The Masters has been chalky in recent years.
Scottie Scheffler and Jon Rahm have combined to win the past three green jackets, doing so with average odds of 10/1.
Scheffler was a +500 favorite when he won last April, marking the fifth time in six years that a player from the top five on the betting board won at Augusta National.
The lone exception was Hideki Matsuyama, who won the tournament as a 40/1 outsider in 2021.
Things weren’t always this predictable on Magnolia Lane. In 2016, Danny Willett cashed as a 50/1 long shot. The following two winners, Sergio Garcia and Patrick Reed, were 30/1 and 50/1, respectively.
In 2011, Charl Schwarzel won the green jacket at 110/1. Two years before that, it was Angel Cabrera who outran his 125/1 odds. The two winners before that, Trevor Immelman and Zach Johnson, were also triple-digit long shots.
The point is, the Masters used to be a place of shock and awe. Lately, it’s felt like the opposite.
This year’s field does feel more wide open than it has in recent years. Scheffler isn’t scorch-earthing the PGA Tour, Rahm is on LIV, and who knows how second-favorite Rory McIlroy will handle the heaps of pressure on his shoulders.
After years of chalk, it feels like we’re due for another Schwartzel or Willett to be the last man standing on the 18th green.
Here are a few players that could fit the bill.
Min Woo Lee (60/1, DraftKings)
It’s been a dream start to 2025 for Min Woo Lee.
The Perth, Australia native won the Children’s Houston Open at the end of March and has five top 20 finishes in seven starts on the PGA Tour.
It’s been a breakthrough campaign for Lee, but he really came onto the scene with a pair of runner-up finishes in 2024, making good on the promise he showed on worldwide tours.
With a recent win and two decent showings in three trips to Augusta in his pocket, Lee looks like a great bet in this range.
Keegan Bradley (125/1, BetMGM)
It seems like Bradley is always underrated in deep fields. It doesn’t make much sense.
The former St. John’s Red Storm standout is a former major champion, has been one of the most consistent players on the PGA Tour over the past couple of years, and has got plenty of experience at Augusta National with two top 25 finishes in his past two trips down Magnolia Lane.
Sungjae Im (125/1, bet365)
It’s been tough sledding for Sungjae Im over the past 12 months, but the South Korean did flash some form with a T19 finish at the Arnold Palmer.
At this price, it’s OK to draw a line through Im’s recent form and lean on his talent and course history. Im finished T2 in 2020, T8 in 2022, and T16 in 2023.
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Nick Taylor (275/1, Caesars)
Course history does matter a lot when it comes to betting the Masters, but it isn’t everything.
Taylor is only making his third trip to Augusta and he only made the weekend once (T29, 2020), but he’s also proven to be one of the most clutch golfers on the PGA Tour.
The Winnipeg native has five wins in his PGA Tour career, and three of them, including the 2024 Waste Management Phoenix Open, came via playoff.
You will be in for quite the ride if Taylor is around the leaderboard come Sunday morning.
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