And we do mean straight throughhe played eight consecutive weeks until the gas tank ran low in missing the cut at TPC Sawgrass. Ranks outside the top 100 in the six key strokes-gained categories for the season but remains relentlessly optimistic and insists he and his coach, Chris OConnell, have turned a corner. 5 JON RAHM Age: 26 World Ranking: 3 Masters appearances: 4 Best Masters finish: 4, 2018 Sits at No. Phil MickelsonFinish:-8Total:280 Masters 2023 Winner 2023 Masters Leaderboard Latest A bit of a fall-season specialist, he started 2020-21 strong again but has no top-10s in his last 12 starts. 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 . 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 South African has proven he can hang in the biggest events and should have a chance to get his PGA Tour card through non-member points this season. Rose to No. He withdrew from the third round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational with back spasms and did not play in either the Players or WGC-Match Play to get healthy for majors season. MORE: When should a past champion call it a career at Augusta National? One of the better and more creative wedge players on tour, which bodes well at Augusta. Smile, friends, for major season is upon us. Yes, there have been a number of solid finishes, but he has not won in 18 months and hes dropped out of the top 10 in the world for the first time in three years. Has not won a golf tournament in nearly four years, a difficult-to-believe stretch for a player of his ball-striking caliber. Itd be a shame if he finished his career without a major, so perhaps the golf gods owe him one for all the near-missesthe long-ago ones and the recent ones. 47. 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. 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. Civil rights group calls for PGA Tour, Masters to pull event from Augusta National in protest of Georgia's new voting law, Golf fans flock to famous foods at The Masters Tournament, Augusta National Women's Amateur field features 39 of world's top-40 amateur golfer, Tom Watson will join Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player as honorary starter for Masters, 5 things we learned from the 2021 Masters final round, Photos: Hideki Matsuyama's Masters green jacket ceremony, Photos: Hideki Matsuyama celebrates his Masters victory, Photos: Hideki Matsuyama's Sunday at the 2021 Masters. There have been some positives latelyhe finished tied for second in SG/tee to green at the Players but last among those to make the cut in putting, which explains the T-35. Tony Finau never gave Masters champion Jon Rahm or anyone else much of a chance Sunday, closing with a bogey-free round of 5-under 66 that gave him a 3-shot victory in the Mexico Open. Hes a proven winner and knows how to close the deal, and hes well on his way to putting together a Hall of Fame rsum. Unfortunately, he does not have many good memories at Augusta to draw from, with two missed cuts, a T-44 and a T-56 in his four Masters appearances. 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. BUBBA WATSON Age: 42 World Ranking: 58 Masters appearances: 12 Best Masters finish: Win, 2012, 2014 Hes the ultimate horses-for-courses player, with eight of his 12 PGA Tour wins coming on three tracks. Came back down to earth since that island fever dream with no top-25s in his last nine starts. 11. Started his first Masters last fall 70-68-69 only to shoot 75 on Sunday and drop to T-19. [ANDREW DAVIS TUCKER/THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE]. No longer with the victory drought hanging over his head, winning a fourth career major championship this coming week looks more and more realistic. Quietly has four top-10s in his last six stroke-play starts, including an under-the-radar T-9 at the Players. 48. Now Morikawa has four PGA Tour victories in less than 50 starts, a remarkable win rate to start his careerand yet, do we dare acknowledge that hes not playing as consistently as youd want from a player who profiles as a future World No. Still, he made more than $2.3 million during that stretch, more than half of which came with a dream win at Riviera, an event he grew up attending as a kid. World No. This year is more the latter, simply because Rory is not in very good form at the moment. Strafaci won the North & South Amateur last summer then followed it up with a U.S. Scotland's Robert MacIntyre and Americans Will Zalatoris and Brian Harman moved into the top 50 to secure an invitation. Augusta, Georgia USA. Masters Tournament field at 84 entering 2021 | Golf SI WOO KIM Age: 25 World Ranking: 49 Masters appearances: 4 Best Masters finish: T-21, 2019 Theres no question he possesses a top-level gear. He manages the Hot Mic, GOLFs media vertical, and utilizes his on-camera experience across the brands platforms. 