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Qualifiers

The following players have been invited to compete in the 2000 Masters Tournament, which will be held April 6-9 at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia:

a -- Amateur
x -- First Masters

Note: A guide for qualification follows the list of players:

PlayerQualification
Tommy Aaron 1
Stuart Appleby 14, 16
George Archer 1
Paul Azinger 17
ax-Aaron Baddeley 18
Seve Ballesteros 1
x-Notah Begay 14
Thomas Björn 15, 16
Gay Brewer Jr. 1
Mark Brooks 4
Jack Burke Jr. 1
x-Angel Cabrera 13
Billy Casper 1
Stewart Cink 12, 14, 16
Darren Clarke 16
Charles Coody 1
Fred Couples 1, 16
Ben Crenshaw 1
John Daly 3
Glen Day 14, 16
David Duval 5, 10, 11, 14, 16
Steve Elkington 4, 10, 14, 16
Ernie Els 2, 14, 16
Bob Estes 10, 14, 16
Nick Faldo 1
Raymond Floyd 1
Doug Ford 1
Carlos Franco 10, 14, 16
Fred Funk 14, 16
Jim Furyk 10, 14, 16
Sergio Garcia 12, 16
x-Brent Geiberger 14, 16
Bob Goalby 1
Retief Goosen 16
ax-David Gossett 6a
a-Danny Green 9
Scott Gump 14
ax-Hunter Haas 8
Jay Haas 12
x-Padraig Harrington 16
Dudley Hart 14, 16
Tim Herron 11, 14, 16
Gabriel Hjertstedt 14
Scott Hoch 14, 16
John Huston 14, 16
Lee Janzen 2, 10, 16
Miguel Angel Jiménez 16
Brandt Jobe 10
Steve Jones 2
Herman Keiser 1
x-Skip Kendall 14
ax-Sung Yoon Kim 6b
Bernhard Langer 1, 10
x-Paul Lawrie 3, 16
Tom Lehman 3, 14, 16
Justin Leonard 3, 13, 14, 16
Davis Love III 4, 10, 14, 16
Sandy Lyle 1
Jeff Maggert 11, 14, 16
Shigeki Maruyama 17
Rocco Mediate 14
Phil Mickelson 10, 11, 14, 16
Larry Mize 1
Colin Montgomerie 10, 16
Bryon Nelson 1
Jack Nicklaus 1
Greg Norman 10, 16
Mark O'Meara 1, 3, 16
José Maria Olazábal 1, 16
Naomichi Joe Ozaki 16
Jumbo Ozaki 16
Arnold Palmer 1
Jesper Parnevik 14, 16
Craig Parry 13, 14, 16
Steve Pate 10, 14, 16
x-Dennis Paulson 14
Corey Pavin 2
Chris Perry 14, 16
Gary Player 1
Nick Price 10, 14, 16
Loren Roberts 14, 16
Vijay Singh 4, 11, 14, 16
Jeff Sluman 14, 16
Sam Snead 1
Craig Stadler 1
ax-Graeme Storm 7
Steve Stricker 11, 16
Hal Sutton 11, 14, 16
David Toms 14, 16
Kirk Triplett 15, 17
Ted Tryba 14
Bob Tway 16
x-Jean Van de Velde 13
Duffy Waldorf 14
Art Wall Jr. 1
Tom Watson 1
Brian Watts 16
x-Mike Weir 14
Lee Westwood 10, 16
Tiger Woods 1, 4, 11, 14, 16
Ian Woosnam 1, 10
Fuzzy Zoeller 1

Qualifying for The Masters


  • 1 - Masters Tournament Champions (lifetime)

  • 2 - U.S. Open Champions (honorary, non-competing after five years)

  • 3 - British Open Champions (honorary, non-competing after five years)

  • 4 - PGA Champions (honorary, non-competing after five years)

  • 5 - Winners of the THE PLAYERS Championship (three years)

  • 6 - (A) Current U.S. Amateur Champion (honorary, non-competing after one year);
              (B) Runner-up to current U.S. Amateur Champion

  • 7 - Current British Amateur Champion (honorary, non-competing after one year)

  • 8 - Current U.S. Amateur Public Links Champions

  • 9 - Current U.S. Mid-Amateur Champion

  • 10 - Top 16 players, including ties, in the 1999 Masters

  • 11 - Top eight players, including ties, in the 1999 U.S. Open

  • 12 - Top four players, including ties, in the 1999 PGA Championship

  • 13 - Top four players, including ties, in the 1999 British Open

  • 14 - Top 40 from the final 1999 PGA Tour Money List

  • 15 - Top three leaders on the current PGA Tour Money List
  • 16 - Top 50 from the final 1999 World Golf Ranking
  • 17 - Top 50 from the World Golf Ranking
  • 18 - Special invitation

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