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Harding is headed to Augusta

Justin Harding and Shane Lowry were added to the list of players invited to compete in the 2019 Masters at Augusta. Here we look how the field was determined:

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Harding, currently third on the Race to Dubai, joins fellow South Africans Charl Schwartzel, Trevor Immelman, Louis Oosthuizen, Branden Grace and leading amateur Jovan Rebula in the field.

The winner of this week’s Valero Texas Open will also be invited should he not already be in the field.

The current Masters field:

  1. Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Thailand (18)
  2. Lucas Bjerregaard, Denmark (18)
  3. Devon Bling, United States (7)
  4. Keegan Bradley, United States (16, 17, 18)
  5. Angel Cabrera, Argentina (1)
  6. Rafa Cabrera Bello, Spain (18)
  7. Patrick Cantlay, United States (17, 18)
  8. Paul Casey, England (17, 18)
  9. Stewart Cink, United States (15)
  10. Fred Couples, United States (1)
  11. Jason Day, Australia (4, 16, 17, 18)
  12. Bryson DeChambeau (16, 17, 18)
  13. Tony Finau, United States (12, 17, 18)
  14. Matthew Fitzpatrick, England (18)
  15. Tommy Fleetwood, England (13, 17, 18)
  16. Rickie Fowler, United States (5, 16, 17, 18)
  17. Sergio Garcia, Spain (1, 18)
  18. Branden Grace, South Africa (18)
  19. Emiliano Grillo, Argentina (18)
  20. Justin Harding, South Africa (19)
  21. Tyrrell Hatton, England (18)
  22. Charley Hoffman, United States (12)
  23. J.B. Holmes, United States (16)
  24. Billy Horschel, United States (17, 18)
  25. Viktor Hovland, Norway (7)
  26. Charles Howell III, United States (16)
  27. Shugo Imahira, Japan (20)*
  28. Trevor Immelman, South Africa (1)
  29. Dustin Johnson, United States (2, 13, 16, 17, 18)
  30. Zach Johnson, United States (1, 3)
  31. Takumi Kanaya, Japan (9)
  32. Martin Kaymer, Germany (2)
  33. Michael Kim, United States (16)
  34. Si-Woo Kim, South Korea (5)
  35. Kevin Kisner, United States (14, 18)
  36. Patton Kizzire, United States (17)
  37. Satoshi Kodaira, Japan (16, 18)
  38. Brooks Koepka, United States (2, 4, 13, 16, 17, 18)
  39. Matt Kuchar, United States (16, 18)
  40. Andrew Landry, United States (16)
  41. Bernhard Langer, Germany (1)
  42. Marc Leishman, Australian (12, 16, 17, 18)
  43. Haotong Li, China (18)
  44. Adam Long, United States (16)
  45. Shane Lowry, Ireland (19)
  46. Sandy Lyle, Scotland (1)
  47. Hideki Matsuyama, Japan (17, 18)
  48. Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland (3, 14, 17, 18)
  49. Phil Mickelson, United States (1, 3, 16, 17, 18)
  50. Keith Mitchell, United States (16)
  51. Larry Mize, United States (1)
  52. Francesco Molinari, Italy (3, 14, 16, 17, 18)
  53. Kevin Na, United States (16, 17, 18)
  54. Alex Noren, Sweden (18)
  55. Kevin O’Connell, United States (11)
  56. Thorbjorn Olesen, Denmark (18)
  57. Mark O’Meara, United States (1)
  58. Jose Maria Olazabal, Spain (1)
  59. Louis Oosthuizen, South Africa (12, 18)
  60. Alvaro Ortiz, Mexico (10)
  61. Eddie Pepperell, England (18)
  62. Ian Poulter, England (18)
  63. Jon Rahm, Spain (12, 15, 17, 18)
  64. Jovan Rebula, South Africa (8)
  65. Patrick Reed, United States (1, 13, 17, 18)
  66. Justin Rose, England (2, 14, 16, 17, 18)
  67. Xander Schauffele, United States (14, 17, 18)
  68. Charl Schwartzel, South Africa (1, 12)
  69. Adam Scott, Australia (1, 12, 15, 18)
  70. Webb Simpson, United States (5, 17, 18)
  71. Vijay Singh, Fiji (1)
  72. Cameron Smith, Australia (12, 17, 18)
  73. Brandt Snedeker, United States (16, 18)
  74. Jordan Spieth, United States (1, 2, 3, 12, 18)
  75. Kyle Stanley, United States (17, 18)
  76. Henrik Stenson, Sweden (3, 18)
  77. Justin Thomas, United States (4, 16, 17, 18)
  78. Kevin Tway, United States (16)
  79. Jimmy Walker, United States (4)
  80. Matt Wallace, England (18)
  81. Bubba Watson, United States (1, 16, 17, 18)
  82. Mike Weir, Canada (1)
  83. Danny Willett, England (1)
  84. Aaron Wise, United States (16, 17)
  85. Gary Woodland, United States (17, 18)
  86. Tiger Woods, United States (1, 15, 17, 18)
  87. Ian Woosnam, Wales (1)

Qualification Criteria

Below are the 19 different categories in which a player may qualify for the Masters Tournament.

  1. Masters champions (Lifetime)
  2. US Open champions (Honorary, non-competing after five years)
  3. Open champions (Honorary, non-competing after five years)
  4. PGA champions (Honorary, non-competing after five years)
  5. Winners of The Players Championship (Three years)
  6. Current Olympic Gold Medalist
  7. Current US Amateur champion (7-A) (Honorary, non-competing after one year) and the runner-up (7-B) to the current U.S. Amateur champion
  8. Current British Amateur champion (Honorary, non-competing after one year)
  9. Current Asia-Pacific Amateur champion
  10. Current Latin America Amateur champion
  11. Current US Mid-Amateur champion
  12. The first 12 players, including ties, in the previous year’s Masters Tournament
  13. The first four players, including ties, in the previous year’s U.S. Open
  14. The first four players, including ties, in the previous year’s British Open
  15. The first four players, including ties, in the previous year’s PGA Championship
  16. Individual winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, 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