12. 60. 66. A sleeper indeed. The 2021 Masters Tournament runsApril 8-11 at Augusta National Golf Club. With 14 wins, a major and a Players, hes already a Hall of Famer before turning 28, and his hibachi-hot weekend at TPC Sawgrass was a reminder of the top-level gear that he, and very few others, have. MATTHEW WOLFF Age: 21 World Ranking: 23 Masters appearances: 1 Best Masters finish: CUT, 2020 Began wrap-around season with back-to-back runner-ups, including at the U.S. Open where a preposterously good Saturday 65 gave him a three-shot lead in just his second career major. GOLF.com and GOLF Magazine are published by EB GOLF MEDIA LLC, a division of 8AM GOLF. Ranks an impressive 30th in SG/overall and sits on the fringe of Ryder Cup contention. No finishes better than T-20 in his first six Masters starts but something has clicked, as hes been in the top 10 in each of the past two. The sports world turns towards Augusta, Georgia this weekend. Hes yet to win a major, of course, but hes done everything but, posting seven top-10s and 10 top-25s in the first 14 major starts of career. Its incredible, really, given he has 37 top-10s and 20 top-fives on the tour since the lone 2016 Puerto Rico Open win. Dropped more than five shots to the field off the tee in both the WGC-Workday and the Players, which is legitimately difficult to believe if youve ever been seen him swing a golf club. 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. You dont want to rely on the flatstick to bail you out in majors, though. These categories might help you choose. 85. 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. 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. 46. Comes in off a much-needed week of rest, as he played five in a row culminating with the WGC-Match Play. 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. 64. MacIntyre and Zalatoris will be playing in their first Masters, raising the number of first timers in the field to six. Augusta.com is an online publication of The Augusta Chronicle and is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by the Masters or the Augusta National Golf Club. 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. This course does suit him; if he drives it wellwhich he tends to do (he leads the tour in SG/off the tee), the course really is a par 67 for him. CHARLES OSBORNE (a) Age: 20 World Ranking: N/A Masters appearances: First Known as Ollie, hes a junior at SMU and finished runner-up to Tyler Strafaci in the 2020 U.S. 2023 Printable Masters Field Updated as of: Apr 3, 2023 Jon Rahm Scottie Scheffler Rory McIlroy Patrick Cantlay Xander Schauffele Matt Fitzpatrick Max Homa BRIAN HARMAN Age: 34 World Ranking: 50 Masters appearances: 2 Best Masters finish: T-44, 2018 Hows this for getting hot at the right time? Tiger Woods is out, recovering from his car crash. That certainly bodes well heading into some of the trickiest greens these guys see all year. The 50 leaders on the Final Official World Golf Ranking for the previous calendar year. ESPN Internet Ventures. And who is the favorite? Fell outside the top 200 in the World Ranking last summer but has quietly played some really steady golf since, making 14 straight cuts until this week's Valero Texas Open and posting a T-8 at Honda. Listed at 57 but perhaps even shorter, the Mexican relishes the big stage. Johnson is the favorite at 8-1, followed by Bryson DeChambeau at 10-1 and Justin Thomas at 11-1, according to BetMGM. Whether thats a psychological thing or an unfortunate coincidence, its a frustrating run of results for a player of his caliber. OWGR as of {{data[0]['asof'] | date }} from owgr.com Dustin Johnson DJ hasn't had a victory in the U.S. since winning a green jacket at the Masters in November 2020. Top 100 Courses in the U.S.: GOLFs all-new 2022-23 ranking is here! 