The 2026Masters Tournament was the 90thedition of the Masters Tournament and the first of the four men's major golf championships held in 2026. The tournament was played April9–12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, United States.
Rory McIlroy won the tournament for the second consecutive year, one stroke ahead of runner-up Scottie Scheffler. He joined Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods as the only players to win two years consecutively.
Course
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The 17thhole (Nandina) was lengthened by for the 2026 tournament, making the hole's total length .
A new three-story Player Services Building was in use for the first time at this tournament.
Field The field included 91 players, including six amateurs.
Going into the tournament, Scottie Scheffler was the betting favorite to win. Scheffler and Rory McIlroy were returning to play after three-week breaks. Twenty-two golfers made their Masters debut, including Jacob Bridgeman, Ben Griffin, Chris Gotterup and Kristoffer Reitan, all but Reitan were ranked in the top20 in the Official World Golf Ranking. There were eight Nordic players in the field, the most of any year. Neither Phil Mickelson nor Tiger Woods played, which had not happened since the 1994 tournament.
Criteria
Participation in the Masters Tournament is by invitation only, and the tournament has the smallest field of the major championships. Invitations are issued to all past winners, recent major champions, leading finishers in the previous year's majors, leading players from the PGA Tour season, winners of full-point regular-season tournaments on the PGA Tour during the previous 12 months, leading players in the Official World Golf Ranking, and some leading amateurs.
In August 2025, Augusta National announced that invitations would also go to winners of several national opens, and no longer to winners during the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup Fall.
Players for the 2026 tournament included:
1. Past Masters winners
Ángel Cabrera Fred Couples Sergio García Dustin Johnson Zach Johnson (13) Hideki Matsuyama (18,25,26) Rory McIlroy (5,18,25,26) José María Olazábal Jon Rahm (2,26) Patrick Reed (13,25,26) Scottie Scheffler (3,4,5,13,17,18,25,26) Charl Schwartzel Adam Scott Vijay Singh Jordan Spieth Bubba Watson Mike Weir Danny Willett
Past winners who did not play: Tommy Aaron, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Trevor Immelman, Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Phil Mickelson (4), Larry Mize, Jack Nicklaus, Mark O'Meara, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Tiger Woods, Ian Woosnam
2. Recent winners of the U.S. Open (2021–2025)
Wyndham Clark (15,25) Bryson DeChambeau (13,16,25,26) Matt Fitzpatrick (15,17,25,26) J. J. Spaun (17,18,25,26)
3. Recent winners of The Open Championship (2021–2025)
Brian Harman (18,25,26) Collin Morikawa (17,18,25,26) Xander Schauffele (4,13,25,26) Cameron Smith
4. Recent winners of the PGA Championship (2021–2025)
Brooks Koepka Justin Thomas (17,18,25,26)
5. Recent winners of The Players Championship (2024–2026) Cameron Young (14,17,18,25,26)
6. The winner of the gold medal at the Olympic Games
7. The winner and runner-up in the 2025 U.S. Amateur
Jackson Herrington (a) Mason Howell (a)
8. The winner of the 2025 Amateur Championship Ethan Fang (a)
9. The winner of the 2025 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship Fifa Laopakdee (a)
10. The winner of the 2026 Latin America Amateur Championship Mateo Pulcini (a)
11. The winner of the 2025 U.S. Mid-Amateur Golf Championship Brandon Holtz (a)
12. The winner of the 2025 NCAA Division I men's golf individual championship Michael La Sasso forfeited his exemption by turning professional.
