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“A Tradition Unlike Any Other” is here this week as the year’s first major takes place with the 89th Masters at Augusta National Golf Club. For the first time since July at the British Open, all of the world’s top golfers are at the same venue.

 

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (9-2) leads the field as defending champion and attempts to win his third Masters in four years, a feat only accomplished by Jack Nicklaus in 1966. Unlike the two years he won the green jacket, Scheffler comes to Augusta without a win this calendar year. 

A constant Masters storyline over the last decade is Rory McIlroy (13-2) and his attempt to complete the career Grand Slam. McIlroy has been trying to accomplish the feat since 2015 and it always seems like it is his year, but this time around, he already has two victories in 2025. 

Jon Rahm (16-1) is the buffer between Scheffler’s two Masters victories, having won his own green jacket in 2023. Last year, he was T-45 in his title defense and has perhaps been a bit “out of sight, out of mind,” having been playing exclusively on the LIV Golf circuit. 

Collin Morikawa (18-1) has two runner-up finishes in 2025 and has finished 5th, 10th, and 3rd at Augusta in the last three years. 

Bryson DeChambeau (20-1) is the reigning U.S. Open champion, but he had never really been competitive here until last year’s T-6 finish, when he was the first-round leader and 36-hole co-leader.

Ludvig Åberg (20-1) finished as the runner-up on debut behind Scheffler last year. 

Xander Schauffele (22-1) is in current possession of two major championship trophies — the Wanamaker Trophy (PGA Championship) and the Claret Jug (British Open). He missed a little over two months earlier this year with a rib injury and does not have a top-10 finish in any of his four events leading into this week.

Justin Thomas (25-1), like Morikawa, has two runners-up this season and, like Morikawa, let one get away that he should have won (Morikawa at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and Thomas at the Valspar Championship). 

Brooks Koepka (33-1) is the most prolific major championship winner from the end of/post-Tiger Woods generation with five majors to his credit but is seeking his first green jacket, having finished second twice (2019, 2023). 

Hideki Matsuyama (33-1) became the lone Asian-born player to win the Masters in 2021. 

Notable players looking to win their first major include Åberg, Joaquin Niemann (35-1), Patrick Cantlay (40-1), Tommy Fleetwood (40-1), Viktor Hovland (40-1) and Tyrrell Hatton (45-1). 

The Event

The Masters began in 1934 and has been held at the Augusta National Golf Club each year. Since 1949, a green jacket has been awarded to the champion, who must return it to the clubhouse one year after his victory, although it remains his personal property and is stored with other champions’ jackets in a special cloakroom. The winner also receives a sterling replica of the Masters trophy and a gold medal to go along with the green jacket.

The Masters was started by amateur champion Bobby Jones and investment banker Clifford Roberts. After his Grand Slam in 1930, Jones acquired the former plant nursery and co-designed Augusta National with course architect Alister MacKenzie. 

The Masters is the only major championship played at the same venue each year.

The greatest legends in golf have graced these grounds over the years. Jack Nicklaus has won the most Masters with six. Tiger Woods has won five green jackets while Arnold Palmer has been champion four times. Five have won three titles at Augusta: Jimmy Demaret, Sam Snead, Gary Player, Nick Faldo and Phil Mickelson. Player, from South Africa, was the first non-American player to win the tournament in 1961; the second was Seve Ballesteros of Spain, the champion in 1980 and 1983.

The Field

Participation in the Masters is by invitation only and the tournament has the smallest field of the major championships. There are several criteria by which invitations are awarded, including all past winners, recent major champions, leading finishers in the previous year’s majors, leading players on the PGA Tour in the previous season, winners of full-point tournaments on the PGA Tour during the previous 12 months, leading players in the Official World Golf Ranking and some leading amateurs.

The list below details the qualification criteria for the 2025 Masters and the 95 players who have qualified under them; any additional criteria under which players qualified are indicated in parentheses.

1. All past winners of the Masters 

Angel Cabrera, Fred Couples, Sergio García, Dustin Johnson, Zach Johnson, Bernhard Langer, Hideki Matsuyama (17, 18, 19, 20), Phil Mickelson (4), José María Olazábal, Jon Rahm (2, 19), Patrick Reed (13), Scottie Scheffler (5, 6, 17, 18, 19, 20), Charl Schwartzel, Adam Scott (18, 19, 20), Jordan Spieth, Bubba Watson, Mike Weir, Danny Willett.