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. His recent putting stats jump off the page, as hes averaging four strokes gained on the greens over his last five tournaments. Odds as of Apr 3, 2023 from But he also said hes finally pain free and the results have not followed until last week. Hardly misses a cutthough he did just that in his last stroke-play start (Players). SHANE LOWRY Age: 33 World Ranking: 44 Masters appearances: 5 Best Masters finish: T-25 Loved what he said last year after barely making the cut: I want to get two more rounds here just to keep learning how to play this place because I dont quite have it figured out yet. THE MATERIAL ON THIS SITE MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED, DISTRIBUTED, TRANSMITTED, CACHED OR OTHERWISE USED, EXCEPT WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN PERMISSION OF DISCOVERY GOLF, INC. 2023 DISCOVERY GOLF, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, Masters 2021: The entire field at Augusta National, ranked, was recently named to the Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup team, Whether or not you think the records need an asterisk. That ended a much publicized winless streak dating back to the 2017 Open Championship. One of the fastest players on tour; will pick his club, choose his target and hit in the time it takes some of his peers to find the nearest sprinkler head. And his record at Augusta is quite poor: in eight starts, he has four missed cuts, a withdrawal and zero top-20s. LEE WESTWOOD Age: 47 World Ranking: 20 Masters appearances: 19 Best Masters finish: 2, 2010 His resurgence has been one of the biggest stories in golf this year. Credits the strong play with a newfound easygoing attitudehe says he took the game too seriously in his 30s, and that now the bad shots dont sting quite as much. Hes made just four cuts in his last 19 starts with a best finish of T-46 at the Sanderson Farms last fall. Threegolfers were added to the field Monday, March 29, when the last Official World Golf Ranking before the Masterswas released. 86. He opened with 65 to share the lead and posted 67 on Saturday to get into the penultimate group on Sunday, so it's not like it was a backdoor top-10, either. He finished T-6 that week, which got him into the Corales. Will factor into the European Ryder Cup discussions as hes considered one of the continents top young talents. 20. RYAN PALMER Age: 44 World Ranking: 27 Masters appearances: 5 Best Masters finish: 10, 2011 Hasnt won an individual event in 11 years but is playing maybe the best golf of his career at 44, with three top-four finishes on the wrap-around season and 11 straight made cuts. Would be a shame for his career to end with just the lone major, and he has memories of that win and four other top-10s at Augusta to draw from. Below youll find everything you need to know about the 2021 Masters field, from competitors to amateurs, and everything in between. Golf Digest has ranked all 88 players in the fieldfrom the contenders to the amateurs, from the defending champion to champions of eras pastto help you make better wagers, win your pool or simply be a more educated fan. One of the tours straightest hitters (hes third in fairway percentage) but also one of the shortest, which is how he ranks 153rd in SG/off the tee. MORE: 9 famous Masters mythsseparating fact from fiction. 55. Big picture, the issues this season have been broad: Came into Valero 197th in SG/off the tee, 95th in SG/approach, 147th in SG/around the green and 173rd in SG/putting. 44. Was a relief, then, to see him put a solid week together at Valero, where he finished T-6. 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. 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. ESPN will air the first two rounds on Thursday and Friday before CBS takes over on the weekend. Web1 Scottie Scheffler -10 F 2 Rory McIlroy -7 F T3 Cameron Smith -5 F T3 Shane Lowry -5 5 Collin Morikawa -4 Qualifications for Masters Invitation Masters Tournament Champions (Lifetime) US Open Champions (Honorary, non-competing after 5 years) British Open Champions (Honorary, non-competing after 5 years) 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. Actually held the solo lead for a hot-second during that crazy 2019 final round and opened 70-66 to put himself in position again last fall before a one-over weekend left him T-17. MORE: How to win a green jacket in seven simple steps. He leads the tour in SG/approach over the last 50 rounds and looked in complete control of his ball at the Players. 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. Even if he does play, who knows what kind of pain hell be in. 