These 13 golfers are projected to make Masters 2026 after final OWGR

Among the more than two dozen ways to qualify for the Masters is a top-50 spot in the Official World Golf Ranking at the end of the calendar year.

For the 2026 Masters, that means being in the top 50 at the end of 2025 is the key.

Take Ryan Gerard, who flew more than 10,000 miles to compete in the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open on the DP World Tour, one last tournament in hopes of moving up the ranking. A tie for second did just that, as Gerard moved up 11 spots, from No. 57 and on the outside looking in to No. 46, safely inside the top 50.

Gerard is one of 13 players now inside the top 50 and this baker's dozen should be good to start looking at airplane ticket prices and Airbnb availabilities for Augusta National in April.

That's because the OWGR whiz Nosferatu has released his final projection:

Gerard is the only one of these 13 to climb inside the top 50 in the latest official OWGR release, and he'll hold that spot when the last ranking comes out in a week.