Prior to joining GOLF, James graduated from Syracuse University, during which time he was a caddie scholarship recipient (and astute looper) on Long Island, where he is from. CHARL SCHWARTZEL Age: 36 World Ranking: 211 Masters appearances: 11 Best Masters finish: Win, 2011 The only Masters champ to birdie his final four holes to win has been in the wilderness for three-plus years. The injury kept him out of the Players and required surgery, which he had March 16. Lee Elder will hit a ceremonial tee shot. Rory is so talented that he could absolutely contend despite having new thoughts in his head, and he has top-10s at six of the last seven Masters. Held the 54-hole lead in back-to-back weeks at Bay Hill and the Players, a remarkable run for a man who turns 48 this month, and came up one shot short both weeks. SERGIO GARCIA Age: 41 World Ranking: 40 Masters appearances: 21 Best Masters finish: Win, 2017 The pinnacle of Garcias career came at Augusta, when he holed that birdie putt to beat Justin Rose in a playoff and emphatically remove himself from the best-to-never-win-a-major conversation. Younger brother Alvaro played in the 2019 Masters after winning the Latin American Amateur. On the strength of that run, he crashed on the weekend at the Arnold Palmer Invitational (T-49), then missed the cut at the Players, then lost his first two matches at the WGC-Match Play. Simply hasnt been the same caliber of player since the post COVID-hiatus restart, and there isnt one part of his game to point toover his last 50 rounds, hes not gaining ground in a single strokes-gained category. The injury comes at a brutal time for the 30-year-old, who seemed to be healthy and playing well again after his Waste Management victory and a T-2 at the WGC-Workday Championship. 42. Amateur victory at Bandon Dunes. Hovland picked up a second PGA Tour win in Mexico to end 2020 and followed it up with two runner-ups and a T-5 in his next four starts, all against elite fields. 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). Wouldve qualified for special temporary membership had he won the consolation match at WGC-Dell Match Play, but Matt Kuchar would not budge. A major would be an incredible punctuation mark on an already-stellar career, but it would mean becoming the fifth-oldest major winner ever. And his record at Augusta is quite poor: in eight starts, he has four missed cuts, a withdrawal and zero top-20s. Tiger Woods is yet to confirm whether he will take part, with one source insisting that it's "still too early for Woods to decide on his 2022 Masters status. It was initially reported that he is eyeing a return to the tournament in 2023 but there are a number of reasons why he won't play the Masters this year. PGA Tour Field By World Rank and Odds To Win, {{d.odds_numerator}}/{{d.odds_denominator}}. 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. Were not quite all the way back to normalplayers will still take COVID-19 tests and patron attendance will be limitedbut there is something so comforting about returning to Augusta in April. Hes one of the five shortest hitters on the PGA Tour, which leaves him no margin of error if he wants to contend. Won back-to-back starts in the fall of 2019 to get back into the big events, and hes been solid if unspectacular since. These categories might help you choose. Web2023 Masters Field Listed By World Ranking And Odds To Win. Encouraging Enjoyment of Sports Worldwide. When hes on, he does a good chunk of his damage with the driver and he ranked 12th on tour in SG/off the tee last year. Yet to make the weekend in four career major starts. Yahoo PGA DFS Picks: Mexico Open Cash and GPP Strategy ** {{data.length}} players have qualified for the 2023 Masters. World No. 72. Thatd leave less than a month to heal for the opening round at Augusta. Has since started working with Chris Como to develop a swing that doesnt ravage his back. He leads the tour in SG/approach over the last 50 rounds and looked in complete control of his ball at the Players. Why wouldnt you, when youre 22, single and keep making cutsand, thus, cashing checksevery single week? WebPGA TOUR Live Leaderboard 2021 Masters Tournament (2020), Augusta Masters Tournament (2020) Augusta National Golf Club . The first round should start around 8 a.m. Thursday, April8. All Rights Reserved. When a guy changes coaches theres almost always an initial lull before the tweaks settle in. Cameron Smith, Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed, and several other. Just one top-10 in his last 21 starts but did finish T-13 at the Masters in November and has two top-10s at Augusta. And hows this for a stat: he has missed the cut just four times in his last 29 starts, and those have come in the PGA Championship, U.S. Open, Masters, and Players Championship. 