13. The leading 12 players, and those tying for 12th place, from the 2025 Masters Tournament
Ludvig Åberg (18,25,26) Corey Conners (18,25,26) Jason Day (26) Harris English (15,16,18,25,26) Max Homa Im Sung-jae (18,25) Justin Rose (17,18,25,26)
14. The leading four players, and those tying for fourth place, in the 2025 U.S. Open
Tyrrell Hatton (25,26) Viktor Hovland (18,25,26) Robert MacIntyre (18,25,26) Carlos Ortiz
15. The leading four players, and those tying for fourth place, in the 2025 Open Championship
Chris Gotterup (17,18,19,25,26) Li Haotong
16. The leading four players, and those tying for fourth place, in the 2025 PGA Championship Davis Riley
17. Winners of tournaments on the PGA Tour between the 2025 and 2026 Masters
Akshay Bhatia (18,25,26) Keegan Bradley (18,25,26) Jacob Bridgeman (18,26) Brian Campbell Nico Echavarría (26) Tommy Fleetwood (18,25,26) Ben Griffin (18,25,26) Ryan Fox (25,26) Kurt Kitayama (25,26) Aldrich Potgieter Sepp Straka (18,25,26) Gary Woodland
18. All players who qualified for and were eligible for the 2025 Tour Championship
Sam Burns (25,26) Patrick Cantlay (25,26) Harry Hall Russell Henley (25,26) Shane Lowry (25,26) Maverick McNealy (25,26) Andrew Novak (25,26) Nick Taylor
19. The winner of the 2025 Genesis Scottish Open
20. The winner of the 2025 Open de España Marco Penge (25,26)
21. The winner of the 2025 Japan Open Golf Championship Naoyuki Kataoka
22. The winner of the 2025 Link Hong Kong Open Tom McKibbin
23. The winner of the 2025 Crown Australian Open Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (25)
24. The winner of the 2026 Investec South African Open Championship Casey Jarvis
25. The leading 50 players on the Official World Golf Ranking as of December 31, 2025
Michael Brennan (26) Ryan Gerard (26) Max Greyserman Rasmus Højgaard Johnny Keefer Michael Kim Kim Si-woo (26) Min Woo Lee (26) Alex Norén (26) Aaron Rai (26) Kristoffer Reitan (26) Sam Stevens (26) Sami Välimäki
26. The leading 50 players on the Official World Golf Ranking as of March 30, 2026
Daniel Berger Nicolai Højgaard Jake Knapp Matt McCarty
Pre-tournament events Champions Dinner In keeping with tradition, defending champion Rory McIlroy chose the menu for the Masters Club Dinner, which took place on April7. The dinner tradition, which began in 1952 when Ben Hogan invited past Masters champions to dine together, is attended by former champions as members of the Masters Club.
The appetizers included bacon-wrapped dates with goat cheese; elk sliders with caramelized onion jam and garlic aioli; peach and ricotta flatbread; and rock shrimp tempura. Yellowfin tuna carpaccio with foie gras, a toasted baguette and chives were followed by a choice of either wagyu filet mignon or salmon, each served with champ, Brussels sprouts, glazed carrots with brown butter, and Vidalia onion rings. Dessert was sticky toffee pudding with sauce and ice cream.
The wine selection included a 2015 Champagne Salon brut; a 2022 Domaine Leflaive Burgundy; a 1990 Château Lafite Rothschild Bordeaux; and a 1989 Château d'Yquem Bordeaux.
Par 3 Contest Aaron Rai won the Par3 Contest with a score of 21(−6), finishing one stroke ahead of Jacob Bridgeman and John Keefer, who tied for second at 22(−5), followed by J. J. Spaun and Mason Howell at 24(−3). Seventeen players completed their own rounds without allowing family members or guests to hit shots, out of a field of 80competitors. Four holes-in-one were recorded, including one by Keegan Bradley, who became the first player to make a hole-in-one in consecutive years. Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Thomas and Wyndham Clark also recorded aces. Comedian and actor Kevin Hart caddied for Bryson DeChambeau.
Broadcasting The tournament was streamed on the Masters website and app for the entirety of the competition, as well as on Prime Video and ESPN on Thursday and Friday, and Paramount+ and CBS on Saturday and Sunday. ESPN added former Philadelphia Eagles player Jason Kelce as a host for its coverage of the Par3 Contest on April8; Kelce joined Scott Van Pelt and Marty Smith.
