the top 50 the last ranking of the year was established on Sunday, adding 10 golfers to the group that will take part in the Masters Tournament in April.
This list includes Matthew Wolff, Canadian Mackenzie Hughes and Ryan Palmer, who are exclusive members of the PGA Tour.
The final ranking, along with other criteria, will allow 83 players to participate in this major tournament.
The list also includes Tiger Woods, who is recovering from severe injuries to his right leg following a car crash on February 23. He has yet to determine if he will be able to walk and compete on the Augusta National course from April 8 to 11.
Woods competed in the Cabin Crew Members Championship with his 12-year-old son this week, even though he was riding a cart. He said he still has a long way to go before he can play at the required level on the PGA Tour.
Augusta National prefers to keep its group of participants under 100 golfers, a goal it has achieved every year since 1966 and which looks set to continue.
Players can still qualify by winning a PGA Tour tournament that offers FedEx Cup points or by reaching the top 50 worldwide on March 27, one week before the tournament. There is also a place reserved for the winner of the Latin American Amateur Championship, which will be held next month.
Japan’s Takumi Kanaya managed to finish in the 50e rank of the end-of-year ranking. He will be one of three Asia-Pacific amateur champions from Japan among the participants, joining Keita Najakima and Hideki Matsuyama, the reigning Masters Tournament champion.
The six other golfers to earn their passes through the World Rankings are Tyrrell Hatton, Matt Fitzpatrick, Lee Westwood, Tommy Fleetwood, Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Min Woo Lee.