Odds to Win the 2020 Masters Tournament

The Masters is the pinnacle of the golfing calendar, and the 2020 edition of the most famous golf tournament in the world will have a different look this time around. 

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was postponed from its initial start date in early April. On April 6, it was announced the new date for the Masters will be from November 12-15, 2020.

To put into perspective how unique a fall Masters is going to be, keep this in mind: the Masters has been played 83 times since the inaugural event in 1934 and finished in April 82 times. The only Masters that didn’t was the first one, which ended in late March. The tournament was cancelled from 1943 to 1945 because of the Second World War.

At Bovada, Rory McIlroy is the +650 favorite to slip on the green jacket this time around. Brooks Koepka (+1000), Tiger Woods (+1000), Jon Rahm (+1200), Justin Thomas (+1200), Dustin Johnson (+1400), Xander Schauffele (+2000), Jordan Spieth (+2500), Justin Rose (+2500) and Patrick Cantlay (+2500) comprise the rest of the top 10 at the shop.

To find out all the ways you can bet on the Masters, we have you covered.

2019 Masters Was One for the Books

The Masters features the smallest field of the four major tournaments, so even getting an invite to tee it up in Georgia is quite the accomplishment in itself. Woods pulled off potentially the best feel-good sports story of the year in 2019, edging out Johnson, Schauffele and Koepka to win by a single stroke on Sunday. The victory was Woods’ first major win since the 2008 U.S. Open and moved him three back of Jack Nicklaus’ all-time record of 18 titles.

Past champions have a lifelong standing invite back to the prestigious event, and 19 previous winners at Augusta are committed to playing in the Peach State. Of the bunch, Vijay Singh (+75000), Trevor Immelman (+50000), Freddie Couples (+50000) and Bernhard Langer (+50000) have the longest odds at the sportsbook.

An Invite to Augusta National is Tough to Get

Aside from past champs, the invite-only field also features the last five winners from the other three majors, along with the past three Players Championship victors, the top two finishers in the 2019 U.S. Amateur, the winner of the 2019 Amateur Championship, the winner of the 2019 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, the winner of the 2019 U.S. Mid-Amateur and the winner of the 2020 Latin America Amateur Championship.

The top 12 finishers and ties from the previous year’s Masters, as well as the top four placements and ties in the other three majors, also get invites to Augusta National. Winning on the PGA Tour in tournaments that award a full-point allocation for the FedExCup between the 2019 Masters and the 2020 Masters will book you a ticket here, in addition to qualifying for the 2019 Tour Championship and finishing in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking list.

Masters Trends

Woods’ triumph here a year ago bucked the trend on a youth movement that had seen each of the prior 13 Masters champions winning under the age of 40. Every winner in the last 13 years had participated in at least one Masters, so betting on a rookie to go all the way is a risky endeavor.

Woods always draws plenty of action at sportsbooks whenever he plays due to his diehard following, but with Eldrick set to defend his title, the number of bets placed on him will likely be the highest it’s been in years. After all, nobody has won back-to-back Masters since Woods accomplished the feat in 2001 and 2002.

Since its inception in 1934, there has been at least one hole-in-one in 22 Masters (1934, 1935, 1940, 1947, 1949, 1954, 1959, 1968, 1972, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019). Bryson DeChambeau recorded the first ace of his professional career here a year ago on the par-3 16th hole on the final round.

Here’s a look at the book’s full list of odds: