AUGUSTA, Ga. – The 97 players who have qualified and are expected to compete in the 76th Masters, to be played April 5-8 at Augusta National Golf Club. Players listed in only one category for which they are eligible. The winner of the Houston Open, if not already eligible, also will be invited:
MASTERS CHAMPIONS: Charl Schwartzel, Phil Mickelson, Angel Cabrera, Trevor Immelman, Zach Johnson, Tiger Woods, Mike Weir, Vijay Singh, Jose Maria Olazabal, Mark O'Meara, Ben Crenshaw, Bernhard Langer, Ben Crenshaw, Fred Couples, Ian Woosnam, Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson.
U.S. OPEN CHAMPIONS (five years): Rory McIlroy, Graeme McDowell, Lucas Glover.
BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONS (five years): Darren Clarke, Louis Oosthuizen, Stewart Cink, Padraig Harrington.
PGA CHAMPIONS (five years): Keegan Bradley, Martin Kaymer, Y.E. Yang.
PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIPS CHAMPIONS (three years): K.J. Choi, Tim Clark, Henrik Stenson.
U.S. AMATEUR CHAMPION AND RUNNER-UP: a-Kelly Kraft, a-Patrick Cantlay.
BRITISH AMATEUR CHAMPION: a-Bryce McPherson.
U.S. AMATEUR PUBLIC LINKS CHAMPION: a-Corbin Mills.
U.S. MID-AMATEUR CHAMPION: a-Randal Lewis.
ASIAN AMATEUR CHAMPION: a-Hideki Matsuyama.
TOP 16 AND TIES-2011 MASTERS: Jason Day, Adam Scott, Geoff Ogilvy, Luke Donald, Bo Van Pelt, Ryan Palmer, Justin Rose, Steve Stricker, Lee Westwood, Edoardo Molinari, Ross Fisher.
TOP EIGHT AND TIES-2011 U.S. OPEN: Kevin Chappell, Robert Garrigus, Peter Hanson, Sergio Garcia.
TOP FOUR AND TIES-2011 BRITISH OPEN: Dustin Johnson, Thomas Bjorn.
TOP FOUR AND TIES-2011 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP: Jason Dufner, Anders Hansen, Robert Karlsson, David Toms, Scott Verplank.
TOP 30-2011 PGA TOUR MONEY LIST: Webb Simpson, Nick Watney, Matt Kuchar, Bill Haas, Brandt Snedeker, Hunter Mahan, Bubba Watson, Gary Woodland, Mark Wilson, Aaron Baddeley, Jonathan Byrd, Martin Laird, Charles Howell III, Fredrik Jacobson, Rory Sabbatini, Kevin Na.
PGA TOUR EVENT WINNERS SINCE 2011 MASTERS (FULL FEDEX CUP POINTS AWARDED): Brendan Steele, Harrison Frazar, Sean O'Hair, Scott Stallings, Johnson Wagner, Kyle Stanley.
FIELD FROM THE 2011 TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP: Chez Reavie, John Senden.
TOP 50 FROM FINAL WORLD RANKING IN 2011: Ian Poulter, Paul Casey, Alvaro Quiros, K.T. Kim, Simon Dyson, Sang-moon Bae, Rickie Fowler, Francesco Molinari, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Jim Furyk.
TOP 50 FROM WORLD RANKING ON MARCH 26: Paul Lawrie, Ben Crane.
SPECIAL FOREIGN INVITATION: Ryo Ishikawa.
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