No. 1 — 16 players in this year's tournament have a lifetime invitation for having won the Masters previously
Angel Cabrera
Trevor Immelman
Zach Johnson
Bernhard Langer
Sandy Lyle
Phil Mickelson
Larry Mize
Mark O’Meara
Charl Schwartzel
Adam Scott
Vijay Singh
Jordan Spieth
Bubba Watson
Tom Watson
Mike Weir
Ian Woosnam
No. 2 — 4 golfers received an invitation for having won the U.S. Open in the last five years
Rory McIlroy
Webb Simpson
Justin Rose
Martin Kaymer
(Jordan Spieth was already qualified as a former Masters champions)
No. 3 — 2 golfers received an invitation for having won the British Open in the last five years
Darren Clarke
Ernie Els
(Zach Johnson and Phil Mickelson are already qualified as former Masters champions. Rory McIlroy already qualified as a former US Open champ)
No. 4 — 3 golfers received an invitation for having won the PGA Championship in the last five years
Keegan Bradley
Jason Dufner
Jason Day
(Rory McIlroy already qualified as a former US Open champ)
No. 5 — Rickie Fowler received an invitation for having won The Players Championship in the last three years
Rickie Fowler
(Martin Kaymer is already qualified as a recent US Open champion and Tiger Woods will not participate due to injury)
No. 6 — The current U.S. Amateur champion and the runner-up automatically qualify
Bryson DeChambeau
Derek Bard
No. 11 — Players who finished in the Top 12 (including ties) in last year's Masters Tournament get to come back
Paul Casey
Bill Haas
Charley Hoffman
Dustin Johnson
Hunter Mahan
Hideki Matsuyama
Ryan Moore
Kevin Na
Ian Poulter
Kevin Streelman
(16 golfers matched this criteria, with 6 matching earlier criteria)
No. 12 — Players who finished in the top 4 (including ties) in the previous year's U.S. Open also automatically qualify
Cameron Smith
Louis Oosthuizen
Branden Grace
No. 13 — Players that finished in the top 4 (including ties) in the previous year's British Open get to play in the Masters
Marc Leishman
(Louis Oosthizen, Jason Day, and Jordan Spieth are all qualified under earlier criteria)
No. 14 — So do players who finished in the top 4 of the previous year's PGA Championship
All four of these golfers (Jason Day, Jordan Spieth, Branden Grace, Justin Rose) are already qualified under earlier criteria.
No. 15 — Winners of qualifying PGA Tour events since the previous Masters, including Jim Herman, who didn't qualify until this week with a win at the Houston Open.
Steven Bowditch
Fabian Gomez
Emiliano Grillo
Jim Herman
Smylie Kaufman
Chris Kirk
Russell Knox
Danny Lee
David Lingmerth
Davis Love III
Shane Lowry
Graeme McDowell
Troy Merritt
Vaughn Taylor
Justin Thomas
No. 16 — Players who qualified for the previous year's season-ending tour championship are in Augusta
Daniel Berger
Harris English
J.B. Holmes
Kevin Kisner
Brooks Koepka
Matt Kuchar
Scott Piercy
Patrick Reed
Brandt Snedeker
Henrik Stenson
Robert Streb
Jimmy Walker
No. 17 — Being among the top 50 players in the final World Golf Ranking in the previous year is another qualification
Byeong-hun An
Kiradech Aphibarnrat
Jamie Donaldson
Victor Dubuisson
Matthew Fitzpatrick
Sergio Garcia
Billy Horschel
Thongchai Jaidee
Soren Kjeldsen
Anirban Lahiri
Andy Sullivan
Lee Westwood
Bernd Wiesberger
Danny Willett
Chris Wood
No. 18 — And anybody who is among the top 50 players in the most recent World Golf Ranking and not otherwise qualified
Rafael Cabrera-Bello
Finally, the Masters Committee can also extend invitations to international players who do not otherwise qualify. This year, no such invitations were extended.
None.