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. Does rank top 25 in SG/approach, which has allowed him to make the cut in six straight major championships, and he plays demanding setups well. That was his seventh match of the week, though, so certainly fatigue played something of a role. One is Augusta National. His season-long stats are hamstrung by a pretty slow start, but hes been a top-20 player by virtually every metric since the new year. MATT WALLACE Age: 30 World Ranking: 48 Masters appearances: 2 Best Masters finish: T-46, 2020 Got as high as World No. 1 on the PGA Tour. Five months after a one-off autumnal Masters, the worlds best are back in Augusta for our favorite rite of spring. 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. And its workinghe won in Dubai earlier this year and has finished T-12 or better in each of his six stroke-play starts this year, including a T-5 at the Players. Particularly impressive has been his iron play, which was always the true driver of his greatness even if it was largely overshadowed by his putting. 81. 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. Johnson, who has only had the green jacket off the course for four months, summed it up, "Yeah, I think it will be back to feeling like a normal Masters. IanWoosnam is back in. Debut has a bit of an asterisk, though, as he sheepishly told reporters hed played the course five-ish times while in college. 39. Finished T-33 or better in all four of his major startstwo of which came as an amateurand has proven multiple times that he can hang on loaded leader boards. 60. DANNY WILLETT Age: 33 World Ranking: 77 Masters appearances: 6 Best Masters finish: Win, 2016 Fell off the golf planet after a rock-solid victory at the 2016 Mastershe dropped outside the top 450 briefly in 2018. 51. Thats mostly due to an ice cold putter; he ranks 142nd on tour in strokes gained/putting this season. Best finish in 10 career major starts is a T-43 at the 2016 Open Championship. What gives? Individual winners of PGA Tour events that award a full point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship from previous Masters to current Masters. Has just two top-10s on the PGA Tour since that magical week at Royal Portrush in 2019but one came a few weeks ago at the Players. Shot 75 on Friday in his Masters debut last year, then resolved to bring a new happy guy outlook to the PGA Tour, so perhaps thats behind the turn-around. The first 12 players, including ties, in the 2021 Masters Tournament Will Zalatoris (12) Marc Leishman (12) Justin Rose (12) Corey Connors (12) Tony Finau (12, 16, DANIEL BERGER Age: 27 World Ranking: 15 Masters appearances: 3 Best Masters finish: T-10, 2016 Was the highest ranked player not in the Masters field last November, as he was outside the top 100 in the World Ranking when the field locked in April 2020. Odds as of Apr 3, 2023 from JASON DAY Age: 33 World Ranking: 52 Masters appearances: 10 Best Masters finish: T-2, 2011 Probably should have won his Masters debut a decade ago and has a fantastic record at Augusta, with four top-10s and top-30s in all eight of the Masters he finished (withdrew in 2012) until last year, when he missed the cut in what felt like a low point for the former World No. Tony Finau kick-started what had been a disappointing 2022 with a runner-up finish in the Mexico Open at Vidanta. Blessed with a beautiful (if rather languid) swing but hes actually been doing the majority of his recent damage with his putter, having picked up at least 2.8 strokes on the greens in each of his last seven starts. MAX HOMA Age: 30 World Ranking: 37 Masters appearances: 1 Best Masters finish: CUT, 2020 No longer just the Twitter Guy. That day sent the Italian into a tailspin; he said there were already mechanical problems creeping into his move, and he decided to take some time away as he moved his family from London to Southern California, but surely the collapse also had an effect. LARRY MIZE Age: 62 World Ranking: N/A Masters appearances: 37 Best Masters finish: Win, 1987 The Augusta native s chip-in to beat Greg Norman in a playoff Thats slightly disappointing, but its going to change this week. Also finished runner-up at the WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession, but missed the cut at Bay Hill and finished T-58 at the Players. Made it well worth the wait, though, with a T-7 finish to guarantee a return trip in April. But he comes in off back-to-back top-10s and his iron play remains elite. 