Round summaries First round Thursday, April 9, 2026
Honorary starters Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson and Gary Player opened the 90th edition of the Masters Tournament. Sam Burns and defending champion Rory McIlroy shared the first-round lead after both posted 67(−5). McIlroy recovered from an inconsistent start to record three consecutive birdies on holes13 through 15. Burns, who played in the morning, recorded an eagle on the par-5 2ndhole and added birdies on holes12, 13 and15.
A group of three players, Patrick Reed, Jason Day and Kurt Kitayama, were tied for third at 69(−3). Justin Rose, runner-up in the previous tournament, reached 4-under late in his round but finished with consecutive bogeys to card a 70(−2). World number one Scottie Scheffler opened with an eagle on the 2ndhole and a birdie on the 3rd to reach 3-under early in his round, but recorded no birdies on the second nine and finished at 70(−2). He was tied with Xander Schauffele and Shane Lowry. Fred Couples was 2-under through 14holes before recording a quadruple bogey and two double bogeys over his closing holes, finishing in the lower half of the leaderboard.
Scoring conditions were more difficult than in the previous year, with only 16players under par after the first round, the fewest at the Masters after 18holes since 2017. Among those scoring over par were Jon Rahm, who recorded a 78(+6) without a birdie, and Bryson DeChambeau, who shot 76(+4), including a triple bogey on the 11thhole.
PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Sam Burns 67 −5 Rory McIlroyT3 Jason Day 69 −3 Kurt Kitayama Patrick ReedT6 Shane Lowry 70 −2 Justin Rose Xander Schauffele Scottie SchefflerT10 Jacob Bridgeman 71 −1 Brian Campbell Tommy Fleetwood Li Haotong Aaron Rai Nick Taylor Gary Woodland
Second round Friday, April 10, 2026
Rory McIlroy seized the outright lead after the second round, carding a 65(−7) to reach 132(−12) for the tournament. Beginning the day tied for the lead, he recorded multiple birdies over his closing holes, including a chip-in on the 17th, and opened a six-stroke advantage over the field, the largest 36-hole lead in Masters Tournament history.
Patrick Reed and Sam Burns were tied for second place. Tommy Fleetwood moved into contention with a round that included two eagles to reach 139(−5), joined by Justin Rose and Shane Lowry as the last contenders with a realistic chance heading into the weekend. Jason Day also remained within the group of trailing players after a series of birdies earlier in his round. Tyrrell Hatton recorded a 66(−6) and hit all 18greens in regulation; the last time this had been achieved at the Masters was Kevin Na during the in 2020.
The cut fell at 148(+4), with 54players advancing to the weekend. Among those missing the cut were Bryson DeChambeau, J. J. Spaun, Nicolai Højgaard and Robert MacIntyre. Jon Rahm made the cut after a birdie on the 16thhole during his second round. For the second consecutive year, no amateurs made the 36-hole cut.
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Rory McIlroy 67-65=132 −12T2 Sam Burns 67-71=138 −6 Patrick Reed 69-69=138T4 Tommy Fleetwood 71-68=139 −5 Shane Lowry 70-69=139 Justin Rose 70-69=139T7 Wyndham Clark 72-68=140 −4 Jason Day 69-71=140 Tyrrell Hatton 74-66=140 Li Haotong 71-69=140 Kristoffer Reitan 72-68=140 Cameron Young 73-67=140
Third round Saturday, April 11, 2026
Rory McIlroy started with a six-shot advantage, but his lead was erased over moving day. McIlroy's round was 73(+1), including being 3 over par around Amen Corner. Cameron Young, seeking to be the third consecutive golfer to win the Players Championship and the Masters Tournament in the same year, turned in the joint-lowest round of the day, a 65(−7). This brought Young from eight shots back into a share of the lead with McIlroy, at 205(−11), securing a place in the final pairing on Sunday.