Past winners not playing: Tommy Aaron, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Trevor Immelman, Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize, Jack Nicklaus, Mark O’Meara, Gary Player, Vijay Singh, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Tiger Woods, Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller

2. Recent winners of the U.S. Open (2020–2024)

Wyndham Clark (18, 19, 20), Bryson DeChambeau (13, 14, 16, 19, 20), Matt Fitzpatrick (13, 17, 18, 19)

3. Recent winners of the British Open (2020–2024)

Brian Harman (17, 19, 20), Collin Morikawa (4, 13, 16, 18, 19, 20), Xander Schauffele (4, 13, 18, 19, 20), Cameron Smith (13)

4. Recent winners of the PGA Championship (2020-2024)

Brooks Koepka, Justin Thomas (18, 19, 20)

5. Recent winners of The Players Championship (2022-2024)

Rory McIlroy (14, 17, 18, 19, 20)

6. The winner of the gold medal at the Olympic Games

7. The winner and runner-up in the 2024 U.S. Amateur Championship

José Luis Ballester (a), Noah Kent (a)

8. The winner of the 2024 Amateur Championship

Jacob Skov Olesen forfeited his exemption by turning professional

9. The winner of the 2024 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship

Ding Wenyi forfeited his exemption by turning professional

10. The winner of the 2024 Latin America Amateur Championship

Justin Hastings (a)

11. The winner of the 2024 U.S. Mid-Amateur Golf Championship

Evan Beck (a)

12. The winner of the 2024 NCAA Division I men’s golf individual championship

Hiroshi Tai (a)

13. The leading 12 players, and those tying for 12th place, from the 2024 Masters 

Ludvig Åberg (17, 18, 19, 20), Cameron Davis (17), Tommy Fleetwood (18, 19, 20), Tyrrell Hatton (19, 20), Max Homa (19), Matthieu Pavon (18, 19), Adam Schenk, Cameron Young (19), Will Zalatoris

14. The leading four players, and those tying for fourth place, in the 2024 U.S. Open

Patrick Cantlay (18, 19, 20), Tony Finau (18, 19, 20)

15. The leading four players, and those tying for fourth place, in the 2024 Open Championship

Billy Horschel (18, 19, 20), Thriston Lawrence (19), Justin Rose (19, 20)

16. The leading four players, and those tying for fourth place, in the 2024 PGA Championship

Thomas Detry (17, 20), Viktor Hovland (17, 18, 19, 20)

17. Winners of tournaments on the PGA Tour between the 2024 Masters and the 2025 Masters 

Keegan Bradley (18, 19, 20), Brian Campbell, Rafael Campos, Nico Echavarría (20), Austin Eckroat (19), Harris English (20), Russell Henley (18,19,20), Joe Highsmith, Patton Kizzire, Robert MacIntyre (18, 19, 20), Matt McCarty (19), Maverick McNealy (19, 20), Taylor Pendrith (18, 19, 20), J. T. Poston (19, 20), Aaron Rai (18, 19, 20), Davis Riley, Sepp Straka (18, 19, 20), Nick Taylor (20), Davis Thompson (19, 20), Min Woo Lee (19, 20), Jhonattan Vegas, Kevin Yu

18. All players who qualified for and are eligible for the 2024 Tour Championship

Byeong Hun An (19, 20), Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Akshay Bhatia (19, 20), Sam Burns (19, 20), Tom Hoge, Sungjae Im (19, 20), Chris Kirk, Shane Lowry (19, 20), Sahith Theegala (19, 20)

19. The leading 50 players on the Official World Golf Ranking as of December 31, 2024

Corey Conners (20), Jason Day (20), Nick Dunlap (20), Lucas Glover (20), Max Greyserman (20), Rasmus Højgaard, Tom Kim (20), Denny McCarthy (20)

20. The leading 50 players on the Official World Golf Ranking as of March 31, 2025

Daniel Berger, Laurie Canter, Stephan Jäeger, Michael Kim, J. J. Spaun

21. Special invitations

Nicolai Højgaard, Joaquín Niemann

Here is an alphabetical list of the 2025 Masters field (note Vijay Singh W/D Monday morning):

The Course

Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., was designed in 1933 by Dr. Alister MacKenzie and Bobby Jones. It is a par-72 of 7,555 yards (fourth longest on tour) that plays longer than its listed yardage. The average round score last year was +1.91 over par (third toughest on tour). Augusta National usually plays to its standard firm and fast conditions. It is a classical, undulating meadowlands track. Water is in play on five holes. The wide (51 yards average — widest on PGA Tour) fairways are Overseeded Perennial Ryegrass with Bermudagrass base. The rough isn’t very thick (1.38 inches), but there are trees and pine straws that provide obstacles after errant tee shots.

