There's so many different ways for you to get into betting on the Masters whether you're a more advanced handicapper looking at 3-ball bets or want to take a big swing on who's going to be wearing the Green Jacket come Sunday. Several members of the Odds Shark staff have come together to provide their best Masters picks and predictions.
Additionally, SI's Iain MacMillan joined The Huddle to discuss his best bets, sleepers and what he would have for a Masters Dinner which you can watch below.
David's Masters Picks
Scottie Scheffler To Win (+450) at Sportsbook
By this time last year, Scheffler had already recorded two victories in what would be a historic season, and was about to notch his third. By that standard, his winless 2025 so far might seem a cause for concern. But Scheffler’s stats remain very good: second on tour in scoring average, 12th in greens in regulation, third in scrambling. Could he make a few more birdies? Absolutely. But Augusta is a second-shot golf course, and nobody is better than dialing in the irons than Scheffler—as his two green jackets would attest.
Rory McIlroy Top-5 Finish (+115) at Sportsbook
Once again, McIlroy’s quest for the career slam—not to mention his first major championship in a decade—resumes. The Northern Irishman is having the most statistically dominant season on tour this season, leading the pack in scoring and in the top 10 in nearly every other category that matters. His Masters record, though, is all over the place, with a MC and T22 since his runner-up finish in 2022. Rory’s seven career top-10s at Augusta are most among players in the field under 50, but his average finish of 30.3 shows just how hit-and-miss he can be. Still, his excellent play this year makes him worth a shot.
Collin Morikawa Top-10 Finish (+115) at Sportsbook
Augusta sets up very well for a player with Morikawa’s skill set, and that match has been evident in three consecutive top-10 finishes including a career-best T3 last year. The Californian has also played very well so far this season, with a T10 at The Players and a runner-up result and a T5 in two Signature Events. But Morikawa is also struggling to close the deal—he hasn’t won anywhere since late 2023, and hasn’t won on U.S. soil since February of 2021. As his Masters track records shows, his excellent iron play makes him good enough to contend. But as far as winning goes, we’re worried about what’s between the ears.
Scott's Masters Picks
Rory McIlroy To Win (+650) at Sportsbook
He's going to get it done! Enough's enough! Right?! RIGHT?!?
Rory's been in good form in 2025 with three top-five finishes, including two wins through five starts this year. It has been an absolute mixed bag for him at Augusta National throughout his career but more recently, it has been MC, 2nd, MC and T22 over the last four outings.
He needs to complete this career grand slam. The weather may be not be ideal this week, which could play well for a man that grew up on the messy conditions of Northern Ireland.
Jon Rahm Top-5 Finish (+240) at Sportsbook
I'll gladly take more than 2:1 odds on the former World No. 1 golfer and the 2023 Masters winner, Jon Rahm. The Spaniard leads LIV Golf in birdies, third in greens in regulation, T8 for putting average and ninth for scrambling, all good stats needed at a course that is so reliant on your second shot.
Further, in 2025, Rahm has shot under par in 13 of 15 rounds in LIV Golf, albeit on easier courses. It always seems that when the LIV boys show up to the majors they perform well but Rahm hasn't been one of them -- yet.
Steve's Masters Picks
Cameron Smith To Win (+5500) at Sportsbook
The new dad has been playing well on the LIV Tour with three consecutive T20s, but make no mistake, he's built for Augusta National. Familiarity is everything this week, and he's familiar in this spot. In his last five Masters appearances he has a T2, T10, T3, T6. His putter is deadly and I think that's a big reason why he gets his first Green Jacket.
Tommy Fleetwood Top-10 Finish (+280) at Sportsbook
While a T62 at the Valero isn't ideal, he went T16, T14, T11, T5 leading up to it. He's shown he can play Augusta after finishing 3rd last year. He's 11th in SG: Approach and 14th in Strokes Gained tee-to-green. This guy is a grinder, I'm also sprinkling on him to win.
Andrew's Masters Picks
Joaquin Niemann Top-20 Finish (-105) at Sportsbook
Niemann enters the 2025 Masters Tournament as the No. 1 player on the LIV tour and ranked 11th in DataGolf so comes in playing the best golf his young career. His true strokes gained numbers (+1.90) look very good so he could be poised for an improvement over his T22 last year and best finish at Augusta (T16) in 2023. I like him to finish Top 20 in 2025.
