;1. Masters champions
Tommy Aaron,
George Archer (11,12),
Seve Ballesteros (3,10,11),
Gay Brewer,
Billy Casper,
Charles Coody,
Ben Crenshaw (8,12,13),
Raymond Floyd (4,8,13),
Doug Ford,
Bob Goalby,
Jack Nicklaus (2,4,8,11,12),
Arnold Palmer,
Gary Player (8,10),
Craig Stadler (11,12,13),
Art Wall Jr.,
Tom Watson (2,3,8,9,11,12,13),
Fuzzy Zoeller (2,9,11,13) •
Jack Burke Jr., Ralph Guldahl, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Byron Nelson, Henry Picard, Gene Sarazen, and Sam Snead did not play. ;The following categories only apply to Americans ;2.
U.S. Open champions (last five years)
Larry Nelson (4,8,11) ;3.
The Open champions (last five years)
Bill Rogers ;4.
PGA champions (last five years)
Hal Sutton (9,10,12),
Lee Trevino (9,10,12) ;5. 1984
U.S. Amateur semi-finalists
Jerry Haas (a),
Sam Randolph (a),
Randy Sonnier (7,a),
Scott Verplank (6,7,a) ;6. Previous two
U.S. Amateur and
Amateur champions
Jay Sigel (7,a) ;7. Members of the 1984 U.S.
Eisenhower Trophy team
John Inman (a) ;8. Top 24 players and ties from the
1984 Masters Tournament Andy Bean (9,12),
Ronnie Black (11),
Rex Caldwell,
Fred Couples (9,12),
Danny Edwards,
David Edwards (12),
Jay Haas (9,13),
Hale Irwin (9),
Tom Kite (11,12,13),
Wayne Levi (11,12),
Mark Lye,
Larry Mize (10),
Gil Morgan (12,13),
Calvin Peete (10,11,12,13),
Jack Renner (12),
Payne Stewart (12) ;9. Top 16 players and ties from the
1984 U.S. Open Lennie Clements,
Peter Jacobsen (11,12),
Mark McCumber (11),
Johnny Miller,
Mark O'Meara (11,12),
Tom Purtzer,
Tim Simpson,
Curtis Strange (11,12,13),
Jim Thorpe,
Lanny Wadkins (10,11,12,13) ;10. Top eight players and ties from
1984 PGA Championship Gary Hallberg (12),
Scott Simpson (11,12) ;11. Winners of
PGA Tour events since the previous Masters
Woody Blackburn,
Bob Eastwood (12),
Hubert Green,
Scott Hoch (12),
Billy Kratzert,
Corey Pavin (12),
Joey Sindelar ;12. Top 30 players from the
1984 PGA Tour money list
Gary Koch,
Bruce Lietzke,
John Mahaffey ;13. Members of the U.S.
1983 Ryder Cup team
Bob Gilder ;14. Foreign invitations
Isao Aoki (9),
Ian Baker-Finch,
Nick Faldo (8,11),
David Graham (2,8),
Bernhard Langer,
Sandy Lyle,
Tsuneyuki Nakajima,
Greg Norman (9,11,12),
José María Olazábal (6,a),
Sam Torrance,
Denis Watson (11,12) •
Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American. ==Round summaries==