Came back down to earth since that island fever dream with no top-25s in his last nine starts. 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. 1 repeats as champion, in which case hed bring back his jacket with him for the customary length of 12 months. 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. He didnt post another top-10 finish for 13 months. Ranks outside the top 100 in the six key strokes-gained categories for the season but remains relentlessly optimistic and insists he and his coach, Chris OConnell, have turned a corner. Who is in the 2021 Masters field? We mean that as a compliment, of course. 49. 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. A quick primer to catch you up and get you ready: Dustin Johnson is in, the defending champion. The 2022 Masters ticket application windowbegins June 1. He explains the call, Jim Nantz denies Phil Mickelson Masters TV coverage 'shadowban', 18 things you probably missed in this mesmerizing Masters Sunday photo, Relive Jon Rahm's Masters moment with this epic, 1.8 billion (!) 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. 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. 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. There is not alternate list for the Masters, as the tournament is an invitational. 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. 1. Dustin Johnson The Augusta Chronicle and Augusta.com are our trademarks. Or, put differently, hes the most consistent presence on the first page of leader boards. He opened with 65 to share the lead and posted 67 on Saturday to get into the penultimate group on Sunday, so it's not like it was a backdoor top-10, either. The Georgia alum finished T-3 at the Players then T-5 at the WGC-Match Play to jump from 92th to 49th in the World Ranking, getting one of the last spots in the Masters field by being in the top 50 by the cutoff date. Updated weekly with new Masters qualifiers and current rankings. The Aussie will want the course as firm as possible to help negate some of his distance issues and place an even steeper premium on spin control. These categories might help you choose. That was then, however, and this is now: Hes missed the cut in each of his last five and is a combined 48 over par in those 10 rounds. Has played in just three stroke-play events in the U.S. in 2021 and made the weekend in all, highlighted by a solo seventh at Bay Hill. Still plays a full schedule on the PGA Tour Champions but has just one top-10 finish in 16 starts on that circuit since 2020. Wouldnt bet against him finishing inside the top 10 when the dust settles. draftkings.com, Yes, LIV golfers can play in the 2023 Masters. The sports world turns towards Augusta, Georgia this weekend. Join InsideGOLF for only $20 - includes instant $20 Fairway Jockey credit! What gives? 61. Its incredible, really, given he has 37 top-10s and 20 top-fives on the tour since the lone 2016 Puerto Rico Open win. Had missed the cut in three of four starts before withdrawing from the Honda Classic after a positive COVID-19 test. Has since started working with Chris Como to develop a swing that doesnt ravage his back. LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN Age: 38 World Ranking: 28 Masters appearances: 12 Best Masters finish: 2, 2012 It might not be fair, but his career thus far will be remembered for what it wasnt as much as what it was. 2021 Masters odds: Picks, field, TV schedule, tee times for Augusta National 2021 Masters pool picks: Brian Harman, Jordan Spieth and a tier-by-tier breakdown of the No judgments hereif we had a lifetime exemption to play the Masters, wed have a hard time quitting, too. 74. 86. Itd be a shame if he finished his career without a major, so perhaps the golf gods owe him one for all the near-missesthe long-ago ones and the recent ones. The first 12 players, including ties, in previous year's Masters Tournament, The first 4 players, including ties, in previous year's U.S. Open, The first 4 players, including ties, in previous year's Open Championship, The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year's PGA Championship. Todos los derechos reservados. He manages the Hot Mic, GOLFs media vertical, and utilizes his on-camera experience across the brands platforms. 72. 32. 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. Playing on a major medical extension, hes missed six cuts in 13 starts this year and three of his last five. Comes in off back-to-back missed cuts at Bay Hill and the Players. The Masters Committee, at its discretion, can also invite players not otherwise qualified. Hes missed just five cuts in his 35 starts at Augusta but two of those came in the past two Masters. With 14 wins, a major and a Players, hes already a Hall of Famer before turning 28, and his hibachi-hot weekend at TPC Sawgrass was a reminder of the top-level gear that he, and very few others, have. 