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Master(s) Plan
An excerpt from VSIN's Masters Tournament Preview ...
“A Tradition Unlike Any Other” is here this week as the year’s first major takes place with the 90th edition of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club. For the first time since July at the British Open, all the world’s top golfers are at the same venue.
Scottie Scheffler (+550) hopes to continue his trend of winning the green jacket in even-numbered years (2022, 2024 winner). The reigning PGA and British Open champion had a historic season in 2025, and he has been a little down from that to start the 2026 campaign. Nevertheless, he is still the World No. 1 player and arrives with some new precious cargo in tow as his second son Remy was born just 10 days ago.
Rory McIlroy (12-1) arrives with his own cargo in tow, his green jacket and Champions Dinner menu as McIlroy finally completed the career Grand Slam and won the Masters for the first time last year. Rory does not arrive in Augusta on the impeccable form that he did last year, having withdrawn from the Arnold Palmer Invitational five weeks ago after tweaking his lower back before Saturday’s round and then finishing 46th in defense of his title at The Players Championship.
Speaking of form, perhaps no one is in better form than 2023 Masters champion Jon Rahm (11-1), who has played only five events overseas to start the LIV Golf season. However, he does have a victory and three runners-up in five events with an average finish of 2.4.
Bryson DeChambeau (11-1) got his first taste of what it was like to be in contention on Masters Sunday and briefly held the lead last year while in the final pairing with McIlroy before finishing T-5. DeChambeau has won back-to-back LIV events in Singapore and South Africa, where he defeated Rahm in the playoff.
Ludvig Åberg (14-1) was one shot off the lead held by McIlroy and Justin Rose (35-1) with two holes to play before a bogey/triple bogey finish dropped him to T-7. His talent is obvious, but Åberg has had trouble closing it out on Sundays, as was on display last month at The Players Championship when a three-shot lead beginning the back nine ended up in a four-shot deficit to eventual winner Cameron Young (20-1).
Last year was essentially a lost season because of injury setbacks for Xander Schauffele (16-1), who has five top-10 finishes in his last seven Masters appearances and has started 2026 in much better shape, plus comes in off finishes of third (Players) and fourth (Valspar).
After finally winning on American soil and on the PGA Tour last year at the Tour Championship, Tommy Fleetwood (22-1) is certainly near the top of the “best player to never win a major” list.
Matt Fitzpatrick (22-1) nearly won The Players last month and then dusted off that disappointment to win the Valspar the next week.
One of the more interesting handicaps this week involves Collin Morikawa (33-1). He has a victory (Pebble Beach) and has played as well as anyone in 2026, but he withdrew with a back injury after one hole at The Players and subsequently pulled out of last week’s Valero Texas Open.
Several former Masters champions are in the mid-range of the market, including Hideki Matsuyama (35-1), Patrick Reed (35-1), Jordan Spieth (45-1) and Adam Scott (70-1).
Other notable former major champions in the field include Brooks Koepka (40-1), Justin Thomas (66-1), Shane Lowry (66-1), plus last year’s U.S. Open and this past weekend’s Valero Texas Open winner, J.J. Spaun (70-1).
Other players looking to win their first major include Robert MacIntyre (37-1), Min Woo Lee (40-1), Viktor Hovland (50-1), Akshay Bhatia (60-1), Patrick Cantlay (70-1) and Tyrrell Hatton (70-1).
RBROWNBETS: We're backing both Bryson DeChambeau (+1050) and Matt Fitzpatrick to win (+2300) as outright selections. It's also going to be hard to pass on Scottie Scheffler at plus money to finish in the Top 5 (+110). One other golfer to consider: Hideki Matsuyama (+2700). We'll likely being adding bets as the tournament unfolds.
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