38 players have already qualified for the 2027 Masters Tournament

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While annual invitations to the Masters Tournament don't officially go out until early in the year, it's always nice to know you'll find something great in the mailbox with an Augusta postmark.

Here's a breakdown of all the ways to qualify for an invitation to the Augusta National, and who's already guaranteed a spot at the 2027 Masters Tournament.

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There are a host of ways to qualify for an invitation every April, and one of them is to finish in a high position in the Masters the previous year.

This list will, obviously, grow as the year goes on, with PGA Tour event winners and Offical World Golf Ranking points determining the biggest groups on the list.

1. Masters Tournament champions (Lifetime)​

Angel Cabrera

Fred Couples

Sergio Garcia

Dustin Johnson

Zach Johnson

Hideki Matsuyama

Rory McIlroy

Phil Mickelson

Jose Maria Olazabal

Jon Rahm

Patrick Reed

Scottie Scheffler

Charl Schwartzel

Adam Scott

Vijay Singh

Jordan Spieth

Bubba Watson

Mike Weir

Danny Willett

Tiger Woods

These living past champions no longer participate in the tournament: Tommy Aaron, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Trevor Immelman, Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize, Jack Nicklaus, Mark O'Meara, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Ian Woosnam.

2. U.S. Open champions (Five years)​

Matthew Fitzpatrick (2022)

Wyndham Clark (2023)

Bryson DeChambeau (2024)

J.J. Spaun (2025)

3. The Open champions (Five years)​

Cameron Smith (2022)

Brian Harman (2023)

Xander Schauffele (2024)

4. PGA champions (Five years)​

Brooks Koepka (2023)

Justin Thomas (2022)

5. Winners of the Players Championship (Three years)​

Cameron Young (2026)

13. The first 12 players, including ties, in the previous year's Masters Tournament​

Patrick Cantlay

Jason Day

Sam Burns

Tyrrell Hatton

Russell Henley

Max Homa

Jake Knapp

Justin Rose

Other Masters Tournament qualifications​

6. Current Olympic Gold Medalist (One Year, and only in year after Olympics)

7. Current U.S. Amateur Champion (7-A) and Runner-up (7-B) to the current U.S. Amateur Champion

8. Current The Amateur Champion

9. Current Asia-Pacific Amateur Champion

10. Current Latin America Amateur Champion

11. Current U.S. Mid-Amateur Champion

12. Current NCAA Division I Men's Individual Champion

14. The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year's U.S. Open

15. The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year's The Open Championship

16. The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year's PGA Championship

17. Individual winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation applied to the season-ending Tour Championship

18. Those qualifying and eligible for the previous year's season-ending Tour Championship

19. Current Scottish Open Champion

20. Current Spanish Open Champion

21. Current Japan Open Champion

22. Current Hong Kong Open Champion

23. Current Australian Open Champion

24. Current South African Open Champion

25. The 50 leaders on the final Official World Golf Ranking for the previous calendar year

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

This article originally appeared on Augusta Chronicle: 2027 Masters Tournament list of players already qualified

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