Past Masters Champions Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, Raymond Floyd, Trevor Immelman (10,14,16,17,18), Zach Johnson (15,17,18), Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Phil Mickelson (4,5,10,14,15,16,17,18), Larry Mize, José María Olazábal, Mark O'Meara, Gary Player, Vijay Singh (4,10,14,15,16,17,18), Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Mike Weir (14,16,17,18), Tiger Woods (2,3,4,10,11,14,15,17,18), Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller (Past champions who did not play: Tommy Aaron, Seve Ballesteros, Jack Burke Jr., Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Nick Faldo, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus, and Arnold Palmer.)
The top 16 finishers and ties in the 2008 Masters Tournament Stuart Appleby (14,16,17), Paul Casey (15,17,18), Stewart Cink (14,15,16,17,18), Steve Flesch, Miguel Ángel Jiménez (11,17,18), Robert Karlsson (11,17,18), Sean O'Hair (18), Andrés Romero (16,17,18), Brandt Snedeker, Nick Watney (15,18), Lee Westwood (11,17,18) 11.
Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2008 British Open Championship Greg Norman, Ian Poulter (17,18), Henrik Stenson (13,17,18) 13.
Top 30 leaders on the 2008 PGA Tour Robert Allenby (16,17,18), Stephen Ames (17,18), Chad Campbell (16), K. J. Choi (16,17,18), Ken Duke (16), Ernie Els (16,17,18), Jim Furyk (16,17,18), Dudley Hart (16), Ryuji Imada (15,16), Anthony Kim (15,16,17,18), Justin Leonard (15,16,17,18), Hunter Mahan (16,17), Kenny Perry (15,16,17,18), Steve Stricker (16,17,18), Kevin Sutherland (16), Boo Weekley (15,17) 15.
All players qualifying for the 2008 edition of The Tour Championship Briny Baird, Tim Clark (17,18), Billy Mayfair, Bubba Watson 17.
Top 50 on the final 2008 Official World Golf Rankings list Aaron Baddeley, Luke Donald (18), Ross Fisher (18), Søren Hansen, Shingo Katayama (18), Martin Kaymer (18), Søren Kjeldsen (18), Graeme McDowell (18), Rory McIlroy (18), Justin Rose (18), Rory Sabbatini (18), Jeev Milkha Singh (18), Richard Sterne, Lin Wen-tang, Oliver Wilson (18) 18.
Top 50 on the Official World Golf Rankings list going into the tournament Mathew Goggin, Prayad Marksaeng, Louis Oosthuizen, Álvaro Quirós 19. International invitees Ryo Ishikawa The annual par 3 contest was held on Wednesday, April 8.
Friday, April 10, 2009 Campbell continued his strong play with a 2 under par 70 to remain in the lead at 135 (−9) with Kenny Perry, who shot a bogey-free 67.
Saturday, April 11, 2009 Third round conditions were sunny, but with gusty winds that made scoring a bit tougher than the previous two days.
Sunday, April 12, 2009 Phil Mickelson birdied six holes on the front nine to score 30, tying the front-nine tournament record held by Johnny Miller, Greg Norman, and K. J. Choi.
[1] Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source:[7] The playoff began on the 18th hole and Campbell was eliminated after failing to get up and down from the right greenside bunker.
[1] The next hole was the 10th, and Perry failed to get up and down from left of the green; Cabrera two-putted from 15 feet (4.6 m) for par to become the first Argentinian to win the Masters.
He was later cleared of any wrongdoing, as a player is allowed to smooth over the sand provided that it does nothing to improve the position of the ball with regard to the next shot.