17, 2018 Sliding in the World Ranking a bithis T-10 at Bay Hill was his first top-10 on the PGA Tour since the 2020 Honda Classic. HUDSON SWAFFORD Age: 33 World Ranking: 175 Masters appearances: 1 Best Masters finish: CUT, 2017 One of a healthy handful of Georgia Bulldogs in the field. Practice rounds begin Monday, April 5, and continue through Wednesday, April 7. Bubba doesnt qualify therehis last top 10 in a stroke-play event came last Octoberand hell need to improve on his approach play, which has cost him shots in four of his last five starts, to have a chance. Has played in two PGA Tour events since that huge week, shooting 77-75 at Torrey Pines and 78 at Riviera before withdrawing. A deep sleeper whose odds will be reasonable given his relative anonymity among the general sporting public. Masters Tournament 2021 Leaderboard | Golf Channel The weather is warming, the azaleas are blooming and the dream of the Grand Slam is alive and well. Matt Jones earned an invitation with his March win at the Honda Classic. Missed three straight cuts before a T-19 at Honda. Had three missed cuts and a withdraw in a five-event stretch before finishing T-9 at the Players. Hes something of a Tony Finau-light in that he seems to always be in contention but struggles to kick down the door, and while he has three runners-up already this season, hes spoken candidly about his frustration not to have won since January 2019. 369 just two years ago. WebThe 2022 Masters - Get all the Masters information you need. Parlayed that into a victory, the third of his career but first in seven years. MacIntyre and Zalatoris will be playing in their first Masters, raising the number of first timers in the field to six. 2022 Masters Tournament Field List, Qualifiers - Sports Illustrated Still plays a full schedule on the PGA Tour Champions but has just one top-10 finish in 16 starts on that circuit since 2020. Posted two top-10s in his first five starts of this campaign but does not have one in a stroke-play event in the new year, and he ranks outside the top 100 in every strokes-gained category except putting, his strength (12th a year after ranking eighth). James Colgan is a news and features editor at GOLF, writing stories for the website and magazine. Hes a proper ball-striker and tends to rise to the top on difficult courses, so its no surprise he has eight top-10s in his 18 career starts in majors. Four past Masters champions skipped the November Masters: Angel Cabrera, Sergio Garcia, Trevor Immelman and Ian Woosnam. Scotland's Robert MacIntyre and Americans Will Zalatoris and Brian Harman moved into the top 50 to secure an invitation. A major would be an incredible punctuation mark on an already-stellar career, but it would mean becoming the fifth-oldest major winner ever. Ranks eighth on the PGA Tour in SG/approach but he struggles with his chipping, having lost shots to the field around the greens in seven of his last eight starts. The first round of the 2022 Masters Tournament will begin on Thursday, April 7 and it will conclude Sunday, April 10. Three golfers were added to the field Monday, March 29, when the last Official World Golf Ranking before the Masters was In the four years since, hes been, and this not an exaggeration, nightmarish in the majors. Went T-28/T-29/T-25 in his three starts in Florida and that seems to be his floor these days. 66. Wouldve qualified for special temporary membership had he won the consolation match at WGC-Dell Match Play, but Matt Kuchar would not budge. 1. Right? 2023 Masters Invitees ABRAHAM ANCER Age: 30 World Ranking: 31 Masters appearances: 1 Best Masters finish: T-13, 2020 We try to resist the small-dog/big-fight motif, but sometimes it fits just right. Has two top-10s in 18 starts at Augusta but none since 2008. IAN WOOSNAM Age: 63 World Ranking: N/A Masters appearances: 31 Best Masters finish: Win, 1991 Missed the cut in eight straight Masters before saying that the 2016 edition would be his last. Masters These categories might help you choose. He needed them to stay in front of hard-charging Masters champion Jon Rahm, who shot 61 to tie his lowest score on the PGA Tour. 87. 