The Masters 2008

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The Masters 2008: (weekend ending 2nd Sunday in April) - hosted as an invitational by and played at Augusta National Golf Club

Invitation categories (as of 2008):

Masters Tournament Champions (Lifetime) U.S. Open Champions (Honorary, non-competing after five years) The Open Champions (Honorary, non-competing after five years) PGA Champions (Honorary, non-competing after five years) Winners of the Players Championship (Three years) Current U.S. Amateur Champion (6-A) (Honorary, non-competing after one year); Runner-up (6-B) to the current US Amateur Champion Current Amateur Champion (Honorary, non-competing after one year) Current U.S. Amateur Public Links Champion Current U.S. Mid-Amateur Champion The first 16 players, including ties, in the previous year’s Masters Tournament The first 8 players, including ties, in the previous year’s U.S. Open The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s British Open The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s PGA Championship The 30 leaders on the Final Official PGA Tour Money List for the previous calendar year Winners of PGA Tour Regular Season and Playoff events that award at least a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, from previous Masters to current Masters Those qualifying for the previous year’s season-ending Tour Championship The 50 leaders on the Final Official World Golf Ranking for the previous calendar year The 50 leaders on the Official World Golf Ranking published during the week prior to the current Masters Tournament Most of the top current players will meet the criteria of multiple categories for invitation. The Masters Committee, at its discretion, can also invite any golfer(s) not otherwise qualified, although in practice these invitations are currently reserved for international players. Changes from the 2007 invitation categories:

Category 14 was reduced from Top 40 to Top 30 Category 15 and 16 were added A category inviting the current Top 10 on the PGA Tour money list was dropped