2022 Masters: Ranking the six amateur golfers attempting to challenge a strong field at Augusta National

This year's Masters features a number of amateurs who qualified for the tournament. The No. 13-ranked amateur in the world is playing his fifth major championship. There is also the No 1- ranked amateur and the winner of the British Amateur. The players ranked most likely to make the cut on Friday evening are:

Stewart Hagestad is ranked No. 1 ahead of Nakajima. Hagstad finished as the low amateur and T36 on the leaderboard in his first Masters appearance back in 2017.

Keita Nakajima is a fascinating talent who made the Sony Open cut on the PGA Tour back in January. He has the game to make the cut at Augusta, but it will come down to his preparation time and discipline.

Austin Greaser was the runner-up to James Piot at Oakmont last summer. Greaseer is already North Carolina's all-time leader in stroke average. He won the OFCC Fighting Illini Invitational at Olympia Fields last fall.

James Piot won the U.S. Amateur Championship at Oakmont last summer. Piat won Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 2018. He has seven top 25s in 10 events since last year.

Laird Shepherd is ranked 5th for the 22nd Masters. He has the longest odds of any amateur to make the cut. Last year he won the British Amateur and missed the Masters by two strokes.

Aaron Jarvis is the only player from the UNLV freshman class to qualify for the Masters. Jarvis won the Latin America Amateur Championship earlier this year while ranked outside the top 1,000 in the world.