The Masters: A Tradition Unlike Any Other
The Masters was to have taken place over seven months ago but a pandemic put it in November. Having it this late in the season (actually that is early in the season but late on the calendar) ought to make for some interesting golf.
This event takes place November 12-15, 2020 in Augusta, Georgia and the inner gets the coveted green jacket to go along with a host of other awards. This is the pinnacle event of professional golf. The defending champion is Tiger Woods.
Let’s look at the current odds and then discuss possibilities for our golf bet.
The Masters Odds for 2020
Bryson Dechambeau +800
Dustin Johnson +900
Jon Rahm +1000
Rory McIlroy +1300
Justin Thomas +1400
Xander Schauffele +1500
Brooks Koepka +1800
Patrick Cantlay +2200
Bubba Watson +2500
Patrick Reed +2800
Tyrrell Hatton +3000
Tony Finau +3100
Hideki Matsuyama +3200
Webb Simpson +3300
Tiger Woods +3400
Collin Morikawa +3500
Jason Day +3500
Matthew Wolff +3500
Adam Scott +4000
Tommy Fleetwood +4400
Jordan Spieth +4600
Justin Rose +6000
Louis Oosthuizen +6000
Paul Casey +6000
Scottie Scheffler +6000
Cameron Champ +6500
Cameron Smith +6500
Matthew Fitzpatrick +6500
Phil Mickelson +7000
Rickie Fowler +7000
Sergio Garcia +7000
Jason Kokrak +8000
Shane Lowry +8000
Sungjae Im +8500
Abraham Ancer +9000
Francesco Molinari +9000
Lee Westwood +9500
Brendon Todd +12000
Kevin Kisner +12000
Si Woo Kim +12000
Brandt Snedeker +13000
Ian Poulter +13000
Matt Wallace +14000
Bernd Wiesberger +15000
Billy Horschel +15000
Charl Schwartzel +15000
Marc Leishman +16000
Corey Conners +17000
Henrik Stenson +17000
Lanto Griffin +17000
Matt Kuchar +17000
Sebastian Munoz +17000
Erik Van Rooyen +18000
Zach Johnson +19000
Byeong Hun An +21000
Christiaan Bezuidenhout +25000
Kevin Na +25000
Charles Howell +29000
Rafa Cabrera Bello +29000
Victor Perez +29000
Dylan Frittelli +30000
Graeme McDowell +34000
JT Poston +35000
Justin Harding +35000
Lucas Glover +35000
Max Homa +43000
Andrew Putnam +45000
Jimmy Walker +45000
Nick Taylor +45000
Shugo Imahira +45000
Tyler Duncan +45000
Jazz Janewattananond +46000
Andrew Landry +50000
Bernhard Langer +50000
Fred Couples +50000
C.T. Pan +65000
Nate Lashley +65000
Sung Kang +65000
Abel Gallegos +100000
Andy Ogletree +100000
James Sugrue +100000
John Augenstein +100000
Jose Maria Olazabal +100000
Larry Mize +100000
Lukas Michel +100000
Mike Weir +100000
Sandy Lyle +100000
Vijay Singh +100000
Yuxin Lin +100000
The Masters Contenders
Bryson DeChambeau has the best odds and is the last player to win a major after taking the US Open. He has gained 40 lbs this season and is hitting the ball incredibly hard and straight. At 25 years of age, he is the new face of the PGA for now. He has gained 2.5 strokes in half of his previous 10 tournaments. At 8-1 odds he can still be a good bet and likely the favored.
Dustin Johnson at 9-1 odds is always a bet that can win every week. Since his Covid time off, he appears to now be strong and ready to perform. He is a likely winner.
John Rahm has been shown some love by prediction services that use a computer to spit out the winner. But you still have to perform. At 10-1 odds, he may be a taker but I will pass this year.
Defending champion Tiger Woods at 34-1 is almost never a bad bet. However, his current performances don’t bode well for him to win this again in 2020.
Rory McIlroy would love to pick up the missing piece of his resume which is winning all the major events except the Masters. Hehas shown some good golf with strokes gained in his last five plays At 13-1 he would be a fun play to root for.
The Masters Value Bet
Jordan Spieth is on everyone’s list as a chance to in this event. He has been playing poorly and that is a concern but he has the best per rounds played at Augusta than any other player in the event.
His average finish is 3.8 (T-2, Win, T-2, T-11, T-3); while Nicklaus is 4 (T-15, Win, T-2, Win, Win). Woods trails at 6.6 and Byron Nelson is 7. Spieth is also the only Masters competitor never to finish worse than 11th in any of his first five Masters.
Early in October of 2020, Spieth was quoted as being bullish on DeChambeau. There is nothing wrong with betting on Bryson but I will also bet the 46-1 odds on the quality underdog.
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