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. 66. 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. Still finished fifth that week and T-10 the year before in his Masters debut. Does have top-20s in five of his last six starts at Augusta, so hes always a good top-10 or top-20 bet, but doesnt strike you as the guy to hole the necessary putts down the stretch to win. 45. Since then, hes risen to Presidents Cup-level player. Hardly misses a cutthough he did just that in his last stroke-play start (Players). 23. That certainly bodes well heading into some of the trickiest greens these guys see all year. ABRAHAM ANCER Age: 30 World Ranking: 31 Masters appearances: 1 Best Masters finish: T-13, 2020 We try to resist the small-dog/big-fight motif, but sometimes it fits just right. All eyes are on the knee. Scotland's Robert MacIntyre and Americans Will Zalatoris and Brian Harman moved into the top 50 to secure an invitation. 53. Opted against playing the Match Play or Valero, so hell come in with a few weeks of rest. MATT KUCHAR Age: 42 World Ranking: 42 Masters appearances: 14 Best Masters finish: T-3, 2012 Doesnt get the same press as Spieth, Fowler or McIlroy, but Kuch had been struggling for more than a year until a much-needed third-place showing at WGC-Match Play. 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. Seriouslycoming into the Texas Open, hed lost strokes to the field on the greens in 13 of his last 14 events. 13. Feels like its only a matter of time until he gets his major tally started, but you just wish his form was a bit better coming in. SUNGJAE IM Age: 22 World Ranking: 19 Masters appearances: 1 Best Masters finish: T-2, 2020 Won the non-DJ division at last years Masters, where he shot 15 under and tied for second. 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. Posted top-25s in the PGA Championship and the U.S. Open last year but missed the cut at Augusta, which forces him to hit a bunch of long irons, hybrids and fairway woods. 22. As such, he has just two top-10s to go with 16 missed cuts in 38 career major starts. Missed the cut in all three majors last year and has just one top-10 in his 15 starts at Augusta. SEBASTIAN MUNOZ Age: 28 World Ranking: 63 Masters appearances: 1 Best Masters finish: T-19, 2020 Won his first and only PGA Tour event in the fall of 2019, then played nicely in the FedEx Cup playoffs to get to the Tour Championship, which is how hes qualified for the majors. 34. The Masters Field for 2023 listed by Official World Golf Ranking. The noise obscures a late-career resurgence with Na collecting four wins since July 2018 after closing out the Sony Open in January. Hell offer good value at his odds/pricing. 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 PATRICK REED Age: 30 World Ranking: 7 Masters appearances: 7 Best Masters finish: Win, 2018 Controversies asideand they are very much pluralhes a major champion with nine PGA Tour victories at age 30. Ranks fifth on tour in SG/off the tee and 11th in SG/tee to green. Having a nice season as he followed up the victory with a T-8 in Mexico, played in the final threesome at the Farmers (it didnt go so well) and took T-4 at the Waste Management. His putting has been his weakness throughout his still young career, but he fares best on bentgrass greens and picked up at least three shots on the greens in each of his last two starts. 41. DYLAN FRITTELLI Age: 30 World Ranking: 68 Masters appearances: 2 Best Masters finish: T-5, 2020 Texas grad has missed the cut in seven of his 13 stroke-play starts this year and ranks 148th in strokes gained/overall, which makes his T-5 at last years Masters a bit of a head-scratcher. No, seriously. Actually held the solo lead for a hot-second during that crazy 2019 final round and opened 70-66 to put himself in position again last fall before a one-over weekend left him T-17. Even if he does play, who knows what kind of pain hell be in. Posted two top-10s in his first five starts of this campaign but does not have one in a stroke-play event in the new year, and he ranks outside the top 100 in every strokes-gained category except putting, his strength (12th a year after ranking eighth). Web1 RAHM -12 Thru F T2 MICKELSON -8 Thru F T2 KOEPKA -8 Thru F T4 SPIETH -7 Thru F T4 REED -7 Thru F T4 HENLEY -7 Thru F T7 YOUNG -6 Thru F T7 HOVLAND -6 Thru F 9 Still chasing win No. Five years! KEVIN KISNER Age: 37 World Ranking: 36 Masters appearances: 5 Best Masters finish: T-21, 2019 Georgia Bulldog grew up and resides just across the South Carolina border in Aiken, so this is a home game. 12. Facebook; Twitter; Facebook Messenger; Pinterest; Email; print; The break is short -- the shortest ever, actually. 