Editing Masters Tournament (section)

===Invitation categories (from 2024)===
:''See footnote.''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.masters.com/en_US/players/masters_2010_invitees_list.html |title=2010 Masters Tournament Invitees |access-date=November 17, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007205925/http://www.masters.com/en_US/players/masters_2010_invitees_list.html |archive-date=October 7, 2009}}</ref>
:''Note: Categories 7–12 are honored only if the participants maintain their amateur status prior to the tournament.''

# Masters Tournament Champions (lifetime)
# [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open champions]] (five years)
# [[The Open Championship|The Open champions]] (five years)
# [[PGA Championship|PGA champions]] (five years)
# Winners of [[the Players Championship]] (three years)
# Current [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] Gold Medalist (one year)
# Current [[U.S. Amateur]] champion and runner-up
# Current [[British Amateur]] champion
# Current [[Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship|Asia-Pacific Amateur]] champion
# Current [[Latin America Amateur Championship|Latin America Amateur]] champion
# Current [[U.S. Mid-Amateur]] champion
# Current [[NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship]] individual champion
# The first 12 players, including ties, in the previous year's Masters Tournament
# The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year's U.S. Open
# The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year's Open Championship
# The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year's PGA Championship
# Winners of PGA Tour events that award at least a full-point allocation for the FedEx Cup, from one Masters Tournament to the next
# Those qualifying and eligible for the previous year's season-ending [[Tour Championship]] (top 30 in FedEx Cup prior to tournament)
# The 50 leaders on the final [[Official World Golf Ranking]] for the previous calendar year
# The 50 leaders on the Official World Golf Ranking published during the week prior to the current Masters Tournament

Most of the top current players will meet the criteria of multiple categories for invitation. The Masters Committee, at its discretion, can also invite any golfer not otherwise qualified, although in practice these invitations are mostly reserved for international players.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.masters.com/en_US/players/tournament_2009.html |title=2009 Tournament Invitees |access-date=April 9, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404124237/http://www.masters.com/en_US/players/tournament_2009.html |archive-date=April 4, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>