Matt's Masters Picks
Justin Thomas To Win (+2200) at Sportsbook
Let’s get a little spicy with a JT pick! Sure, he’s missed the cut in each of the last two Masters, but let’s not act like the guy forgot how to play elite golf.
Thomas has been rounding into form nicely in 2025, posting strong iron play numbers and ranking inside the Top 10 in approach strokes gained over his last few starts. He’s also gained over five strokes tee to green in three of his last four events. When the approach game is firing like that, all it takes is a hot putting week to make serious noise at Augusta.
I’m not buying that this is 2022 JT, but people don’t appreciate that 2023 JT is nowhere to be found either. With all the talk around Scheffler, Rory, and co., JT is coming in under the radar—perfect for a little green jacket surprise.
Sepp Straka Top 20 Finish (+170) at Sportsbook
In Sepp We Trust!
Sepp is sneaky solid. He’s not the flashiest guy in the field, but you’d be hard-pressed to find someone more consistent this season. Straka’s got the perfect blend of calm demeanor and precision ball striking to handle Augusta’s pressure cooker. He finished T30 here last year, gaining strokes across the board, and his 2025 form has been trending up with back-to-back Top 25s in recent starts. He ranks in the Top 20 for driving accuracy and greens in regulation this season—two metrics that translate well at Augusta.
At +170, this is a quiet moneymaker waiting to happen.
Min Woo Lee Top 10 Finish (+400) at Sportsbook
Min Woo Lee oozes Augusta upside. The Aussie bomber has been playing fearless golf early in 2025, including a run of three Top 15 finishes on tough courses leading into this week. His mix of elite distance and shot-shaping creativity is tailor-made for Augusta’s undulating layout.
Lee grabbed a T14 here last year despite a shaky Sunday, and that experience should only help him feel more comfortable this time around. If his putter shows up, and that’s always the big "if", he’s got Top 10 written all over him.
Sprinkle this one into your cards and thank us later. (You can also get Min Woo as the top Australian at +220 at Sportsbook, which I love. I’m not high on either of the Cam’s or JDay this year.)
Sergio Garcia To Miss The Cut (+225) at Sportsbook
Look, Sergio’s got the green jacket, the history, and the highlight reel—but none of that is helping him this week.
The 2017 champ has struggled badly in recent trips to Augusta, missing the cut in three of his last five starts here, and his game in 2025 just hasn’t inspired confidence. His irons have been off, he’s losing strokes around the green, and the putter? Oh, you wanna talk about putters?! (If you haven’t seen White Chicks, I encourage you to bet on Tiger Woods this year).
Throw in the usual at Augusta, loaded field and challenging course conditions, and this looks like another early exit for the Spaniard. Sometimes it’s better to fade the name than fall in love with the history (especially when said history is spotty). Let the books draw some other sucker in on the Sergio brand.
The Masters Betting Tips
Scheffler and McIlroy will get most of the attention, but it’s also impossible to ignore that the LIV boys will be rolling down Magnolia Lane. How to handicap LIV players in majors, given that their starting fields aren’t nearly as deep as what we see on the PGA Tour, and their courses typically aren’t as difficult? There have been 12 majors played since LIV debuted in 2022, and two players—Brooks Koepka in the 2023 PGA in 2023 and Byron DeChambeau in last year’s U.S. Open—have successfully crossed over to win.
That doesn’t seem to bode well for the Masters, where Jon Rahm bombed to a T45 finish in his first start as a LIV player last year. But three LIV players—Cameron Smith, DeChambeau and Tyrell Hatton—finished in the top 10 at Augusta last year, and Koepka and Patrick Reed crashed the top five the year before that. Augusta is so familiar to so many elite players, it seems the one place where the differences between the tours melts away. That puts a spotlight on options like Joaquin Niemann, winner of two of the last four LIV tournaments, and Smith, who’s been top-10 in four of his last five Masters starts.
It certainly helps the LIV players (and everyone else) that the Masters has the smallest and weakest field of the four majors, despite its reputation as the greatest golf tournament on the planet. Ludvig Aberg showed up last year and went T2 in his first major start. Zalatoris, ranked No. 66 in the world, has never finished out of the top 10. Jordan Spieth despite his injuries and struggles has been top-four there in two of the past four years. For sports bettors, there’s definitely a side of opportunity served along with that pimento cheese.