48 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking and was recently named to the Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup team. Talk about a big-game hunter. Here are some of the ones that stand out from the rest of the field. Oddsmakers like Johnson to defend his title and become the fourth player to win back-to-backMasters. 57. Those qualifying for the previous year's season-ending Tour Championship. on the weekend for his third PGA Tour title. 24. After a year-plus of his left knee giving him issues, Koepka recently dislocated his right knee cap and suffered ligament damage during a fall. Still, Perez is in good shape to get his card for next season through non-member points. If youre betting on him, youre essentially subscribing to the belief that current form (see that World Ranking) and season-long statistics matter little at a course as particular as Augusta. HENRIK STENSON Age: 44 World Ranking: 117 Masters appearances: 15 Best Masters finish: T-5, 2018 We wish we had better news here, because hes really a lovely guy. 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. Birdies havent been the issue; he made 14 and two eagles at The Concession and 17 birdies and an eagle at TPC Sawgrass. Koepka was at Augusta National on Sunday, practicing and playing a few holes and says he intends to play this week. The biggest golf event of the year is here as the PGA Tour returns to Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, for the Masters Tournament.Below, we look at the fantasy golf power rankings and odds for the 2021 Masters, with PGA Tour picks and predictions.. The threesome pairings of Rounds 1 and 2 tee off in 12-minute intervals. Four past Masters champions skipped the November Masters: Angel Cabrera, Sergio Garcia, Trevor Immelman and Ian Woosnam. Still, he made more than $2.3 million during that stretch, more than half of which came with a dream win at Riviera, an event he grew up attending as a kid. Swings the club beautifully but ranks outside the top 200 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. 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. One of the fastest players on tour; will pick his club, choose his target and hit in the time it takes some of his peers to find the nearest sprinkler head. She had the baby early Sunday morning so he should be good to go. 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. 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. Has made the cut in his first three major appearances, highlighted by a dream debut T-6 at the Open Championship in 2019. Harman, who increases the number of former University of Georgia golfers in the field to six,last played the Masters in 2018, when he finished 44th. Safety protocols are in place for the patrons and workers who will be inside the gates at Augusta National. Take that, kids! Getting harder and harder to ignore his relatively poor record in the majors, though, as he has just one top-10 in 22 career starts (T-7 at the 2016 Masters). Anything past that, though, is getting greedy. It reached a breaking point at the Players, where he opened with 79 and was then seen grinding on the range with instructor Pete Cowena notable development given McIlroys longtime work with his childhood coach, Michael Bannon. He said in January that hed been playing with pain for the six months prior and needed four cortisone shots to finish the year, which sounds awful. Hes going to win another major (or two), and it could certainly happen this week. Yet to make the weekend in four career major starts. IAN POULTER Age: 45 World Ranking: 64 Masters appearances: 15 Best Masters finish: T-6, 2015 Hes been sliding down the World Ranking and is closer to age 50 than 40, so youd think his days as a world-class player are numbered, but his countryman Lee Westwood has re-set the age clock and Poults showed plenty of fire in waxing Rory McIlroy on the first day of the WGC-Match Play. His ball-striking hasnt quite been up to that standard, which helps explain recent so-so results, but given how well he swings it things cant possibly be far off. 