2. The Masters Committee, at its discretion, can also invite players not otherwise qualified. Making up for it with that short game and his putting, which is the best on tour this season, and he eats up bentgrass greens. TONY FINAU Age: 31 World Ranking: 13 Masters appearances: 3 Best Masters finish: T-5, 2019 Continues to print money at an ATM-like pace and continues to search for his first PGA Tour victory in five years. Plenty of players believe that axiom as well, though in recent years, the winners have been guys who came in playing great. We say semi because hes made seven cuts in a row, but his lone top-10 since July 2020 came at the opposite-field Corales event in the Dominican Republic. 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. 12. Won in the Dominican Republic last fall but has missed the cut in nine of his 13 starts since, and he ranks outside the top 200 in strokes gained/overall this season. Withdrew from the Genesis Invitational and the Honda Classic, which on the surface is concerning, but context is key: the Genesis was the week after he won, and the Honda was at the tail end of a three-in-a-row stretch. 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. 15 in the World Ranking that week but had dropped outside the top 50 before Austin. He moved into position for an even better result on Friday, shooting a 7-under 64 to take a one-shot lead through two rounds. Garcia, who missed November due to COVID-19, is expected to play. WebVisit ESPN to view the 2021 Masters Tournament golf leaderboard with real-time scoring, player scorecards, course statistics and more Skip to main content Skip to navigation ESPN 32. Has missed the cut in both previous Masters starts and missed five in a row on the PGA Tour before a T-13 at the Honda against a weak field. 2021 Masters tee times, Thursday pairings 8 a.m. -- Michael Thompson, Hudson Swafford 8:12 a.m. -- Sandy Lyle, Matt Jones, Dylan Frittelli 8:24 a.m. -- Ian Nov 12 - 15, Those results are semi-concerning given his last two years (as is missing the Masters cut by six last fall), but were going to stay positive and focus on the encouraging stretch before that. That just underscores how anyone can get hot any week, because Herman has missed seven of 12 cuts this year and has exactly two top-10s since 2017both being victories. Hes missed just five cuts in his 35 starts at Augusta but two of those came in the past two Masters. He followed up that T-8 at the American Express in January with a T-10 at the Farmers Insurance Open and a T-8 at the Genesis Invitationalheld at his new home course of Rivierabefore badly missing back-to-back cuts at Bay Hill and the Players. The weather is warming, the azaleas are blooming and the dream of the Grand Slam is alive and well. Dont look too much into the recent so-so play. Jon Rahm shares Masters Champions Dinner details he's decided, 'Don't f--- this up': Jon Rahm details nerve-wracking green jacket ceremony prep, 'Look what happened': Greg Norman credits LIV contenders for Masters ratings spike, Tiger Woods undergoes another surgery, casting doubt over his 2023 status, Tour Confidential: RBC Heritage drama, slow play, Jon Rahm the analyst, Did Jim Nantz take a LIV Golf swipe at Masters? 82. Hes simply making too many mistakes, mostly off the teeDJ has lost shots to the field driving in two of his last four events, after not losing strokes driving in any of his prior 17 starts. Facebook; Twitter; Facebook Messenger; Pinterest; Email; print; The break is short -- the shortest ever, actually. on the weekend for his third PGA Tour title. Its a lethal combination, and one thats seen him live near the top of leader boards over the past month. Tony Finau posted five birdies over the last seven holes in the Mexico Open. The threesome pairings of Rounds 1 and 2 tee off in 12-minute intervals. 70. The Augusta Chronicle and Augusta.com are our trademarks. Always been a fantastic ball-striker but hes become more comfortable hitting it high, and hes averaging 4.9 SG/tee to green in his last 10 measured events. WebOfficial Masters Tournament Leaderboard Tee Times Field FedExCup Course Stats Past Results Overview THE TOUR About Careers TPC Network Contact Partnership Marketing Made huge leaps to start the year in Hawaii, where he finished second in back-to-back weeks, and hes second on tour in consecutive cuts made with 15. 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. GARY WOODLAND Age: 36 World Ranking: 53 Masters appearances: 8 Best Masters finish: T-24, 2011 Hes faded a bit since winning the 2019 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. Xs and Os wise, the issue has been his short irons/wedges. 