Meanwhile, the greens are Bentgrass that will be fast and slick and run 13-15 feet on the stimpmeter and shots not in the right spots can fall into tough, shaved run-offs. The lack of rough around the green complexes creates indecision both with approach shots and recovery chips. Longer hitters certainly benefit here, and players must take advantage of the par-5s, but on-target approach shots are what put you in position to win here.

There are 44 bunkers (second fewest on tour), but they are difficult (46.7% sand saves), and a whole lot of pine straw scattered across the grounds. Unless a tree is in the way, the pine straw isn’t the end of the world. The Bentgrass greens are around tour average in size (6,486 square feet); the major differences lie within the wild undulations. These are some of the hilliest and fastest putting surfaces the players will encounter all year. Furthermore, the course is a long walk, and the rounds are both mentally and physically demanding. 

Here is the course layout and scorecard for Augusta National Golf Club (courtesy of the official Masters website). 

Who better than two-time and defending Masters champion Scottie Scheffler to take us through Augusta National Golf Club hole-by-hole in this video:

No course is an exact facsimile of Augusta National. However, some courses share some characteristics if you are looking for course correlations. Quail Hollow (long, tree-lined course in Southeast), Muirfield Village (Jack Nicklaus’s ode to Augusta), Torrey Pines South (length and scoring difficulty), Bay Hill (length and scoring difficulty), Memorial Park (non-penal rough, wide fairways, fast greens), Riviera (shot-shaping in both directions, several champs have also won at Augusta) and Plantation Course at Kapalua (wide fairways, several champs have also won at Augusta). 

Weather

Monday’s practice round was washed out at Augusta National. 

More rain is not expected until Friday. There is a possibility of a brief shower Saturday as well. 

Thursday looks to be the windiest day of the four rounds.

Here is a look at the early forecasts courtesy of AccuWeather

Masters Recent History/Winners

2024: Scottie Scheffler (-11/277); 4-1

2023: Jon Rahm (-12/276); 9-1

2022: Scottie Scheffler (-10/278); 16-1

2021: Hideki Matsuyama (-10/278); 45-1

2020: Dustin Johnson (-20/268); 9-1

2019: Tiger Woods (-13/275); 16-1

2018: Patrick Reed (-15/273); 50-1

2017: Sergio Garcia (-9/279); 40-1*

2016: Danny Willett (-5/283); 66-1

2015: Jordan Spieth (-18/270); 10-1

2014: Bubba Watson (-8/280); 25-1

2013: Adam Scott (-9/279); 28-1**

2012: Bubba Watson (-10/278); 50-1***

2011: Charl Schwartzel (-14/274); 90-1

2010: Phil Mickelson (-16/272); 10-1

Playoff win over Justin Rose – *

Playoff win over Angel Cabrera – **

Playoff win over Louis Oosthuizen – ***

  • 12 of the last 13 Masters winners ranked 16th or better in the Official World Golf Rankings coming into the tournament. Matsuyama in 2021 was the lone exception — ranked 25th.
  • The past 20 Masters winners have all finished Round 1 tied for 10th place or better.
  • 11 of the last 15 Masters winners had played in at least three Masters tournaments before getting the victory. Going back further, this trend used to be at least six trips to Augusta before winning. The point is that experience matters here.
  • 9 of the last 15 Masters winners had posted a win earlier that same season.
  • 15 of the last 15 Masters winners have posted a top-10 Finish that same season.
  • 12 of the last 13 Masters winners had at least two top-15 finishes in their three events leading up to the tournament. Matsuyama in 2021 is the lone exception.
  • 8 of the last 11 Masters winners had at least one top-five finish in their Masters careers before donning the green jacket.
  • 9 of the 11 most recent Masters winners had at least a major runner-up result already to their name with all 10 having a T-6 finish or better.
  • The Masters defending champion has not successfully defended his title since Tiger Woods (2002).
  • In 2020, Dustin Johnson became the first World No. 1 to win the Masters since Tiger Woods (2002). Scottie Scheffler repeated the same feat in 2022 and 2024.
  • Dating to 2007, only two event winners the week before the Masters finished top 10 or better at Augusta (Anthony Kim, third in 2010; Jordan Spieth, winner in 2021).
  • 7 of the last 11 Masters winners were age 29 or younger.

