When was the last Masters without Tiger Woods or Phil Mickelson? How 2026 tournament breaks 32-year streak

The 90th edition of the Masters will look much different than usual, as both Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson will not be on hand to participate. Winners of eight combined green jackets, Woods and Mickelson are each in the rare group of player's who've won this tournament three times, becoming mainstays on the leaderboard. Now that both have gotten older, age and off-course issues are more in play as they decide whether to participate.

While neither Woods nor Mickelson would be expected to compete this year, it will be noticeable that both players are absent at golf's first major. In fact, this is something that hasn't happened at Augusta National in over three decades. Here's a look at the streak that Woods and Mickelson are breaking by not starting the Masters this year.

MORE MASTERS 2026 : Ranking the 30 best golfers in this year's Masters Odds, betting favorites, expert picks for the 2026 Masters Complete list of golfers playing in the Masters When was the last Masters without Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson? The last time that both Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson missed the Masters together was in 1994, when Woods was 19 and Mickelson was 23. At the time, Woods was a year away from making his Masters debut, and Mickelson had made two starts but failed to qualify for the 1994 event.

Including this year, Woods has missed seven Masters since 1994, all coming since 2014, while Mickelson has missed the event just twice, once in 2020 and again in 2022. The Masters invites all of their previous champions to compete, so once Woods and Mickelson won their first green jackets, they both became eligible to return to August every year to participate in the tournament. For over two decades, Woods and Mickelson were staples in the Masters winning a combined eight green jackets and finishing within the top five another 14 times.