83. 28. Went back to Australia to ride things out, and remained a few extra months even after the PGA Tour resumed. Just two top-10s in 15 major starts but he clearly plays Augusta well, and hes a semi-sleeper should he avoid the short-putting woes that have reared their head at inopportune times. 73. 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. Updated weekly with new Masters qualifiers and current rankings. A bit of a fall-season specialist, he started 2020-21 strong again but has no top-10s in his last 12 starts. 37. A reverse Brooks Koepka, so to speak. 52. 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. [ANDREW DAVIS TUCKER/THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE]. Ranks fifth on tour in SG/off the tee and 11th in SG/tee to green. ADAM SCOTT Age: 40 World Ranking: 32 Masters appearances: 19 Best Masters finish: Win, 2013 Crowning career moment came in 2013 when he sank a 15-footer in the pouring rain to become Australias first Masters winner. Ranks an impressive 30th in SG/overall and sits on the fringe of Ryder Cup contention. 43. This site and all its content are representative of The Augusta Chronicle's Masters Tournament coverage and information. And 1991 Masters Champion Woosnam, who had announced the 2019 Masters was his last, did an about face thisFebruary when he received his invitation. Has a solid record at Augusta with three top-10s and 14 made cuts in 15 starts, and he was in semi-contention in 2019 before joining the misery in Raes Creek on Sunday. The 2022 Masters ticket application windowbegins June 1. 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. 75. Jon Rahm's wife is expecting their first child, and Rahmtold the Golf Channel's Rex Hoggard that anyone betting on him should have second thoughts as he will leave any tournament he is at for the birth. That ended a much publicized winless streak dating back to the 2017 Open Championship. Following a brief hiatus in 2020, the Masters has come home to April in 2021, returning with blooming azaleas, dogwoods and magnolias and some pretty good golf. Mandatory masks. Entering this year's Masters Tournament in April, 84 players have currently qualified for Augusta National. 59. Got a taste of Sunday-at-a-major pressure when he contended at last years PGA. Picked up his first PGA Tour win since the 17 Masters last fall, when he stuck an 8-iron on the 72nd hole to within three feet then brushed it in with his eyes closed. The noise obscures a late-career resurgence with Na collecting four wins since July 2018 after closing out the Sony Open in January. The list of invites is 90, but not all are expected to play. Hes shown a taste for the big moment, and we selfishly wouldnt hate the image of his gnarly mullet cascading down the collar of a green jacket. 56. Missed the cut at the Players, which will see his odds drop a little bit, but wed caution against reading into it too much. 19. Here are some of the ones that stand out from the rest of the field. 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. Been a different story in Europe, to be fair, as he started the year going T-10/T-7/T-17 in the Middle East. Still chasing win No. 54. Concession obsession:Golf fans flock to famous foods at The Masters Tournament. Unfortunately, his game and his body are not where hed like itranks outside the top 100 in SG/off the tee, SG/approach and SG/overall. Certainly not impossible, but hed need to put everything together in a way he hasnt for more than a year. Dustin Johnson will host his first-ever champions dinner, last years November Masters making him the shortest-tenured green jacket-holder in more than eight decades. No Par 3 Contest. A player firmly on the rise. Below youll find everything you need to know about the 2021 Masters field, from competitors to amateurs, and everything in between. That came amid a nine-event stretch where he won three times, finished second three times, third once and was never worse than T-11. BILLY HORSCHEL Age: 34 World Ranking: 17 Masters appearances: 6 Best Masters finish: T-17, 2016 For as long as hes hung inside the top 50 in the world, his record in the majors is quite poor: just one top-15 finish in 28 career starts. 2021 Masters field: Heres who is playing at Augusta National, Hannah Green survives 3-way playoff for emotional victory at JM Eagle LA Championship, Tour Confidential: Tony Finaus rise, Justin Thomas career, summer trips, In defeat, Jon Rahm says 1 sentence that may inspire YOU to work on Monday, 2023 Mexico Open at Vidanta: How to watch, TV schedule, streaming, tee times, Meet the new GOLF Top 100 Teachers of America, How the arrow on Tony Finaus Ping putter can benefit YOUR game | Winners bag. Hardly misses a cutthough he did just that in his last stroke-play start (Players). He tied for third in 2021 and led the field in strokes gained: tee-to-green. In related news, his six starts in majors have yielded five MC Hammers and a T-58. 