QUALIFICATION CRITERIA
1. Masters Tournament champions (Lifetime)
2. U.S. Open champions (Honorary, non-competing after 5 years)
3. Open Championship champions (Honorary, non-competing after 5 years)
4. PGA Championship champions (Honorary, non-competing after 5 years)
5. Winners of THE PLAYERS Championship (3 years)
6. Current U.S. Amateur Champion (6-A) (Honorary, non-competing after 1 year) and the runner-up (6-B) to the current US Amateur Champion
7. Current British Amateur Champion (Honorary, non-competing after 1 year)
8. Current Asia-Pacific Amateur Champion
9. Current Latin America Amateur Champion
10. Current U.S. Amateur Public Links Champion
11. Current U.S. Mid-Amateur Champion
12. The first 12 players, including ties, in the previous year's Masters Tournament
13. The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year's U.S. Open
14. The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year's Open Championship
15. The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year's PGA Championship
16. Winners of PGA TOUR events that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola, from previous Masters to current Masters
17. Those qualifying for the previous year's season-ending TOUR Championship
18. The 50 leaders on the Final Official World Golf Ranking for the previous calendar year
19. The 50 leaders on the Official World Golf Ranking published during the week prior to the current Masters Tournament