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One of sport's most prestigious events, the Masters, has almost finalized its field for 2007. The annual major championship invited past champions, amateur champions, and numerous professionals who qualify through the Masters' criteria. With 71 players currently eligible and expected to play, the field currently looks like this:
Past Masters Champions:
Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, Mike Weir, Vijay Singh, Jose Maria Olazabal, Mark O'Meara, Ben Crenshaw, Bernhard Langer, Fred Couples, Ian Woosnam, Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Fuzzy Zoeller, Gary Player, Raymond Floyd.
Past Five U.S. Open Champs:
Geoff Ogilvy, Michael Campbell, Retief Goosen, Jim Furyk.
Past Five British Open Champions:
Todd Hamilton, Ben Curtis, Ernie Els.
Past Five PGA Champions:
Shaun Micheel, Rich Beem.
Past Three Players Championship Champions:
Stephen Ames, Fred Funk.
U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up:
Richie Ramsay, John Kelly.
British Amateur champion:
Julien Gerrier.
U.S. Amateur Public Links champion:
Casey Watabu.
U.S. Mid-Amateur champion:
Dave Womack.
Top 16 players and ties from 2006 Masters:
Tim Clark, Chad Campbell, Angel Cabrera, Stewart Cink, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Arron Oberholser, Billy Mayfair, Scott Verplank, Rod Pampling.
Top eight players and ties from 2006 U.S. Open:
Colin Montgomerie, Padraig Harrington, Nick O'Hern, Jeff Sluman, Steve Stricker, Kenneth Ferrie.
Top four players and ties from 2006 British Open:
Chris DiMarco.
Top four players and ties from 2006 PGA Championship:
Adam Scott, Sergio Garcia.
Top 40 in 2006's PGA TOUR Offical Money List:
Trevor Immelman, Stuart Appleby, Luke Donald, Brett Wetterich, David Toms, Rory Sabbatini, Davis Love III, Carl Pettersson, Brett Quigley, Dean Wilson, Lucas Glover, Joe Durant, Zach Johnson, K.J. Choi, J.J. Henry, Tom Pernice Jr., Vaughn Taylor, Troy Matteson, Tim Herron, Camilo Villegas, Jerry Kelly.
Top 50 players from the final 2006 world ranking: Henrik Stenson, David Howell, Paul Casey, Robert Karlsson, Shingo Katayama, Yong-Eun Yang, Ian Poulter, Darren Clarke, Jeev Milkha Singh, Ben Crane, Niclas Fasth, Thomas Bjorn, Robert Allenby, Johan Edfors, Lee Westwood, Bradley Dredge.