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 course really does suit his game; hes not the straightest nor longest hitter, but Augusta isnt so demanding off the tee. Ranks inside the top 50 in all strokes-gained categories and sixth in SG/overall, and the eye test backs it uphe makes the game look rather simple when hes at his steely eyed best. And something has clicked with his putting, as hes picked up at least 2.5 shots on the field in each of his last three starts. The sports world turns towards Augusta, Georgia this weekend. DeChambeau enters Augusta National with just one victory since his U.S. Open triumph at Winged Foot, but a bevy of top-10 finishes. MATT JONES Age: 40 World Ranking: 55 Masters appearances: 1 Best Masters finish: CUT, 2014 Arizona State graduate out of Australia opened with a hugely impressive 61 at the Honda and wound up winning easily. 23 on the strength of his three European Tour wins in 2018. CAMERON CHAMP Age: 25 World Ranking: 86 Masters appearances: 1 Best Masters finish: T-19, 2020 Already has two PGA Tour victories but you get the sense hes underachieving given his extraordinary physical gifts. 22. 17. 33. 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. 67. Wouldnt bet against him finishing inside the top 10 when the dust settles. Then he struck it great at the Honda but putted poorly, and thats kind of been the story over the past year: one part of the game is firing, the other isnt. Hes been a tremendous putter throughout his career, so smart money says thats an aberration rather than anything seriously concerning. Got back inside the top 30 in 2019 but has hit a semi-lull since. Still can contend on his style of golf course, but Augusta is a big ask these days with his last five Masters starts resulting in MC/MC/T-36/T-58/T-51. Its a lot of golf course for a 61-year-oldeven one as cool as Freddy. Missed three straight cuts before a T-19 at Honda. 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. 11. A deep sleeper whose odds will be reasonable given his relative anonymity among the general sporting public. That ball-striking is the main reason hes made the cut in 27 of 32 career major starts, but an uncooperative putterhe ranks 170th in SG/putting this year and has never finished inside the top 75 in that stat on tourcontinues to hold him back. After struggling for years post-anchoring ban, he remade himself with the armbar method into one of the games best putters. But hes moving the wrong way, quickly, with six missed cuts in his last seven starts and some brutally poor ball-striking statisticsparticularly depressing because hes buttered his bread with his tee-to-green play for two decades. 15. 71. TYLER STRAFACI (a) Age: 22 World Ranking: N/A Masters appearances: First Another in the long line of Georgia Tech stars competing as amateurs at Augusta. Comes in on a run of fine if unspectacular form, with five straight made cuts and a T-6 at the WGC-Workday. XANDER SCHAUFFELE Age: 27 World Ranking: 6 Masters appearances: 3 Best Masters finish: T-2, 2019 The word slump is relative in nature, so forgive the tough critique here. 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. Parlayed that into a victory, the third of his career but first in seven years. 74. 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. 57. pixel photo, US Open Champions 2016 2020 (Honorary, non-competing after five years), British Open Champions 2016 2020 (Honorary, non-competing after five years), PGA Champions 2016 2020 (Honorary, non-competing after five years), Winners of The Players Championship 2018 2021 (Three years), 2020 US Amateur Champion (7-A) (Honorary, non-competing after one year) and the runner-up (7-B) to the 2020 US Amateur Champion, 2020 British Amateur Champion (Honorary, non-competing after one year), The first 12 players, including ties, in the 2020 Masters Tournament, The first 4 players, including ties, in the 2020 US Open Championship, The first 4 players, including ties, in the 2020 British Open Championship, The first 4 players, including ties, in the 2020 PGA Championship, Individual winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, from the originally scheduled 2020 Masters (April 9, 2020) to the 2021 Masters, Those qualifying for the 2020 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.