88. One of those came at the 2019 Masters, where he played in the final group alongside Tiger and joined the party that rinsed their tee shots on the 12th. VICTOR PEREZ Age: 28 World Ranking: 29 Masters appearances: 1 Best Masters finish: T-46, 2020 Lanky Frenchman is the highest-ranked player without a PGA Tour card. All that said, he finished in the top 25 in each of his last 11 starts on the PGA Tour Champions. The injury comes at a brutal time for the 30-year-old, who seemed to be healthy and playing well again after his Waste Management victory and a T-2 at the WGC-Workday Championship. on the weekend for his third PGA Tour title. Has made the cut in his first three major appearances, highlighted by a dream debut T-6 at the Open Championship in 2019. Masters Picks:Who should you pick to win the Masters? Not what youd call momentum. It's still April, 'What's the budget for this?' Oddsmakers like Johnson to defend his title and become the fourth player to win back-to-backMasters. WEBB SIMPSON Age: 35 World Ranking: 9 Masters appearances: 9 Best Masters finish: T-5, 2019 Pound for pound, no one gets more out of their natural ability than Simpson, who continues to hang in the top 10 of the World Ranking. TYRRELL HATTON Age: 29 World Ranking: 8 Masters appearances: 4 Best Masters finish: T-44, 2018 Fiery Brit has three big wins over the last 13 months to get into the World top-10. FRANCESCO MOLINARI Age: 38 World Ranking: 108 Masters appearances: 9 Best Masters finish: T-5, 2019 Led heading to 12th tee on Sunday of the 2019 Masters before disaster struckhe rinsed two balls and made two doubles coming home as Tiger triumphed. World No. 37. 12. 1 Dustin Johnsons group despite winning only one of his three matches. This time, he honored his word for one year, sitting out last November before vowing to return this year after a back procedure has him feeling better. Best finish in 10 career major starts is a T-43 at the 2016 Open Championship. But he also said hes finally pain free and the results have not followed until last week. Web1 RAHM -12 Thru F T2 MICKELSON -8 Thru F T2 KOEPKA -8 Thru F T4 SPIETH -7 Thru F T4 REED -7 Thru F T4 HENLEY -7 Thru F T7 YOUNG -6 Thru F T7 HOVLAND -6 Thru F 9 Masters Tee Times and Pairings He didnt post another top-10 finish for 13 months. COREY CONNERS Age: 29 World Ranking: 43 Masters appearances: 2 Best Masters finish: T-10, 2020 Canadian had to Monday qualify into the Valero Texas Open, then win the Valero Texas Open, just to get into the Masters two years ago. Amateur at Bandon Dunes. More importantly, he has his swagger back. The Masters is back, and only six months after its previous iteration. Got my invitation to play the 2021 Masters, Im going for it again after saying I wouldnt play again, but with the back operation which as gone really well, Im going to playing again cant wait . Augusta will be a much firmer golf course this time around and should play more like a major test than last year, when 6-irons held the back shelf on No. We mean that as a compliment, of course. Hard to believe hes only 33 given how long hes been a force in world golf and how difficult the last couple years have been for him injury-wise, with ever-present back issues making it impossible to find any rhythm. Still, the enduring memory from Torrey will be his active fingers during Embedgate. Thats a theme with Reed; his imbroglios, which are more often than not his own doing, overshadow his golf. The first 12 players, including ties, in previous year's Masters Tournament, The first 4 players, including ties, in previous year's U.S. Open, The first 4 players, including ties, in previous year's Open Championship, The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year's PGA Championship. 34. Five months after the November Mastersoffered sights unseen at the Augusta National Golf Course autumn leaves and a champion finishing 20-under par the 85th installment of the Masters is upon us. His putting has been his weakness throughout his still young career, but he fares best on bentgrass greens and picked up at least three shots on the greens in each of his last two starts. ", Also see: Leaderboard | Photos | Player Profiles and stats. BRYSON DECHAMBEAU Age: 27 World Ranking: 5 Masters appearances: 4 Best Masters finish: T-21, 2016 He was all the talk ahead of last years Masters. Masters Been a different story in Europe, to be fair, as he started the year going T-10/T-7/T-17 in the Middle East. Leads the tour in consecutive cuts made at 20 and hardly ever has a bad week, with seven top-10s in his last nine starts. 