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Bob Harig

The Masters Has Made a Big Change to Its Qualifying Criteria

The Masters Tournament is making changes to its qualification criteria that will shake up its field beginning in 2026.

Next year winners of fall PGA Tour events will no longer receive automatic invitations to the tournament. The Masters will instead give six direct exemptions to various national open winners.

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