With anticipation growing ahead of the first Major Championship of the season and the field finalised, europeantour.com takes a closer look at the chosen few set to grace the hallowed Augusta National turf for the 2015 Masters Tournament.
99 players from 25 different countriesincluding… 45 Americans 6 Australians, South Africans 5 Englishmen 5 Koreans
37 European Tour Memberswith 382 titles between them
20 debutantsincluding 5 ET rookies Brooks Koepka Anirban Lahiri Shane Lowry Bernd Wiesberger Danny Willett
7 amateursincluding… Amateur Champion and Junior Ryder Cup player Bradley Neil
19 former winnerswith 29 Green Jackets between them including… Tiger Woods (4) Phil Mickelson (3) Ben Crenshaw, Bernhard Langer, Jose Maria Olazábal, Bubba Watson, Tom Watson (2)
50 of the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking
32 Major Championswith a total of 72 titles between them
43 Ryder Cup playerswith a combined 156 appearances
5 winners from The 2015 Race to Dubai: Danny Willett (Nedbank Golf Challenge) Branden Grace (Alfred Dunhill Championship, Commercial Bank Qatar Masters) Rory McIlroy (Omega Dubai Desert Classic) Anirban Lahiri (Maybank Malaysian Open, Hero Indian Open) Dustin Johnson (WGC-Cadillac Championship)
1 player looking to complete the career Grand Slam: Rory McIlroy
10 Augusta appearances each this year for Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson
15 Augusta appearances this year for Padraig Harrington
10 players over the age of 50including… Tom Watson (65) Ian Woosnam (57) Sandy Lyle (57) Bernhard Langer (57) Vijay Singh (52) Miguel Angel Jimenez (51)