Statistical Analysis

The last four Masters winners have had an average ranking of around 19th for Strokes Gained: Putting. Putting matters, but your ball-striking game is what wins at Augusta National. 

Strokes Gained: Tee To Green — Average Per Round (Last 36 rounds)

  1. Jon Rahm 2.34
  2. Rory McIlroy 1.75
  3. Sergio Garcia 1.69
  4. Collin Morikawa 1.66
  5. Scottie Scheffler 1.63
  6. Laurie Canter 1.52
  7. Shane Lowry 1.45
  8. Tyrrell Hatton 1.35
  9. Robert MacIntyre 1.24
  10. Sepp Straka 1.22
  11. Joaquin Niemann 1.21
  12. Tommy Fleetwood 1.20
  13. Michael Kim 1.19
  14. Bryson DeChambeau 1.14
  15. Keegan Bradley 1.11
  16. Justin Thomas 1.10
  17. Brooks Koepka 1.10
  18. Daniel Berger 1.05
  19. Hideki Matsuyama 1.04
  20. J.J. Spaun 1.02

With no fear of water hazards or thick rough and the widest fairways all year, players are free to bomb away off the tee. 

Average Driving Distance (Last 36 rounds)

  1. Jose Luis Ballester (a) 322.8 (8 rounds)
  2. Joaquin Niemann 319.1
  3. Jon Rahm 317.7
  4. Rory McIlroy 317.6
  5. Min Woo Lee 316.3
  6. Bryson DeChambeau 315.0
  7. Rasmus Højgaard 314.3
  8. Wyndham Clark 312.2
  9. Nicolai Højgaard 311.3
  10. Cameron Young 310.8
  11. Ludvig Åberg 310.3
  12. Bubba Watson 309.8
  13. Laurie Canter 309.8
  14. Xander Schauffele 309.1
  15. Taylor Pendrith 309.0
  16. Max Greyserman 307.3
  17. Dustin Johnson 307.1
  18. Adam Schenk 306.8
  19. Tyrrell Hatton 306.7
  20. Viktor Hovland 306.5

Players will hit the greens at Augusta National around just 60% of the time, so the short game will be tested, particularly with chipping from tight lies. 

Strokes Gained: Around The Green — Average Per Round (Last 36 rounds)

  1. Cameron Smith 0.604
  2. Hideki Matsuyama 0.603
  3. Danny Willett 0.514
  4. Jon Rahm 0.495
  5. Jose Luis Ballester (8 rounds) 0.423
  6. Brian Campbell 0.420
  7. Christiaan Bezuidenhout 0.393
  8. Michael Kim 0.382
  9. Min Woo Lee 0.356
  10. Daniel Berger 0.345
  11. Brooks Koepka 0.333
  12. Patton Kizzire 0.322
  13. Wyndham Clark 0.313
  14. Sungjae Im 0.313
  15. Robert MacIntyre 0.307
  16. Stephan Jaeger 0.284
  17. Justin Thomas 0.278
  18. Davis Thompson 0.253
  19. Shane Lowry 0.239
  20. Charl Schwartzel 0.223

The Scrambling percentage is around 6% more difficult at Augusta than the tour average.

Scrambling Gained — Average Strokes Per Round (Last 36 rounds)

  1. Scottie Scheffler 0.754
  2. Min Woo Lee 0.725
  3. Hideki Matsuyama 0.722
  4. Daniel Berger 0.720
  5. Patrick Reed 0.709
  6. Sergio Garcia 0.704
  7. Christiaan Bezuidenhout 0.699
  8. Charl Schwartzel 0.692
  9. Akshay Bhatia 0.692
  10. Michael Kim 0.686
  11. Danny Willett 0.681
  12. Bernhard Langer 0.675
  13. Brian Campbell 0.667
  14. Tom Hoge 0.667
  15. Denny McCarthy 0.666
  16. Harris English 0.664
  17. Ludvig Åberg 0.663
  18. Tyrrell Hatton 0.662
  19. Cameron Smith 0.661
  20. Tony Finau 0.661

Augusta National is one of the toughest courses to gain strokes on approach for not only just finding greens, but also having the shots be on the proper angles toward the pins. 