60. Hes accomplished it thanks to a solo third in Dubai earlier this year and a T-9 at the WGC-Match Play, where he advanced from World No. 15. Also finished runner-up at the WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession, but missed the cut at Bay Hill and finished T-58 at the Players. MORE: Should Dustin Johnsons 2020 Masters win come with an asterisk? 70. Hes feeds off the crowds energyand, occasionally, claps back to a hecklerso hell definitely be glad theyre back at Augusta. CARLOS ORTIZ Age: 29 World Ranking: 47 Masters appearances: First Mexican native who lives Dallas after playing college golf at North Texas won his first PGA Tour event in the last tournament before the Masters last fall, the Vivint Houston Open, but didnt get a spot into the field given the one-time COVID rules. And his record at Augusta is quite poor: in eight starts, he has four missed cuts, a withdrawal and zero top-20s. 73. He finished T-8 that week, which got him into the Sanderson. Hes not going to overpower any course with length, but hes long enough to reach three of the four par 5s at Augusta without doing anything special, and he can get red-hot with the putterhe ranks 27th in SG/putting this season. Thatd leave less than a month to heal for the opening round at Augusta. But hes moving the wrong way, quickly, with six missed cuts in his last seven starts and some brutally poor ball-striking statisticsparticularly depressing because hes buttered his bread with his tee-to-green play for two decades. Was a surprise winner then but has put together a borderline Hall of Fame career with 12 PGA Tour wins and a second major at St. Andrews. No longer with the victory drought hanging over his head, winning a fourth career major championship this coming week looks more and more realistic. I'm definitely looking forward to that. 31. 72. And its workinghe won in Dubai earlier this year and has finished T-12 or better in each of his six stroke-play starts this year, including a T-5 at the Players. Got a taste of Sunday-at-a-major pressure when he contended at last years PGA. Masters Tournament field at 84 entering 2021 | Golf 21. DANIEL BERGER Age: 27 World Ranking: 15 Masters appearances: 3 Best Masters finish: T-10, 2016 Was the highest ranked player not in the Masters field last November, as he was outside the top 100 in the World Ranking when the field locked in April 2020. CAMERON CHAMP Age: 25 World Ranking: 86 Masters appearances: 1 Best Masters finish: T-19, 2020 Already has two PGA Tour victories but you get the sense hes underachieving given his extraordinary physical gifts. That was then, however, and this is now: Hes missed the cut in each of his last five and is a combined 48 over par in those 10 rounds. MACKENZIE HUGHES Age: 30 World Ranking: 51 Masters appearances: 1 Best Masters finish: CUT, 2017 Canadian caught a bit of a heater at the end of the 2019-20 season to get to the Tour Championship, and hes rewarded with his second trip to Augusta and first since 2017. No judgments hereif we had a lifetime exemption to play the Masters, wed have a hard time quitting, too. DUSTIN JOHNSON Age: 36 World Ranking: 1 Masters appearances: 10 Best Masters finish: Win, 2020 The defending champ won a long-overdue second major in dominant fashion last November, breaking the Masters 72-hole scoring record by two in a five-shot victory. 69. Staff photo by Colin Demarest Subscribe today! Since then, hes risen to Presidents Cup-level player. Jon RahmFinish:-12Total:276 2. The Masters 2021 Players & Form Guide - Betfair Might be the best iron player in the world and has picked up strokes on his approach play in 14 of his last 15 starts, but whether he contends seemingly always comes down to his puttinghe recently switched to the saw grip and putted nicely at the Concession with it, but he lost an average of 4.85 shots putting in his other two starts with the new technique. Had chances to win each of the three events he played in California, including a final-round 64 at Riviera that got him into a playoff. 2023 Printable Masters Field Missed the cut in the three Masters following his win before a T-25 last November. Koepka was at Augusta National on Sunday, practicing and playing a few holes and says he intends to play this week. 4. Masters Tournament field at 84 entering 2021 | Golf Channel Christiaan Concerningly, he comes in off two of three missed cuts and a clunker at the WGC-Match Play, and hes lost ground in the all-important strokes gained/approach stat in six of his last seven starts. That win came when his son, Reagan, was filling in for his full-time caddie, but Team Cink is now a permanent arrangement. 2021 Masters field: Heres who is playing at Augusta Augusta's own Larry Mize, 1987 champion, is the longest shot in the field at 3,000 to 1 to win his second green jacket. That certainly bodes well heading into some of the trickiest greens these guys see all year. WebThe first pairing of the tournament tees off around 8 Thursday morning. Garcia, who missed November due to COVID-19, is expected to play. The first 12 players, including ties, in the 2021 Masters Tournament Will Zalatoris (12) Marc Leishman (12) Justin Rose (12) Corey Connors (12) Tony Finau (12, 16, Won back-to-back starts at the beginning of 2020 and got as high as World No. MORE: When should a past champion call it a career at Augusta National? Again, hes 21, and there is no reason for any long-term concern here. ROBERT MACINTYRE Age: 24 World Ranking: 45 Masters appearances: First Scottish lefty has long maintained the goal of getting into the top 50 in the World Rankings, which would get him into all the big events on both sides of the pond. His last top-10 in one came at the 2016 Open Championship. But he missed the playoffs in his first full season and was off to another slow start before a solo third last week at the Valero Texas Open. 84. Played wonderfully in his two starts on the Florida swing; he made a run on Sunday at Bay Hill before getting ice cold with the putter (he finished solo third), and then did basically the same thing the following week at the Players (seventh). The list of invites is 90, but not all are expected to play. Following a brief hiatus in 2020, the Masters has come home to April in 2021, returning with blooming azaleas, dogwoods and magnolias and some pretty good golf. 58. He manages the Hot Mic, GOLFs media vertical, and utilizes his on-camera experience across the brands platforms. Were not quite all the way back to normalplayers will still take COVID-19 tests and patron attendance will be limitedbut there is something so comforting about returning to Augusta in April. MC at Augusta last year then lost a playoff at the RSM Classic the week after, but has no top-20s in his five stroke-play starts since. The sports world turns towards Augusta, Georgia this weekend. With only three amateurs in the field, he still has a reasonable shot at following in former roommate Andy Ogletree's footsteps and earning low-amateur honorsif he can make the cut. 2021 Masters tee times, Thursday pairings 8 a.m. -- Michael Thompson, Hudson Swafford 8:12 a.m. -- Sandy Lyle, Matt Jones, Dylan Frittelli 8:24 a.m. -- Ian Grew up in Valdosta and played at the University of Georgia, so you have to think this tournament means quite a bit to him. Hell be stoked to be back at the Masters for the first time since 2012 and eager to improve on his recent major record, where hes missed the cut in four of his last five attempts. Hes only improved since November. Keep up with all the news, scores and highlights. 78. MORE: 9 things Augusta National doesnt want to talk about. He has not missed a cut in his 13 starts since but has just one top-10, and as a result hes slipped considerably in the World Ranking. 51. Hardly misses a cutthough he did just that in his last stroke-play start (Players). Hovland picked up a second PGA Tour win in Mexico to end 2020 and followed it up with two runner-ups and a T-5 in his next four starts, all against elite fields. Hes shown a taste for the big moment, and we selfishly wouldnt hate the image of his gnarly mullet cascading down the collar of a green jacket. Made certain of that with torrid stretch of play starring at The American Express straight through the Players. Despite his funky swing there is nothing funky about his gamehe drives it beautifully (33rd in distance and 25th in accuracy) and that always plays well in the big events. Made the cut in last years Masters for the first time since 2014, but hes simply not long enough to have much of a chance. 85. Masters 36. Made huge leaps to start the year in Hawaii, where he finished second in back-to-back weeks, and hes second on tour in consecutive cuts made with 15. 33. 