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. PAN Age: 29 World Ranking: 155 Masters appearances: 1 Best Masters finish: T-7, 2020 Former World No. That sentence you read tells you quite a bit about the current state of Leftys gamehe has just one finish better than T-24 in his last 20 starts on the PGA and European tours, and his World Ranking is so depressingly low that I choose not to look at it, thus forcing my editor to fill in the spot above. Thats the caliber of player he is: second-place finishes dont move the needle. ROBERT STREB Age: 33 World Ranking: 110 Masters appearances: 2 Best Masters finish: CUT, 2015, 2016 Won seemingly the week after last Novembers Masters at the RSM Classic, which ensured him a return to Augusta for the first time in five years. Tony Finau kick-started what had been a disappointing 2022 with a runner-up finish in the Mexico Open at Vidanta. You dont win the Players and two other PGA Tour events before your 26th birthday, and look as good swinging it as he does, without ample talent. 39. Unless of course the World No. 2021 Masters Tournament field Returned at the WGC-Match Play but struggled with a pretty violent two-way miss. The most recent win came in January at the Farmers Insurance Open, where he put forth a disgustingly good short-game display to win by five. Was a relief, then, to see him put a solid week together at Valero, where he finished T-6. MORE: 50 defining Masters moments, ranked. James Colgan is a news and features editor at GOLF, writing stories for the website and magazine. It has to. 67. JORDAN SPIETH Age: 27 World Ranking: 38 Masters appearances: 7 Best Masters finish: Win, 2015 For the first time in three years, Spieths insistence that hes feeling confident ahead of the Masters does not ring hollow. Bubba doesnt qualify therehis last top 10 in a stroke-play event came last Octoberand hell need to improve on his approach play, which has cost him shots in four of his last five starts, to have a chance. 60. But he comes in off back-to-back top-10s and his iron play remains elite. The weather is warming, the azaleas are blooming and the dream of the Grand Slam is alive and well. 20. 1. 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. 2023 Printable Masters Field Updated as of: Apr 3, 2023 Jon Rahm Scottie Scheffler Rory McIlroy Patrick Cantlay Xander Schauffele Matt Fitzpatrick Max Homa TYRRELL HATTON Age: 29 World Ranking: 8 Masters appearances: 4 Best Masters finish: T-44, 2018 Fiery Brit has three big wins over the last 13 months to get into the World top-10. Leaves no stone unturned in his quest to maximize his performancehes added considerable muscle and distance in the last 18 months and theres perhaps no one more fastidious in their stat collection than the one-time, short-time Northwestern student. 10. 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. 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. Count on it. Made certain of that with torrid stretch of play starring at The American Express straight through the Players. Thats mostly due to an ice cold putter; he ranks 142nd on tour in strokes gained/putting this season. 82. This year is more the latter, simply because Rory is not in very good form at the moment. 43. BRENDON TODD Age: 35 World Ranking: 56 Masters appearances: 2 Best Masters finish: CUT, 2015, 2020 Another former Georgia Bulldog, he sunk about as low as a professional golfer can get, dropping outside the top 2,000 in the World Ranking as he dealt with the full-swing yips before a full teardown and re-make with Bradley Hughes. Would he drive the third green? Augusta's own Larry Mize, 1987 champion, is the longest shot in the field at 3,000 to 1 to win his second green jacket. No, no, and nohe squeaked by the cut on the number and was never a factor in finishing T-34. Parlayed that into a victory, the third of his career but first in seven years. Best finish in 10 career major starts is a T-43 at the 2016 Open Championship. There have been some positives latelyhe finished tied for second in SG/tee to green at the Players but last among those to make the cut in putting, which explains the T-35. 2021 Masters TV schedule (ET) TV coverage for the 2021 Masters will be split between ESPN and CBS. Thats how he putts these days. 