There will be some changes to the qualifications for the 2024 Masters Tournament.
During Chairman Fred Ridley’s press conference on Wednesday, April 5, he noted that Vanderbilt University sophomore Gordon Sargent, the current NCAA Division I Men’s individual champion is competing this week with a special invitation.
In 2024, the current Division I champion will be listed as a qualification category to receive an invitation to the Masters. The NCAA Division I Women’s individual champions will receive an invitation to compete in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur.
“These additions to our qualifications are in recognition of the impressive quality of today’s collegiate game, and in continued respect to Bobby Jones who believed in the importance of the best amateurs in the world competing at Augusta National,” Ridley said.
There will be two other changes to the qualifications for 2024 that are based on recent changes to the PGA Tour, Ridley said. The Masters Committee can at its discretion invite international players that have not otherwise qualified.
The 2024 qualifications will include:
- Masters Tournament Champions (lifetime)
- U.S. Open Champions (honorary, non-competing after five years)
- The Open Champions (honorary, non-competing after five years)
- PGA Champions (gonorary, non-competing after five years)
- Winners of The Players Championship (three years)
- Current Olympic Gold Medalist (one year)
- Current U.S. Amateur Champion (7-A) (gonorary, non-competing after one year) and the runner-up (7-B) to the current U.S. Amateur Champion
- Current Amateur Champion (honorary, non-competing after one year)
- Current Asia-Pacific Amateur Champion (one year)
- Current Latin America Amateur Champion (one year)
- Current U.S. Mid-Amateur Champion (One year)
- Current NCAA Division I Men’s Individual Champion (One year)
- The first 12 players, including ties, in the previous year’s Masters Tournament
- The first four players, including ties, in the previous year’s U.S. Open
- The first four players, including ties, in the previous year’s Open Championship
- The first four players, including ties, in the previous year’s PGA Championship
- Individual winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation, from previous Masters to current Masters
- Those qualifying and eligible 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
“We really want to make sure that the Masters Tournament field is representative of the best players in the world, so we are constantly looking at those possibilities,” Ridley said.