14. WebTommy Aaron Jack Burke Jr. Charles Coody Ben Crenshaw Nick Faldo Raymond Floyd Bob Goalby Jack Nicklaus Mark O'Meara Gary Player Craig Stadler Tom Watson Fuzzy Zoeller MORE: At Augusta, the jockeying for position begins with practice rounds. RORY MCILROY Age: 31 World Ranking: 12 Masters appearances: 12 Best Masters finish: 4, 2015 So long as McIlroy arrives at the Masters without having previously won a green jacket, the can-he-complete-the-career-grand-slam storyline will be discussed. Thats slightly disappointing, but its going to change this week. In his two starts after, he squeaked by the cut at the Players and failed to win a match in Austin. He said in January that hed been playing with pain for the six months prior and needed four cortisone shots to finish the year, which sounds awful. He has since come back to earth during his two starts in his adopted home state of Florida, where he finished T-54 at the WGC-Workday and T-48 at the Players. Whether or not you think the records need an asterisk, given the gentler fall conditions, the sheer excellence he showed that weekand the ones before and afteris beyond debate. That sentence you read tells you quite a bit about the current state of Leftys gamehe has just one finish better than T-24 in his last 20 starts on the PGA and European tours, and his World Ranking is so depressingly low that I choose not to look at it, thus forcing my editor to fill in the spot above. Count on it. Tiger Woods is out, recovering from his car crash. RotoWire Thats mainly thanks to his terrific ball-strikingyou wont find a better rhythm in golf, and hes picked up an average of 5.75 shots tee-to green over his last eight starts where Shotlink was in place. After months of eager anticipation, the Masters has finally returned to April. How much you want to extrapolate from that result going forward is a matter of debate, especially given the ragged play in the final match. The Georgia alum finished T-3 at the Players then T-5 at the WGC-Match Play to jump from 92th to 49th in the World Ranking, getting one of the last spots in the Masters field by being in the top 50 by the cutoff date. 48 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking and was recently named to the Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup team. IanWoosnam is back in. And yet he was quite listless last year in his Masters debut, shooting 74-73 to miss the cut by three. A quick primer to catch you up and get you ready: Dustin Johnson is in, the defending champion. When is the 2021 Masters Tournament? Masters Tournament (2020) 2021 Leaderboard - PGA TOUR 40. MORE: 9 records Dustin Johnson broke or tied at the 2020 Masters. Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth one player seeking to end a much longer winless streak, and one who recently did end a lengthy winless streak enter the tournament on uneven notes. PHIL MICKELSON Age: 50 World Ranking: 115 Masters appearances: 28 Best Masters finish: Win, 2004, 2006, 2010 He made the cut at the Players and the Honda Classic, which feels like legitimate progress, before his MC at the Valero Texas Open. The 50 leaders on the Final Official World Golf Ranking for the previous calendar year. He complained that week about dizziness and discomfort, which in hindsight looks like the result of letting the protein shakes and speed sessions go a little too far. Leaves no stone unturned in his quest to maximize his performancehes added considerable muscle and distance in the last 18 months and theres perhaps no one more fastidious in their stat collection than the one-time, short-time Northwestern student. JOSE MARIA OLAZABAL Age: 55 World Ranking: N/A Masters appearances: 31 Best Masters finish: Win, 1994, 1999 Short-game legend loves him some Augusta Nationalhes has eight top-10s at the Masters, including his two wins. MORE: The complete changes to Augusta National. JASON KOKRAK Age: 35 World Ranking: 33 Masters appearances: 1 Best Masters finish: CUT, 2020 The big graduate of Xavier won for the first time in 200-plus PGA Tour starts last fall at Shadow Creek but missed the cut just a few weeks after in his Masters debut. Having a nice season as he followed up the victory with a T-8 in Mexico, played in the final threesome at the Farmers (it didnt go so well) and took T-4 at the Waste Management. And Google his backstory, because its as wild as it gets. 64. Would he drive the third green? Of course, McIlroy is still a green jacket away from completing the career grand slam. Hes been a tremendous putter throughout his career, so smart money says thats an aberration rather