The race to qualify for The Masters is over and the 91-man field is complete for the year’s first Major.
But which big names and notable players won’t be driving down Magnolia Lane this year?
Let’s take a look at the players missing the 2026 Masters:
Tiger Woods
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Woods looked set to play his first Major since the 2024 Open after recently appearing in Jupiter Links’ TGL final match, until he clipped a trailer and flipped his Range Rover onto its side just over a week ago, leading to a DUI charge and arrest.
He has announced he is stepping away from golf to work on his recovery, with plans to head outside of the US for treatment due to privacy concerns. He has also confirmed he will not be captaining the Ryder Cup team.
Woods last played at Augusta in the 2024 Masters, where he made the cut for a record-breaking 24th consecutive year.
Rickie Fowler
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Fowler has playing very solid golf in 2026 and is able to boast a best finish of T9th at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. However, two missed cuts in his past couple of starts ended the Californian’s chances of a late win being enough.
He also ranks 65th in the world – but that was shy of the top 50 needed to qualify for Augusta last week.
The six-time PGA Tour winner and former World No.4 has played in 11 Masters Tournaments but only one of the last five years. He has a best finish of 2nd in 2018, when he ended just one stroke shy of Patrick Reed.
Joaquin Niemann
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Seven-time LIV Golf winner Niemann has received special invitations into The Masters in both 2024 and 2025, but he has once again failed to qualify for the year’s first Major.
Niemann has played in 19 of the last 20 Majors so he’s certainly one of the surprising names not on the list this time around.
The Chilean is a past winner of the Latin America Amateur Championship, which was co-founded by The Masters, and played at Augusta as the World No.1 amateur in 2018, so he has a special…
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