2017 Masters Tournament
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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | April 6–9, 2017 |
| Location | Augusta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Course(s) | Augusta National Golf Club |
| Tour(s) | |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,435 yards (6,799 m) |
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«2016 2018» | |
The 2017 Masters Tournament will be the 81st edition of the Masters Tournament and the first of golf's four major championships to be held in 2017. It will be held from April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.
Course
| Hole | Name | Yards | Par | Hole | Name | Yards | Par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tea Olive | 445 | 4 | 10 | Camellia | 495 | 4 | |
| 2 | Pink Dogwood | 575 | 5 | 11 | White Dogwood | 505 | 4 | |
| 3 | Flowering Peach | 350 | 4 | 12 | Golden Bell | 155 | 3 | |
| 4 | Flowering Crab Apple | 240 | 3 | 13 | Azalea | 510 | 5 | |
| 5 | Magnolia | 455 | 4 | 14 | Chinese Fir | 440 | 4 | |
| 6 | Juniper | 180 | 3 | 15 | Firethorn | 530 | 5 | |
| 7 | Pampas | 450 | 4 | 16 | Redbud | 170 | 3 | |
| 8 | Yellow Jasmine | 570 | 5 | 17 | Nandina | 440 | 4 | |
| 9 | Carolina Cherry | 460 | 4 | 18 | Holly | 465 | 4 | |
| Out | 3,725 | 36 | In | 3,710 | 36 | |||
| Source: | Total | 7,435 | 72 | |||||
Field
The Masters has the smallest field of the four major championships. Officially, the Masters remains an invitation event, but there is a set of qualifying criteria that determines who is included in the field. Each player is classified according to the first category by which he qualified, with other categories in which he qualified shown in parentheses. Dates when a qualifying category will be completely determined are indicated in italics.
Golfers who qualify based solely on their performance in amateur tournaments (categories 6–10) must remain amateurs on the starting day of the tournament to be eligible to play.
- 1. Past Masters Champions
Ángel Cabrera, Fred Couples, Trevor Immelman, Zach Johnson (3), Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Phil Mickelson (3,13,16), Larry Mize, José María Olazábal, Mark O'Meara, Charl Schwartzel (16), Adam Scott (16), Vijay Singh, Jordan Spieth (2,11,15,16), Bubba Watson (16), Mike Weir, Danny Willett (11), Tiger Woods
- The following past champions are not expected to enter: Tommy Aaron, Jack Burke, Jr., Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller.
- 2. Winners of the last five U.S. Opens
Dustin Johnson (11,12,15,16), Martin Kaymer (5), Justin Rose (11,20), Webb Simpson
- 3. Winners of the last five British Opens
Ernie Els, Rory McIlroy (4,11,15,16), Henrik Stenson (13)
- 4. Winners of the last five PGA Championships
Jason Day (5,11,14,16), Jason Dufner (16), Jimmy Walker (14,16)
- 5. Winners of the last three The Players Championships
- 6. Top two finishers in the 2016 U.S. Amateur
Brad Dalke (a), Curtis Luck (a,8)
- 7. Winner of the 2016 Amateur Championship
Scott Gregory (a)
- 8. Winner of the 2016 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship
- Eligible under category 6
- 9. Winner of the 2016 U.S. Mid-Amateur
Stewart Hagestad (a)
- 10. Winner of the 2017 Latin America Amateur Championship
January 15, 2017
- 11. The top 12 finishers and ties in the 2016 Masters Tournament
Daniel Berger (15,16), Paul Casey (16), Matthew Fitzpatrick, J. B. Holmes (13,16), Søren Kjeldsen, Hideki Matsuyama (14,15,16), Brandt Snedeker (16), Lee Westwood
- 12. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2016 U.S. Open
Jim Furyk, Shane Lowry, Scott Piercy
- 13. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2016 British Open Championship
- 14. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2016 PGA Championship
Branden Grace (15), Brooks Koepka, Daniel Summerhays
- 15. Winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the FedEx Cup, between the 2016 Masters Tournament and the 2017 Masters Tournament
Sergio García, James Hahn, Charley Hoffman, Mackenzie Hughes, Billy Hurley III, Kim Si-woo (16), Russell Knox (16), William McGirt (16), Ryan Moore (16), Rod Pampling, Pat Perez, Patrick Reed (16), Brendan Steele, Brian Stuard, Justin Thomas (16), Jhonattan Vegas (16) (as of the RSM Classic), April 2, 2017
- 16. All players qualifying for the 2016 edition of the Tour Championship
Roberto Castro, Kevin Chappell, Emiliano Grillo, Kevin Kisner, Matt Kuchar, Kevin Na, Sean O'Hair, Gary Woodland
- 17. Top 50 on the final 2016 Official World Golf Ranking list
December 26
- 18. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Ranking list on March 27, 2017
March 27, 2017
- 19. International invitees
- 20. Winner of the 2016 Olympic Golf Tournament
Past champions expected in the field
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