;1. Masters champions
George Archer (8,9),
Gay Brewer,
Jack Burke Jr. (8),
Doug Ford,
Bob Goalby,
Ralph Guldahl,
Herman Keiser,
Cary Middlecoff,
Jack Nicklaus (2,3,8,11),
Arnold Palmer (9),
Henry Picard,
Gary Player (2.3,10),
Gene Sarazen,
Sam Snead,
Art Wall Jr. •
Jimmy Demaret, Ben Hogan, Claude Harmon, and Byron Nelson did not play. ;The following categories only apply to Americans ;2.
U.S. Open champions (last five years)
Billy Casper (8,11),
Orville Moody (9,10) •
Lee Trevino (8,11) did not play. ;3.
The Open champions (last five years) ;4.
PGA champions (last five years)
Julius Boros (9),
Raymond Floyd (9,10,11),
Al Geiberger (8,9),
Don January (8),
Dave Marr (9) ;5. The first eight finishers in the 1969
U.S. Amateur Charles Coe (a),
Vinny Giles (7,a),
John Farquhar (a),
Steve Melnyk (6,7,a),
Allen Miller (7,a),
Ed Updegraff (7,a),
Tom Watson (a),
Bob Zender (a) ;6. Previous two
U.S. Amateur and
Amateur champions •
Bruce Fleisher (7) forfeited his exemption by turning professional. ;7. Members of the 1969 U.S.
Walker Cup team
John Bohmann (a),
Bill Hyndman (a),
Joe Inman (a),
Dick Siderowf (a),
Lanny Wadkins (a) ;8. Top 24 players and ties from the
1969 Masters Tournament Tommy Aaron (11),
Miller Barber (9,10,11),
Frank Beard (11),
Deane Beman (9),
Charles Coody (9,10),
Dale Douglass (9,11),
Lionel Hebert,
Dave Hill (9,11),
Gene Littler (11),
Mason Rudolph,
Dan Sikes (11),
Dave Stockton,
Tom Weiskopf,
Bert Yancey ;9. Top 16 players and ties from the
1969 U.S. Open Bunky Henry,
Howie Johnson,
Bob Murphy,
Dean Refram,
Phil Rodgers,
Bob Rosburg,
Kermit Zarley ;10. Top eight players and ties from
1969 PGA Championship Bert Greene,
Terry Wilcox,
Jimmy Wright,
Larry Ziegler ;11. Members of the U.S.
1969 Ryder Cup team
Ken Still ;12. One player, either amateur or professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-Masters champions.
Bob Lunn ;13. Leading six players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in
PGA Tour events since the previous Masters
Homero Blancas,
Larry Hinson,
Grier Jones,
Dick Lotz,
Chi-Chi Rodríguez,
R. H. Sikes ;14. Foreign invitations
Maurice Bembridge,
Roberto Bernardini,
Michael Bonallack (6,a),
Peter Butler,
Bob Charles,
Bruce Crampton (8,9),
Roberto De Vicenzo (3),
Bruce Devlin (8,9),
Bernard Gallacher,
Harold Henning (8),
Hsieh Yung-yo,
Tony Jacklin (3),
George Knudson (8),
Takaaki Kono (8),
Sukree Onsham •
Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American. ==Round summaries==