Field
The Masters has the smallest field of the four major championships; only 97 players were invited to compete in the 2007 tournament. However, 1991 champion Ian Woosnam withdrew before the tournament due to back problems. Officially, the Masters remains an invitational event, despite its qualification process. In theory, the club could decline to invite a 'qualified' player.
There were a record 50 'international' players in the field - the first time that the majority of the field was not American. The entire field is shown below, and how they qualified for the event (only first category is shown, many players qualify in multiple categories).
Masters champions
Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, Mike Weir, Vijay Singh, José María Olazábal, Mark O'Meara, Ben Crenshaw, Bernhard Langer, Fred Couples, Ian Woosnam, Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize, Seve Ballesteros, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Fuzzy Zoeller, Gary Player, Raymond Floyd.
U.S. Open champions (last five years)
Geoff Ogilvy, Michael Campbell, Retief Goosen, Jim Furyk.
The British Open champions (last five years) Todd Hamilton, Ben Curtis, Ernie Els.
U.S. PGA champions (last five years) Shaun Micheel, Rich Beem.
Players Championship winners (last three years) Stephen Ames, Fred Funk.
U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up Richie Ramsay, John Kelly
British Amateur champion Julien Gerrier.
U.S. Amateur Public Links champion Casey Watabu.
U.S. Mid-Amateur champion Dave Womack.
Top 16 players and ties from the 2006 Masters Tim Clark, Chad Campbell, Ángel Cabrera, Stewart Cink, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Arron Oberholser, Billy Mayfair, Scott Verplank, Rod Pampling.
Top eight players and ties from the 2006 U.S. Open Colin Montgomerie, Pádraig Harrington, Nick O'Hern, Jeff Sluman, Steve Stricker, Kenneth Ferrie.
Top four players and ties from the 2006 Open Championship Chris DiMarco.
Top four players and ties from 2006 PGA Championship Adam Scott, Sergio García, Luke Donald.
Top 40 players from the 2006 PGA Tour money list Trevor Immelman, Stuart Appleby, Brett Wetterich, David Toms, Rory Sabbatini, Davis Love III, Carl Pettersson, Brett Quigley, Dean Wilson, Lucas Glover, Joe Durant, Zach Johnson, K.J. Choi, J. J. Henry, Tom Pernice, Jr., Vaughn Taylor, Troy Matteson, Tim Herron, Camilo Villegas, Jerry Kelly.
Top 50 players from the final 2006 world ranking Henrik Stenson, David Howell, Paul Casey, Shingo Katayama, Robert Karlsson, Yang Yong-eun, Ian Poulter, Darren Clarke, Jeev Milkha Singh, Ben Crane, Niclas Fasth, Thomas Bjørn, Robert Allenby, Johan Edfors, Lee Westwood, Bradley Dredge.
Top 10 players from the 2007 U.S. PGA Tour money list on March 26 Charles Howell III, John Rollins, Aaron Baddeley, Mark Calcavecchia.
Top 50 players from world ranking published March 26 Justin Rose, Bart Bryant, Paul Goydos.
Special foreign invitation Hideto Tanihara
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