Strokes Gained: Approach — Average Per Round (36 rounds)

  1. Tyrrell Hatton 1.031
  2. Shane Lowry 1.027
  3. J.J. Spaun 1.022
  4. Collin Morikawa 0.971
  5. Sepp Straka 0.958
  6. Scottie Scheffler 0.952
  7. Justin Hastings (a) 0.922 (10 Rounds)
  8. Justin Thomas 0.847
  9. Tommy Fleetwood 0.819
  10. Viktor Hovland 0.782
  11. Tom Kim 0.717
  12. Brooks Koepka 0.694
  13. Nick Taylor 0.680
  14. Rory McIlroy 0.679
  15. Xander Schauffele 0.658
  16. Sergio Garcia 0.657
  17. Michael Kim 0.618
  18. Jon Rahm 0.604
  19. Tom Hoge 0.600
  20. Patrick Cantlay 0.575

The overall bogey percentage at Augusta National is a little less than 40% higher than the average tour course. 

Bogey Avoidance (Last 36 rounds)

  1. Tyrrell Hatton 8.3% (percentage of time player makes bogey)
  2. Joaquin Niemann 9.2
  3. Scottie Scheffler 9.2
  4. Jon Rahm 9.8
  5. Charl Schwartzel 10.3
  6. Bernhard Langer 10.7
  7. Michael Kim 11.0
  8. Jose Luis Ballester 11.1 (8 rounds)
  9. Patrick Reed 11.7
  10. Sepp Straka 12.0
  11. Collin Morikawa 12.0
  12. Robert MacIntyre 12.2
  13. Rory McIlroy 12.3
  14. Denny McCarthy 12.3
  15. Laurie Canter 12.5
  16. Cameron Smith 12.6
  17. Nick Taylor 12.7
  18. Daniel Berger 12.7
  19. Danny Willett 12.7
  20. Akshay Bhatia 12.8
  21. Nicolai Højgaard 12.8
  22. Harris English 12.8
  23. J.J. Spaun 12.8

Since 2010, nearly three-quarters of the scoring comes from the par-5s at Augusta National.

2024: Scheffler -11 (-9 par-5s)

2023: Rahm -12 (-10 par-5s)

2022: Scheffler -10 (-8 par-5s)

2021: Matsuyama -10 (-11 par-5s)

2020: D. Johnson -20 (-11 par-5s)

2019: Woods -13 (-8 par-5s)

2018: Reed -15 (-13 par-5s)

2017: Garcia -9 (-7 par-5s)

Strokes Gained Par-5s — Average Per Round (Last 36 rounds)

  1. Rory McIlroy 0.212
  2. Hideki Matsuyama 0.190
  3. Sepp Straka 0.157
  4. Patrick Cantlay 0.146
  5. Justin Rose 0.142
  6. Justin Thomas 0.141
  7. Taylor Pendrith 0.132
  8. Angel Cabrera 0.130
  9. Scottie Scheffler 0.118
  10. Adam Scott 0.115
  11. Fred Couples 0.115
  12. Davis Riley 0.099
  13. Joe Highsmith 0.098
  14. Aaron Rai 0.098
  15. Robert MacIntyre 0.093
  16. Max Greyserman 0.091 
  17. Jason Day 0.089
  18. Jordan Spieth 0.088
  19. Collin Morikawa 0.088
  20. Michael Kim 0.085

Six of the par-4s measure between 450 and 500 yards and two others are at 440. The par-4s at Augusta National play as the toughest set all season.

Strokes Gained Par-4s 450-500 Yards — Average Per Round (Last 36 rounds)

  1. Laurie Canter 1.119
  2. Scottie Scheffler 0.973
  3. Keegan Bradley 0.777
  4. Nick Taylor 0.693
  5. Daniel Berger 0.650
  6. Denny McCarthy 0.589
  7. Justin Thomas 0.574
  8. Stephan Jaeger 0.567
  9. Shane Lowry 0.559
  10. Sepp Straka 0.505
  11. Joe Highsmith 0.485
  12. J.J. Spaun 0.459
  13. Brian Campbell 0.404
  14. Bernhard Langer 0.389
  15. Rory McIlroy 0.336
  16. Billy Horschel 0.311
  17. Hideki Matsuyama 0.309
  18. Corey Conners 0.302
  19. Michael Kim 0.283
  20. Russell Henley 0.253

The Masters is considered one of the more predictive events of the year as it pertains to course history. 

