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The Masters 2022: Everything You Need to Know

Mar 31, 2022

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Kristen Humphries

April is here and there’s a lot to unravel for The Masters 2022. The tournament begins Monday, April 4 with two days of practice rounds followed by a Par 3 Contest on April 6. The competition officially kicks off on April 7 at 8 a.m. EST. The tournament will run for four days, concluding on Sunday, April 10.

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— The Masters (@TheMasters) March 28, 2022

The Masters 2022 Players and Champions

Of course, the biggest news around the world is Tiger Woods’ return to The Masters. In 2021, the five-time Masters winner was in a serious car crash, nearly lost his leg, and claimed he would never play golf full-time again. And yet, Tiger was seen with his son practicing at Augusta National, less than one week ahead of the practice rounds on April 4. It’s up in the air whether Tiger will make an appearance, but everyone — including his opponents like Rory McIlroy — is hoping he pulls through. This isn’t the only change to the 86th Masters, as Phil Mickelson is taking a break after his comments about the PGA Tour. Whether The Masters officials encouraged him not to play or the PGA Tour banned him, the 51-year-old to be absent for the first time since 1994.

There are 18 former The Masters winners who are set to compete in the 2022 tournament. The list includes Hideki Matsuyama (2021), Dustin Johnson (2021 – postponed from 2020), Tiger Woods (1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2019)m Patrick Reed (2018), Sergio Garcia (2017), Danny Willett (2016), Jordan Spieth (2015), Bubba Watson (2012, 2014), Adam Scott (2013), Charl Schwartzel (2011), Zach Johnson (2007), Mike Weir (2003), Vijay Singh (2000), Jose Maria Olazabal (1994, 1999), Bernhard Langer (1985, 1993), Fred Couples (1992), Sandy Lyle (1988), and Larry Mize (1987).

Past champions that are not playing include Tommy Aaron, Jack Burke Jr., Angel Cabrera, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Trevor Immelman, Phil Mickelson, Jack Nicklaus, Mark O’Meara, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Ian Woosnam, and Fuzzy Zoeller.

The current list of The Masters 2022 invitees (subject to change) includes:

  • Abraham Ancer

  • Daniel Berger

  • Christiaan Bezuidenhout

  • Sam Burns

  • Patrick Cantlay

  • Paul Casey

  • Cameron Champ

  • Stewart Cink

  • Corey Conners

  • Fred Couples

  • Cameron Davis

  • Bryson DeChambeau

  • Harris English

  • Tony Finau

  • Matthew Fitzpatrick

  • Tommy Fleetwood

  • Sergio Garcia

  • Lucas Glover

  • Talor Gooch

  • Austin Greaser (A)

  • Stewart Hagestad (A)

  • Brian Harman

  • Padraig Harrington

  • Tyrrell Hatton

  • Lucas Herbert

  • Garrick Higgo

  • Harry Higgs

  • Tom Hoge

  • Max Homa

  • Billy Horschel

  • Viktor Hovland

  • Mackenzie Hughes

  • Sungjae Im

  • Aaron Jarvis (A)

  • Dustin Johnson

  • Zach Johnson

  • Takumi Kanaya

  • Si Woo Kim

  • Kevin Kisner

  • Brooks Koepka

  • Jason Kokrak

  • Bernhard Langer

  • Kyoung-Hoon Lee

  • Min Woo Lee

  • Marc Leishman

  • Luke List

  • Shane Lowry

  • Sandy Lyle

  • Robert MacIntyre

  • Hideki Matsuyama

  • Rory McIlroy

  • Guido Migliozzi

  • Larry Mize

  • Francesco Molinari

  • Collin Morikawa

  • Kevin Na

  • Keita Nakajima (A)

  • Joaquin Niemann

  • José María Olazábal

  • Louis Oosthuizen

  • Ryan Palmer

  • Thomas Pieters

  • James Piot (A)

  • Seamus Power

  • Jon Rahm

  • Patrick Reed

  • Justin Rose

  • Xander Schauffele

  • Scottie Scheffler

  • Charl Schwartzel

  • Adam Scott

  • Laird Shepherd (A)

  • Webb Simpson

  • Vijay Singh

  • Cameron Smith

  • Jordan Spieth

  • Sepp Straka

  • Hudson Swafford

  • Justin Thomas

  • Erik van Rooyen

  • Harold Varner III

  • Bubba Watson

  • Mike Weir

  • Lee Westwood

  • Danny Willett

  • Matthew Wolff

  • Gary Woodland

  • Tiger Woods

  • Cameron Young

  • Will Zalatoris

How to qualify for The Masters 2022

You can qualify for The Masters based on the following:

  • Masters Tournament Champions (Lifetime)

  • US Open Champions (Honorary, non-competing after 5 years)

  • British Open Champions (Honorary, non-competing after 5 years)

  • PGA Champions (Honorary, non-competing after 5 years)

  • Winners of The Players Championship (Three years)

  • Current Olympic Gold Medalist (One year)

  • Current US Amateur Champion (Honorary, non-competing after 1 year) and the runner-up to the current US Amateur Champion

  • Current British Amateur Champion (Honorary, non-competing after 1 year)

  • Current Asia-Pacific Amateur Champion

  • Current Latin America Amateur Champion

  • Current US Mid-Amateur Champion

  • The first 12 players, including ties, in the previous year’s Masters Tournament

  • The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s US Open Championship

  • The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s British Open Championship

  • The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s PGA Championship

  • Winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, from previous Masters to current Masters

  • Those qualifying for the previous year’s season-ending Tour Championship

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

  • The 50 leaders on the Official World Golf Ranking published during the week prior to the current Masters Tournament

The Masters 2022 Schedule

The 2022 Masters tournament begins Monday, April 4 with two days of practice rounds followed by a Par 3 Contest on April 6. The competition officially kicks off on April 7 at 8 a.m. EST. The tournament will run for four days, concluding on Sunday, April 10.

The Masters 2022 Tickets

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