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Masters Features
Augusta defends course changes
What a difference a year makes for Duval
Nicklaus not impressed with Augusta changes
Chris Perry wins Par 3 competition
Pressure on Garcia to follow Woods steps
Players surprised by the narrow Augusta fairways
Paul Lawrie impressed on first Masters visit
Betting odds for Masters 2000
Clarke ready to tame Tiger again
Olazabal not confident of repeating 1999 success
Tiger Woods geared up for Masters challenge
Monday at the Masters busy as usual
Leading contenders for Masters 2000
Tiger Woods stalks idol Nicklaus' legacy
Work on Augusta National never stops
Is Augusta turning into a regular course ?
Sutton hoping to break bad Masters run
More rough and narrow fairways for Masters 2000
Tiger Woods centre of Masters attention
Nicklaus wondering if he still has a chance
7 players who would have been at Augusta any other year
Pairings for Thursday & Friday
2000 Masters Field

2000 Masters Field

A total of 102 players have been invited to the 2000 Masters Tournament, to be held April 6-9 at the Augusta National Golf Club. The list includes 67 U.S. and 35 international players. Among those are six amateurs (three U.S. and three international golfers) and 14 first-time participants. The 35 international invitees are the most ever at The Masters, eclipsing the total of 29 established in 1998 and 1999. A total of 95 of the 102 invitees are expected to compete.

The past champions who are not expected to compete are George Archer, Jack Burke Jr., Bob Goalby, Herman Keiser, Byron Nelson, Sam Snead, and Art Wall Jr.

 a - Amateur
 x - First Masters

(basis of qualification in parenthesis):

Tommy Aaron (1)
Stuart Appleby (14,16)
George Archer (1)
Paul Azinger (17)
ax-Aaron Baddeley (18)
Seve Ballesteros (1)
x-Notah Begay (14)
Thomas Bjorn (15,16)
Gay Brewer Jr. (1)
Mark Brooks (4)
Jack Burke Jr. (1)
x-Angel Cabrera (13)
Billy Casper (1)
Stewart Cink (12,14,16)
Darren Clarke (16)
Charles Coody (1)
Fred Couples (1,16)
Ben Crenshaw (1)
John Daly (3)
Glen Day (14,16)
David Duval (5,10,11,14,16)
Steve Elkington (4,10,14,16)
Ernie Els (2,14,16)
Bob Estes (10,14,16)
Nick Faldo (1)
Raymond Floyd (1)
Doug Ford (1)
Carlos Franco (10,14,16)
Fred Funk (14,16)
Jim Furyk (10,14,16)
Sergio Garcia (12,16)
x-Brent Geiberger (14,16)
Bob Goalby (1)
Retief Goosen (16)
ax-David Gossett (6a)
a-Danny Green (9)
Scott Gump (14)
ax-Hunter Haas (8)
Jay Haas (12)
x-Padraig Harrington (16)
Dudley Hart (14,16)
Tim Herron (11,14,16)
Gabriel Hjertstedt (14)
Scott Hoch (14,16)
John Huston (14,16)
Lee Janzen (2,10,16)
Miguel Angel Jimenez (16)
Brandt Jobe (10)
Steve Jones (2)
Herman Keiser (1)
x-Skip Kendall (14)
ax-Sung Yoon Kim (6b)
Bernhard Langer (1,10)
x-Paul Lawrie (3,16)
Tom Lehman (3,14,16)
Justin Leonard (3,13,14,16)
Davis Love III (4,10,14,16)
Sandy Lyle (1)
Jeff Maggert (11,14,16)
Shigeki Maruyama (17)
Rocco Mediate (14)
Phil Mickelson (10,11,14,16)
Larry Mize (1)
Colin Montgomerie (10,16)
Bryon Nelson (1)
Jack Nicklaus (1)
Greg Norman (10,16)
Mark O'Meara (1,3,16)
Jose Maria Olazabal (1,16)
Joe Ozaki (16)
Jumbo Ozaki (16)
Arnold Palmer (1)
Jesper Parnevik (14,16)
Craig Parry (13,14,16)
Steve Pate (10,14,16)
x-Dennis Paulson (14)
Corey Pavin (2)
Chris Perry (14,16)
Gary Player (1)
Nick Price (10,14,16)
Loren Roberts (14,16)
Vijay Singh (4,11,14,16)
Jeff Sluman (14,16)
Sam Snead (1)
Craig Stadler (1)
ax-Graeme Storm (7)
Steve Stricker (11,16)
Hal Sutton (11,14,16)
David Toms (14,16)
Kirk Triplett (15)
Ted Tryba (14)
Bob Tway (16)
x-Jean Van de Velde (13)
Duffy Waldorf (14)
Art Wall Jr. (1)
Tom Watson (1)
Brian Watts (16)
x-Mike Weir (14)
Lee Westwood (10,16)
Tiger Woods (1,4,11,14,16)
Ian Woosnam (1,10)
Fuzzy Zoeller (1)

1 - Masters Tournament Champions (lifetime)

2 - U.S. Open Champions (honorary, non-competing after five years)

3 - British Open Champions (honorary, non-competing after five years)

4 - PGA Champions (honorary, non-competing after five years)

5 - Winners of the The Players Championship (three years)

6 - (A) Current U.S. Amateur Champion (honorary, non-competing after one year) (B) Runner-up to current U.S. Amateur Champion

7 - Current British Amateur Champion (honorary, non-competing after one year)

8 - Current U.S. Amateur Public Links Champions

9 - Current U.S. Mid-Amateur Champion

10 - Top 16 players, including ties, in the 1999 Masters

11 - Top eight players, including ties, in the 1999 U.S. Open

12 - Top four players, including ties, in the 1999 PGA Championship

13 - Top four players, including ties, in the 1999 British Open

14 - Top 40 from the final 1999 PGA Tour Money List

15 - Top three leaders on the current PGA Tour Money List published during the fourth week prior to the 2000 Masters

16 - Top 50 from the final 1999 Official World Golf Ranking

17 - Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking published during the fourth week prior to the 2000 Masters

18 - Special invitation

NOTE: Gabriel Hjerstedt, 41st on the PGA Tour money list, qualified because the late Payne Stewart was No. 7.


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