2022 Masters Tournament

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2022 Masters Tournament
2022 Masters Journal (golf).png
Front cover of the 2022 Masters Journal
Tournament information
DatesApril 7–10, 2022
LocationAugusta, Georgia, U.S.
33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020Coordinates: 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
Course(s)Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)
Statistics
Par72
Length7,510 yards (6,870 m)
Field91 players
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The 2022 Masters Tournament will be the 86th edition of the Masters Tournament and the first of the men's four major golf championships held in 2022. It is scheduled to be played from April 7–10, 2022 at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

The 2021 tournament was won by Hideki Matsuyama.[1]

Course[]

Main article: Augusta National Golf Club

Holes 11 and 15 have been lengthened by 15 yards and 20 yards, respectively, from the 2021 Masters Tournament.[2]

Hole Name Yards Par Hole Name Yards Par
1 Tea Olive 445 4 10 Camellia 495 4
2 Pink Dogwood 575 5 11 White Dogwood 520 4
3 Flowering Peach 350 4 12 Golden Bell 155 3
4 Flowering Crab Apple 240 3 13 Azalea 510 5
5 Magnolia 495 4 14 Chinese Fir 440 4
6 Juniper 180 3 15 Firethorn 550 5
7 Pampas 450 4 16 Redbud 170 3
8 Yellow Jasmine 570 5 17 Nandina 440 4
9 Carolina Cherry 460 4 18 Holly 465 4
Out 3,765 36 In 3,745 36
Source:[3][2] Total 7,510 72

Field[]

Participation in the Masters Tournament is by invitation only,[4] and the tournament has the smallest field of the major championships.[5] There are a number of criteria by which invites were awarded, including all past winners, recent major champions, leading finishers in the previous years' majors, leading players on the PGA Tour in the previous season, winners of full-point tournaments on the PGA Tour during the previous 12 months, leading players in the Official World Golf Ranking and some leading amateurs.[6]

Criteria[]

This list details the qualification criteria for the 2022 Masters Tournament and the players who qualified under them; any additional criteria under which players qualified is indicated in parentheses.[6]

1. All past winners of the Masters Tournament

  • Fred Couples
  • Sergio García (17,18,19)
  • Dustin Johnson (17,18,19)
  • Zach Johnson
  • Bernhard Langer
  • Sandy Lyle
  • Hideki Matsuyama (12,16,17,18,19)
  • Larry Mize
  • José María Olazábal
  • Patrick Reed (12,17,18,19)
  • Charl Schwartzel
  • Adam Scott (18,19)
  • Vijay Singh
  • Jordan Spieth (3,12,14,17,18,19)
  • Bubba Watson
  • Mike Weir
  • Danny Willett
  • Tiger Woods
  • Past winners not playing: Tommy Aaron, Jack Burke Jr., Ángel Cabrera, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Trevor Immelman, Phil Mickelson (4,15,16,18,19), Jack Nicklaus, Mark O'Meara, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller[7]

2. Recent winners of the U.S. Open (2017–2021)

3. Recent winners of The Open Championship (2017–2021)

  • Shane Lowry (15,18,19)
  • Francesco Molinari
  • Collin Morikawa (4,13,14,16,17,18,19)

4. Recent winners of the PGA Championship (2017–2021)

  • Justin Thomas (5,12,17,18,19)

5. Recent winners of The Players Championship (2020–2022)

6. The winner of the gold medal at the Olympic Games

  • Xander Schauffele (12,17,18,19)

7. The winner and runner-up in the 2021 U.S. Amateur Championship

8. The winner of the 2021 Amateur Championship

  • (a)

9. The winner of the 2021 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship

  • (a)

10. The winner of the 2022 Latin America Amateur Championship

  • (a)

11. The winner of the 2021 U.S. Mid-Amateur Golf Championship

12. The leading 12 players, and those tying for 12th place, from the 2021 Masters Tournament

  • Stewart Cink (16,17)
  • Corey Conners (17,18,19)
  • Tony Finau (16,17,18,19)
  • Brian Harman
  • Kim Si-woo
  • Marc Leishman (18,19)
  • Robert MacIntyre
  • Kevin Na (17,18,19)
  • Justin Rose (18)
  • Webb Simpson (18,19)
  • Will Zalatoris (18,19)

13. The leading four players, and those tying for fourth place, in the 2021 U.S. Open

14. The leading four players, and those tying for fourth place, in the 2021 Open Championship

15. The leading four players, and those tying for fourth place, in the 2021 PGA Championship

16. Winners of PGA Tour events[a] between the 2021 Masters Tournament and the 2022 Masters Tournament

  • Abraham Ancer (17,18,19)
  • Sam Burns (17,18,19)
  • Patrick Cantlay (17,18,19)
  • Cameron Champ
  • Cameron Davis
  • Lucas Glover
  • Talor Gooch (18,19)
  • Lucas Herbert (18,19)
  • Garrick Higgo
  • Tom Hoge (19)
  • Max Homa (18,19)
  • Viktor Hovland (17,18,19)
  • Im Sung-jae (17,18,19)
  • Kevin Kisner (18,19)
  • Jason Kokrak (17,18,19)
  • Lee Kyoung-hoon
  • Luke List
  • Rory McIlroy (17,18,19)
  • Joaquín Niemann (17,18,19)
  • Scottie Scheffler (17,18,19)
  • Sepp Straka
  • Hudson Swafford

17. All players who qualified for the 2021 Tour Championship

18. The leading 50 players on the Official World Golf Ranking as of December 31, 2021

  • Christiaan Bezuidenhout
  • Matt Fitzpatrick (19)
  • Tommy Fleetwood (19)
  • Tyrrell Hatton (19)
  • Mackenzie Hughes
  • Takumi Kanaya (19)
  • Min Woo Lee
  • Ryan Palmer
  • Lee Westwood
  • Matthew Wolff (19)

19. The leading 50 players on the Official World Golf Ranking as of March 28, 2022

20. Invited international players

  • None

Notes[]

  1. ^ Events must carry full-point allocation towards the FedEx Cup.

References[]

  1. ^ Pennington, Bill (April 11, 2021). "Hideki Matsuyama Wins the Masters With a Groundbreaking Performance". The New York Times. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Hall, Mike (February 16, 2022). "Augusta National Reveals Course Changes For 2022 Masters". Golf Monthly.
  3. ^ "The Course". Masters.com. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  4. ^ "2021 Masters: Frequently Asked Questions". www.augusta.com. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  5. ^ Attari, Sanaya (April 8, 2021). "Tune into the 2021 Masters golf tournament". CityScene Magazine. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  6. ^ a b "2022 Masters Tournament invitees". Masters Tournament. March 15, 2021. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  7. ^ "2022 Players". Masters.com. Retrieved March 28, 2021.

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