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. World Ranking: 16 Masters appearances: 6 Best Masters finish: T-7, 2016 Having his most consistent stretch yet of good play on this side of the pond, going T-5/T-11/T-10/T-9 from Riviera through the Players, all against elite fields, and won two of his three matches in Austin. Hes made the weekend in all nine of his stroke-play starts in 2021 and is coming off a more-than-solid Florida Swing, where he went T-28/T-21/T-17/T-8. The Masters Field for 2023 listed by Official World Golf Ranking. That said, he has made the cut in all five Masters starts and in each of his last six major appearances, so it wouldnt be a surprise to see him make the weekend. 16. Was near the lead in each of those stroke-play events after 36 holes but played the Sundays in a combined two over par, uncharacteristic displays given his track record in Europe. Younger brother Alvaro played in the 2019 Masters after winning the Latin American Amateur. MORE: 9 records Dustin Johnson broke or tied at the 2020 Masters. WILL ZALATORIS Age: 24 World Ranking: 46 Masters appearances: First Golfs new kid on the block makes much anticipated Masters debut after playing Canadian Tour Q-School only two years ago. But after a stretch in which he posted six top-10s in eight starts, the X-man has zero in his last fourincluding a Friday trunk slam at the Players to break a tour-leading streak of 23 consecutive cuts made. Missed six of his next eight cuts after last falls Masters but comes in off a T-3 at the Honda Classic, so thatll give him some good vibes as he heads back to Magnolia Lane. WebThe 2022 Masters - Get all the Masters information you need. Would he drive the third green? Hell offer good value at his odds/pricing. 1? Talk about a big-game hunter. Has played in just three stroke-play events in the U.S. in 2021 and made the weekend in all, highlighted by a solo seventh at Bay Hill. Will stay amateur through the Open Championship, at least, so he can preserve his exemption before considering turning pro. 40. Those qualifying for the previous year's season-ending Tour 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. 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. The field will be playing for a $11.5 million purse, with 50 of the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking among the top contenders. 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. The first round should start around 8 a.m. Thursday, April8. 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. Oddsmakers like Johnson to defend his title and become the fourth player to win back-to-backMasters. 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. 1 repeats as champion, in which case hed bring back his jacket with him for the customary length of 12 months. A player firmly on the rise. PATRICK REED Age: 30 World Ranking: 7 Masters appearances: 7 Best Masters finish: Win, 2018 Controversies asideand they are very much pluralhes a major champion with nine PGA Tour victories at age 30. This season, hes 199th. Again, hes 21, and there is no reason for any long-term concern here. Hell turn 45 on the Monday of Masters week and you wonder if his days as a Ryder Cupper are over. That was a much-needed jolt as hes been in a bit of no-mans landnot currently in the Ryder Cup conversation, not winning in Europe and treading water in the U.S. Missed the cut in all three majors last year and has just one top-10 in his 15 starts at Augusta. Drew an all-time rough draw at the WGC-Match Play and lost to both Kevin Kisner and Matt Kuchar, but we see no reason to give that even an ounce of thought given the format and how different the courses are. Hes won nine times since his lone major victory at the 2017 PGA, so he has not had any issues in normal events, but the solo fourth last year at Augusta is his best finish in one of the big four since Quail Hollow, and he hasnt really been in contention to win a second major. LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN Age: 38 World Ranking: 28 Masters appearances: 12 Best Masters finish: 2, 2012 It might not be fair, but his career thus far will be remembered for what it wasnt as much as what it was. Or, put differently, hes the most consistent presence on the first page of leader boards. Count on it. He finished T-8 that week, which got him into the Sanderson. 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). Looked out of his sorts in his Masters debut last fall but should benefit from the firmer conditions this time around. Recently began working with David Leadbetter and is hitting way more cuts now, a swing change hes obviously committed to, but hes lost about 10 yards of distance and ranks 81st in SG/off the tee and 73rd in SG/approach.
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