Total Strokes Gained — The Masters (Last 24 rounds)

  1. Scottie Scheffler 53.7 (20 rounds)
  2. Jon Rahm 46.8
  3. Cameron Smith 39.8
  4. Xander Schauffele 36.6
  5. Rory McIlroy 36.3
  6. Patrick Reed 35.8
  7. Hideki Matsuyama 34.8
  8. Collin Morikawa 34.7
  9. Brooks Koepka 33.8
  10. Jordan Spieth 33.1
  11. Russell Henley 32.4
  12. Justin Thomas 31.6
  13. Dustin Johnson 31.1
  14. Will Zalatoris 30.5 (12 rounds)
  15. Justin Rose 28.3
  16. Tommy Fleetwood 22.8
  17. Matt Fitzpatrick 20.8
  18. Patrick Cantlay 18.1
  19. Shane Lowry 17.3
  20. Tony Finau 16.8

Selections

Jon Rahm (+1650, Circa Sports)

Rahm left for LIV Golf at the end of 2023 as the defending Masters champion and ranked No. 3 in the world. This year, he is ranked No. 80 in the OWGR.

He won twice on that circuit in 2024 and never finished outside the top 10. In his five 2025 events there, he’s gone T-2, 6th, T-6, T-5, T-9. Even when he seems off, he is never that far away. 

Last year, he was the defending champion but was dealing with the fallout from the LIV move. Rahm also had to withdraw from the U.S. Open with a foot infection. 

This year, despite being the third or fourth choice on the odds board, he almost seems slightly forgotten or at least slightly under the radar. Now that the LIV fallout has died down and he has gotten more at peace with any unfulfillment he may have felt competition-wise, getting back into a major championship will get the Spaniard going. 

Collin Morikawa (18-1, DraftKings)

It is almost unfathomable that Morikawa, who won two major championships in less than a calendar year, has not won on American soil in over four years. 

He gave away his most recent chance at Bay Hill last month when he blew a back-nine Sunday lead at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. 

While Morikawa ranks just 168th on the PGA Tour for Average Driving Distance, his iron play is back to world-class, elite status and he has gone well at Augusta each of the last three years with a fifth in 2022, T-10 in 2023 and third last year. 

Justin Thomas (25-1, DraftKings)

Speaking of a winless drought, it has been almost three years since we landed on Justin Thomas to win the PGA Championship in 2022. 

However, Thomas seems to be working back toward his peak form with seven top-10s in his last 11 events dating to last fall’s Tour Championship, including three runner-up finishes. 

Like Morikawa, the elite iron play has returned to form as JT ranks eighth on the PGA Tour for Strokes Gained: Approach. 

Patrick Cantlay (40-1, DraftKings)

On the surface, Cantlay’s all-around game should be tailor-made for major championships and yet his majors record is underwhelming. 

Nevertheless, his T-3 last summer at the U.S. Open tied for his best career finish in a major. 

Cantlay has always been solid with the driver and an above-average putter, but now his irons have been the best that they have been in three years (18th Strokes Gained: Approach). 

He is under the radar here to break a 2.5-year winless drought. 

Min Woo Lee (60-1, DraftKings)

Lee cooked up his first PGA Tour victory two weeks ago for us at 35-1 by winning the Houston Open and holding off World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler in the process.

Well, if the Houston Open was just the appetizer, then the Masters is the main course. 

Like Memorial Park in Houston two weeks ago, Augusta National is a place where you can hit it long and not find much of a penalty if you miss off the tee, and that is right in Lee’s kitchen, so to speak. 

Robert MacIntyre (60-1, DraftKings)

“Bobby Mac” has to be chomping at the bit to get back to Augusta National after having missed the Masters each of the last two years. He has respectable finishes of 12th and 23rd in his two appearances. 

The big-hitting lefty fits the profile of previous southpaws like Phil Mickelson and Bubba Watson who bomb it off the tee, hit it all over the place and pull off great shots. 

The Scotsman has quietly been playing good and consistent golf in 2025 with six finishes of 17th or better in nine worldwide events.

Patrick Reed (100-1, DraftKings)

Reed got back in the winner’s circle for the first time in nearly four years last November by winning the Hong Kong Open and followed it up last month with a runner-up in Macau in another Asian Tour event. 

Even when he is out of form, the 2018 Masters champion always seems to find something at Augusta and has finished inside the top 12 in four of the last five years. 

Another strong finish here can likely get him into the rest of the 2025 majors. 

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