Yahoo Sports · Apr 5, 2023
2023 Masters: First-timers approach Augusta in awe
AUGUSTA, Ga — It didn’t take Taylor Moore long to realize the moment he’d qualified for the Masters. He’d just won last month’s Valspar Championship, holding a clubhouse lead while Adam Schenk and Jordan Spieth failed to match him.
“On the walk over to the trophy ceremony, I realized I qualify,” Moore said. “I think any PGA Tour player realizes pretty quickly that if they win, they’re going to the Masters.”
Of all the ways that one can qualify to play in each year’s Masters, the simplest and most efficient is this: win and you’re in. Every winner of a PGA Tour event, and a handful of other notable tournaments, gets an automatic invitation to the next year’s Masters.