than anything seriously concerning. Unfortunately, his game and his body are not where hed like itranks outside the top 100 in SG/off the tee, SG/approach and SG/overall. Masters Tournament 2023 Leaderboard - PGA TOUR Those qualifying for the previous year's season-ending Tour Championship. MARTIN LAIRD Age: 38 World Ranking: 100 Masters appearances: 3 Best Masters finish: T-20, 2011 Came out of nowhere to win in Las Vegas last fallneeded a sponsors invite to get into the field, then was victorious as the No. 87. JIM HERMAN Age: 43 World Ranking: 132 Masters appearances: 1 Best Masters finish: CUT, 2016 Was a shock winner at the final event of the 2019-20 regular season, the Wyndham Championship, where he shot 124 (!) The Masters 2021: Betting Odds for Every Player in the Field at Hes one of the five shortest hitters on the PGA Tour, which leaves him no margin of error if he wants to contend. Birdies havent been the issue; he made 14 and two eagles at The Concession and 17 birdies and an eagle at TPC Sawgrass. 15 in the World Ranking that week but had dropped outside the top 50 before Austin. 39. THE MASTERS FIELD 2022. 11. Nov 12 - 15, HENRIK STENSON Age: 44 World Ranking: 117 Masters appearances: 15 Best Masters finish: T-5, 2018 We wish we had better news here, because hes really a lovely guy. Still an encouraging debut, but that was an entirely different golf course, and he comes in off a missed cut at the Players and an 0-3 week at the WGC-Dell Match Play. Here are some of the ones that stand out from the rest of the field. Won in the Dominican Republic last fall but has missed the cut in nine of his 13 starts since, and he ranks outside the top 200 in strokes gained/overall this season. Finished T-33 or better in all four of his major startstwo of which came as an amateurand has proven multiple times that he can hang on loaded leader boards. These categories might help you choose. 75. Has no top-20 finishes in his 16 career starts in majors but hes almost at his career-high World Ranking, so reason for optimism. Missed the cut in the next three before saying the 2019 edition would be his last. Feels like its only a matter of time until he gets his major tally started, but you just wish his form was a bit better coming in. Indeed, with Hovland, it tends to come down to his chipping and putting, which has improved since last year but still leaves much to be desired. Threegolfers were added to the field Monday, March 29, when the last Official World Golf Ranking before the Masterswas released. Again, itll come down his putting. 6 before the pandemic hit. Dustin Johnson will host his first-ever champions dinner, last years November Masters making him the shortest-tenured green jacket-holder in more than eight decades. CHARL SCHWARTZEL Age: 36 World Ranking: 211 Masters appearances: 11 Best Masters finish: Win, 2011 The only Masters champ to birdie his final four holes to win has been in the wilderness for three-plus years. Then he struck it great at the Honda but putted poorly, and thats kind of been the story over the past year: one part of the game is firing, the other isnt. HIDEKI MATSUYAMA Age: 29 World Ranking: 25 Masters appearances: 9 Best Masters finish: 5, 2015 This will be his 10th Masters, which by rule makes him a veteran even at 29. 52. Apart from his putting, the entire game is in need of significant improvement. Whether thats a psychological thing or an unfortunate coincidence, its a frustrating run of results for a player of his caliber. A jaw-dropping talent who has been unlucky to have won just one major, as hes finished second at least once in all fourincluding Augusta in 2012. Curiously missed the cut at TPC Sawgrass, which will take some of the shine off, but few have played better over the past six months. Even if he does play, who knows what kind of pain hell be in. Always been a fantastic ball-striker but hes become more comfortable hitting it high, and hes averaging 4.9 SG/tee to green in his last 10 measured events. 6. He moved into position for an even better result on Friday, shooting a 7-under 64 to take a one-shot lead through two rounds. Four top-25s in seven stroke-play starts in 2021 thus far suggest the game is in a good place. 23 on the strength of his three European Tour wins in 2018. Stranger things have happened, but itd be pretty strange. 2021 Masters: PGA Tour odds

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