2026 Masters Tournament Dates and Schedule
The 2026 Masters Tournament will be the 90th time this golf tournament is played. The tournament dates to 1934 and is one of the four major championships of men's professional golf — the first one played each year. In 2026, The Masters will take place April 9-12.
2026 Masters dates: The four-round, 72-hole tournament will be played from Thursday, April 9, through Sunday, April 12.
Golf course: Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia (View the Augusta National scorecard and hole names)
Defending champion: Rory McIlroy won the 2025 Masters in a playoff over Justin Rose, birdying the first extra hole after they had tied at 277.
Players In the Field
The groupings and tee times for golfers entered in The Masters are made by the Augusta National tournament committee. Those pairings are released the week of the tournament, typically on the Tuesday prior to Thursday's first round. See Masters Tee Times and Pairings for general info. See How Golfers Qualify to Play in The Masters for the ways in which a player can earn an invitation.These are the players who have received invitations so far to play in the 2026 Masters (former champions not playing and other golfers who have withdrawn are not included):
Ludvig Aberg
Akshay Bhatia, Keegan Bradley, Michael Brennan, Jacob Bridgeman, Sam Burns
Angel Cabrera, Brian Campbell, Patrick Cantlay, Wyndham Clark, Corey Conners, Fred Couples
Jason Day, Bryson DeChambeau
Nicolas Echavarria, Harris English
a-Ethan Fang, Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, Ryan Fox
Sergio Garcia, Ryan Gerard, Chris Gotterup, Max Greyserman, Ben Griffin
Harry Hall, Brian Harman, Tyrrell Hatton, Russell Henley, a-Jackson Herrington, Rasmus Hojgaard, a-Brandon Holtz, Max Homa, Viktor Hovland, a-Mason Howell
Sungjae Im
Casey Jarvis, Dustin Johnson, Zach Johnson
Naoyuki Kataoka, John Keefer, Si Woo Kim, Michael Kim, Kurt Kitayama, Brooks Koepka
a-Fifa Laopakdee, Min Woo Lee, Haotong Li, Shane Lowry
Robert MacIntyre, Hideki Matsuyama, Rory McIlroy, Tom McKibbin, Maverick McNealy, Collin Morikawa
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Alex Noren, Andrew Novak
Jose Maria Olazabal, Carlos Ortiz
Marco Penge, Aldrich Potgieter, a-Mateo Pulcini
Jon Rahm, Aaron Rai, Patrick Reed, Kristoffer Reitan, Davis Riley, Justin Rose
Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler, Charl Schwartzel, Adam Scott, Vijay Singh, Cameron Smith, J.J. Spaun, Jordan Spieth, Samuel Stevens, Sepp Straka
Nick Taylor, Justin Thomas
Sami Valimaki
Bubba Watson, Mike Weir, Danny Willett, Gary Woodland, Cameron Young
Ticket Information
Each year Augusta National conducts a random drawing to award tickets for practice days, and also to award a very small number of tournament day tickets. See the Tickets section of Masters.com for information.Those not lucky enough to get tickets through the annual drawing will mostly like have the secondary market — ticket brokers — as their only other option for getting tickets.
2026 Masters Tournament Week Schedule
- Monday, April 6: Player arrivals, practice rounds
- Tuesday, April 7: Practice rounds, Champions Dinner, tee times typically released on this day
- Wednesday, April 8: Practice rounds, Par-3 Contest
- Thursday, April 9: Honorary starters ceremony, first round of Masters Tournament
- Friday, April 10: Second round of tournament
- Saturday, April 11: Third round of tournament
- Sunday, April 12: Fourth and final round of tournament, Green Jacket ceremony and trophy presentation
