January 2, 2021 | BY AAGD STAFF
Imagine receiving a small white envelope in the mail (via USPS) with the return address shown as Augusta, Georgia. Inside, recipients discover a polite request to “RSVP”…can’t you see the smiles?
With 2020 now history, thus far, 84 players had qualified for the 2021 Masters, after the addition of those not already eligible who were ranked in the top 50 of the year-end World Ranking (and excluding past champions who are unlikely to compete).
Players who were not mailed invites to this BIG gig, still have a few ways to earn an invitation between now and April. Eligible to participate will be the winner of any of the 13 remaining full FedEx Cup points event on the PGA Tour, who is not already qualified will get in. Also, anyone who is in the top 50 of the World Ranking a week before the April 8-11 tournament will receive an invitation. And, Augusta National has the right to exercise other special invitations. (Ordinarily, the winner of the Latin America Amateur, traditionally held in January, would also get into the field, but that tournament has been postponed.)
There are now fewer than 100 days until the masters tournament will tee off and officials are still trying to work out details on whether or not patrons will be allowed to attend. It’s a most difficult decision that has to b made fairly soon. Considering the continued increase in COVID-19 cases, golf fans eagerly await the announcement. Especially given the fact that the 2020 Masters in April was postponed and then rescheduled for November.
See the list of current contenters below, while we wait to see who else may receive a little white envelope:
2021 Masters field
Abraham Ancer
Daniel Berger
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Ángel Cabrera
Patrick Cantlay
Paul Casey
Cameron Champ
Stewart Cink
Corey Conners
Fred Couples
Jason Day
Bryson DeChambeau
Harris English
Tony Finau
Matthew Fitzpatrick
Tommy Fleetwood
Dylan Frittelli
Sergio Garcia
Brian Gay
Lanto Griffin
Tyrrell Hatton
Jim Herman
Billy Horschel
Viktor Hovland
Mackenzie Hughes
Sungjae Im
Trevor Immelman
Dustin Johnson
Zach Johnson
Kevin Kisner
Brooks Koepka
Jason Kokrak
Matt Kuchar
Martin Laird
Bernhard Langer
Marc Leishman
Joe Long (a)
Shane Lowry
Sandy Lyle
Hideki Matsuyama
Rory McIlroy
Phil Mickelson
Larry Mize
Francesco Molinari
Collin Morikawa
Sebastian Muñoz
Kevin Na
Joaquin Niemann
José Maria Olazábal
Louis Oosthuizen
Carlos Ortiz
Charles Osborne (a)
Ryan Palmer
C.T. Pan
Victor Perez
Ian Poulter
Jon Rahm
Patrick Reed
Justin Rose
Xander Schauffele
Scottie Scheffler
Charl Schwartzel
Adam Scott
Webb Simpson
Vijay Singh
Cameron Smith
Jordan Spieth
Henrik Stenson
Tyler Strafaci (a)
Robert Streb
Hudson Swafford
Justin Thomas
Michael Thompson
Brendon Todd
Jimmy Walker
Matt Wallace
Bubba Watson
Mike Weir
Lee Westwood
Bernd Wiesberger
Danny Willett
Matthew Wolff
Gary Woodland
Tiger Woods
