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Qualifying Criteria for the 2012 Masters Golf Tournament
There are multiple ways that golfers can qualify to receive an invitation to play in The Masters. In fact, there are 19 ways – 19 qualifying criteria. In addition, The Masters Committee can, at its discretion, invite international players who did not meet any of the 19 qualifying criteria below.

Who earns invitations to the 2012 Masters golf tournament? Players who meet these qualifications (note – subject to change prior to 2012 Masters):

  • Former winners of The Masters
  • Winners of the last five U.S. Opens
  • Winners of the last five British Opens
  • Winners of the last five PGA Championships
  • Winners of the last three Players Championships
  • Winner and runner-up from the last U.S. Amateur Championship
  • Winner of the last British Amateur Championship
  • Winner of the last Asian Amateur Championship
  • Winner of the last U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship
  • Winner of the last U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship
  • The top 16 finishers (including ties) from last year’s Masters tournament
  • The top 8 finishers (including ties), from last year’s U.S. Open
  • The top 4 finishers (including ties) from last year’s British Open
  • The top 4 finishers (including ties) from last year’s PGA Championship
  • The top 30 finishers on last year’s PGA Tour money list
  • Winners of PGA Tour events from the previous Masters through this year’s Masters, providing those tournaments award full FedEx Cup points (no opposite-field tournaments qualify)
  • All players who qualified for last year’s Tour Championship
  • The Top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking at the end of the previous year
  • The Top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking published in the week prior to this year’s Masters
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