Augusta National releases list of qualified golfers for Masters 2023, LIV golfers eligible to participate

The Masters has just made a huge announcement regarding 2023's tournament. After much deliberation, it appears they have decided to remain neutral in the ever-burning LIV Golf-PGA Tour debate. Many tournaments don't want LIV Golf players involved, and there were rumors that the Masters would also prohibit them.

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However, they have decided not to do so. They released a statement decrying the ever-growing divide in golf:

"Regrettably, recent actions have divided men’s professional golf by diminishing the virtues of the game and the meaningful legacies of those who built it. Although we are disappointed in these developments, our focus is to honor the tradition of bringing together a preeminent field of golfers this coming April."

They continued, adding that they plan to continue with the qualification criteria they have been using:

"Therefore, as invitations are sent this week, we will invite those eligible under our current criteria to compete in the 2023 Masters Tournament. As we have said in the past, we look at every aspect of the Tournament each year, and any modifications or changes to invitation criteria for future Tournaments will be announced in April."

This means that any LIV Golf member who would have qualified will be invited to attend. There are several ways to qualify, including:

Win the Masters
Win the US Open
Win the Open Championship
Win the PGA Championship
Win the Players Championship
Finish top two in the US Amateur
Win the British Amateur
Win the Asia-Pacific Amateur
Win the Latin America Amateur
Win the Mid-US Amateur
Win Olympic gold
Finish in the top 12 at the Masters
Finish the year ranked in the top 50 of the OWGR
Win a PGA Tour event

While there are many other ways to qualify, the Masters is refusing to embroil itself in the LIV-PGA debate.

Who qualifies to be invited to the Masters 2023?

Based on the official release, they can invite the following players:

Abraham Ancer
Sam Bennett
Keegan Bradley
Sam Burns
Patrick Cantlay
Ben Carr
Cameron Champ
Corey Conners
Fred Couples
Harrison Crowe
Bryson DeChambeau
Tony Finau
Matthew Fitzpatrick
Tommy Fleetwood
Ryan Fox
Sergio Garcia
Talor Gooch
Brian Harman
Tyrrell Hatton
Russell Henley
Tom Hoge
Max Homa
Billy Horschel
Viktor Hovland
Mackenzie Hughes
Sungjae Im
Dustin Johnson
Zach Johnson
Tom Kim
Kevin Kisner
Kurt Kitayama
Brooks Koepka
Jason Kokrak
Bernhard Langer
Kyoung-Hoon Lee
Shane Lowry
Sandy Lyle
Hideki Matsuyama
Matthew McClean
Rory McIlroy
Adrian Meronk
Phil Mickelson
Larry Mize
Francesco Molinari
Collin Morikawa
Kevin Na
Joaquin Niemann
Alex Noren
Jose Maria Olazabal
Louis Oosthuizen
Mito Pereira
Thomas Pieters
J.T. Poston
Aldrich Potgieter
Seamus Power
Jon Rahm
Patrick Reed
Xander Schauffele
Scottie Scheffler
Charl Schwartzel
Adam Scott
Vijay Singh
Cameron Smith
Jordan Spieth
Scott Stallings
Sepp Straka
Adam Svensson
Sahith Theegala
Justin Thomas
Harold Varner III
Bubba Watson
Mike Weir
Danny Willett
Aaron Wise
Gary Woodland
Tiger Woods
Cameron Young
Will Zalatoris

Scottie Scheffler won the previous iteration

Several LIV members are eligible to be invited.