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Augusta National Golf Club
Augusta, Georgia
9th - 12th
April
| 1998 MASTERS TOURNAMENT INVITEES |
| Tommy Aaron
(1) | #* Joel Kribel (5-B) |
| Billy Andrade (10) | #*
Matt Kuchar (5-A) | | Stuart
Appleby (Australia) (9,13) | Bernhard
Langer (Germany) (1,9) | | George
Archer (1) | Tom Lehman (3,9,10,13) |
| Paul Azinger (4) | Justin
Leonard (3,9,11,12,13) | | #*
Ken Bakst (8) | Davis Love III (4,9,10,12,13) |
| Severiano Ballesteros (Spain) (1) | Sandy
Lyle (Scotland) (1) | | Phil
Blackmar (11,12) | Andrew Magee (13) |
| Michael Bradley (12) | Jeff
Maggert (10,11,13) | | Gay Brewer
Jr. (1) | # Shigeki Maruyama (Japan) |
| Mark Brooks (4) | Billy
Mayfair (12) | | Billy Ray Brown
(12) | Scott McCarron (10,12,13) |
| # Olin Browne (10) | Phil
Mickelson (12,13) | | Jack Burke
Jr. (1) | Cary Middlecoff (1) |
| Mark Calcavecchia (9,12,13) | Larry
Mize (1) | | Billy Casper Jr.
(1) | Colin Montgomerie (Scotland) (10) |
| Stewart Cink (10,12,13) | Byron
Nelson (1) | | #* Tim Clark
(South Africa) (7) | Jack Nicklaus (1) |
| # Darren Clarke (N. Ireland) | Frank
Nobilo (New Zealand) (12,13) | | Charles
Coody (1) | Greg Norman (Australia) (3,12,13) |
| John Cook (13) | Mark
O'Meara (13) | | Fred Couples
(1,9,12) | David Ogrin (10) |
| Ben Crenshaw (1) | Jose
Maria Olazabal (Spain) (1,9,10) | | John
Daly (3) | Masashi 'Jumbo' Ozaki (Japan) |
| David Duval (12,13) | Arnold
Palmer (1) | | Steve Elkington
(Australia) (4,9,13) | Jesper Parnevik
(Sweden) (9,12,13) | | Ernie
Els (South Africa) (2,9,12,13) | Corey
Pavin (2) | | Nick Faldo (England)
(1) | Gary Player (South Africa) (1) |
| Brad Faxon (13) | Nick
Price (Zimbabwe) (3,4,9,12,13) | | Raymond
Floyd (1) | Loren Roberts (10,12,13) |
| Doug Ford (1) | Costantino
Rocca (Italy) (9) | | David
Frost (South Africa) (12) | Gene Sarazen
(1) | | Fred Funk (9) | Scott
Simpson (12) | | Jim Furyk (10,11,13) | Vijay
Singh (Fiji) (9,12,13) | | #
Ignacio Garrido (Spain) | Jeff Sluman
(9) | | Bill Glasson (12,13) | Sam
Snead (1) | | Bob Goalby (1) | Craig
Stadler (1) | | # Retief Goosen
(South Africa) | Paul Stankowski (9,13) |
| Jay Haas (10) | Tommy
Tolles (9,10,13) | | Tim Herron
(12) | # David Toms (12) |
| # Gabriel Hjertstedt (Sweden) (12) | Bob
Tway (10) | | Scott Hoch (10,11,12,13) | Art
Wall Jr. (1) | | # Bradley Hughes
(Australia) (10) | #* Craig Watson (Scotland)
(6) | | John Huston (9,12) | Tom
Watson (1,9) | | Lee Janzen
(2,11,13) | Lee Westwood (England) (9) |
| Per-Ulrik Johansson (Sweden) (9) | Willie
Wood (9) | | Steve Jones (2,12,13) | Tiger
Woods (1,12,13) | | Herman Keiser
(1) | Ian Woosnam (Wales) (1) |
| Tom Kite (9,11) | Fuzzy
Zoeller (1) | | | | Number
after each name indicates the basis of qualification. American player invitations
for 1998 are strictly limited to the US Section qualifications listed below. The
Masters Committee, at its discretion, also invites international players not otherwise
qualified. | | |
| 1. | Masters
Tournament Champions (Lifetime) | | 2. | US
Open Champions (Honorary, non-competing after 5 years) | | 3. | British
Open Champions (Honorary, non-competing after 5 years) | | 4. | PGA
Champions (Honorary, non-competing after 5 years) | | 5. | Current
US Amateur Champion (5-A) (Honorary, non-competing after 1 year) and the runner-up
(5-B) to the current US Amateur Champion | | 6. | Current
British Amateur Champion (Honorary, non-competing after 1 year) |
| 7. | Current
US Amateur Public Links Champion | |
| 8. | Current
US Mid-Amateur Champion | | 9. | The
first 24 players, including ties, in the 1997 Masters Tournament |
| 10. | The
first 16 players, including ties, in the 1997 US Open Championship |
| 11. | The
first 8 players, including ties, in the 1997 PGA Championship |
| 12. | Winners
of PGA Tour co-sponsored tournaments considered by the Masters Committee to be
"major" events (excluding team championships), from the conclusion of
the 1997 Masters to the initiation of the 1998 Masters | | 13. | The
30 leaders from the Final Official PGA Tour Money List for 1997 |
| | | | # Denotes
first Masters | * Denotes Amateur |
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