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. It was his first win on the PGA Tour in seven years and got him to the Masters for just the second time and first since 2014. LANTO GRIFFIN Age: 32 World Ranking: 57 Masters appearances: 1 Best Masters finish: CUT, 2020 Only recently has he become a regular in golfs biggest events after spending the better part of a decade toiling on the mini-tours. Curiously missed the cut at TPC Sawgrass, which will take some of the shine off, but few have played better over the past six months. Has got his game back since then and played some really consistent golf toward the latter half of 2020, including a T-19 at the PGA Championship and a solo fourth at the U.S. Open. The data is revealing. He leads the tour in SG/approach over the last 50 rounds and looked in complete control of his ball at the Players. Plenty of players believe that axiom as well, though in recent years, the winners have been guys who came in playing great. He has not missed a cut in his 13 starts since but has just one top-10, and as a result hes slipped considerably in the World Ranking. Made it well worth the wait, though, with a T-7 finish to guarantee a return trip in April. 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. This course does suit him; if he drives it wellwhich he tends to do (he leads the tour in SG/off the tee), the course really is a par 67 for him. 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 Tiger Woods is out, recovering from his car crash. And his record at Augusta is quite poor: in eight starts, he has four missed cuts, a withdrawal and zero top-20s. Smith continued the strong play into this year, with a solo fourth at the Genesis and back-to-back top-20s at the WGC-Workday and Players. 18. He since lost some weight, and hes been fantastic of late, winning at Bay Hill and finishing T-3 at the Players. 54. WebMasters 2023 Winner 1. Plus, he hung near the lead at last years PGA Championship, so its not crazy to think he could find a hot putter somewhere (he gained 1.9 strokes putting that week at Harding Park) and contend again. Rest, shmest. 58. The list of invites is 90, but not all are expected to play. 88. A deep sleeper whose odds will be reasonable given his relative anonymity among the general sporting public. CHARLES OSBORNE (a) Age: 20 World Ranking: N/A Masters appearances: First Known as Ollie, hes a junior at SMU and finished runner-up to Tyler Strafaci in the 2020 U.S. 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. Went T-28/T-29/T-25 in his three starts in Florida and that seems to be his floor these days. The injury kept him out of the Players and required surgery, which he had March 16. In fact, he leads the tour in that statistic over his past 24 rounds. The first round of the 2022 Masters Tournament will begin on Thursday, April 7 and it will conclude Sunday, April 10. Has top-10s in each of his last five Masters starts, and Augusta is generous enough off the tee to allow him to get away with some level of looseness. 85. How much you want to extrapolate from that result going forward is a matter of debate, especially given the ragged play in the final match. Those finishes were a surprise but not a total shock, as hes made 19 of his last 20 cuts and ranks 32nd in SG/overall. 25. If theres one area thats been loose recently its his drivinghes lost an average of half a shot to the field off the tee in his last five startsbut Augusta is wide enough to where the odd wayward tee ball wont kill him. A reverse Brooks Koepka, so to speak. Bryson DeChambeau figures to be hot on Dustin Johnsons trail with the big-swinging American seeking vengeance after a disappointing performance in the fall. The Masters Field for 2023 listed by Official World Golf Ranking. Masters Field as of {{data[0]['asof'] | date }} from masters.com 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. ** {{data.length}} players have qualified for the 2023 Masters. Might be the best iron player in the world and has picked up strokes on his approach play in 14 of his last 15 starts, but whether he contends seemingly always comes down to his puttinghe recently switched to the saw grip and putted nicely at the Concession with it, but he lost an average of 4.85 shots putting in his other two starts with the new technique. Hes been a tremendous putter throughout his career, so smart money says thats an aberration rather than anything seriously concerning. This weekend is all about learning for me. Wound up playing last two days in three under to finish T-25, his best showing in five starts at Augusta. Masters Picks:Who should you pick to win the Masters? Still, he took heaps of positives and a firmer, faster Augusta this April should play more to his likinghe ranks 159th in driving distance but second in driving accuracy, so hes always going to be a fan of fairways that roll out. Amen Corner during the Friday round of the Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club, Friday, April 6, 2018, in Augusta, Georgia. 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. 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.
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