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Join us as we find your best bets for this week’s first major championship of 2024, the iconic 2024 Masters Tournament at Augusta National in Georgia. With the excitement building up, our picks are in, so join us as we look for the best odds at the top sportsbooks.
Picks Summary
- Scottie Scheffler to Win Outright (+350)
- Jordan Spieth to Win Outright (+2000)
- Jordan Spieth to Finish Top 5 (+400)
*All odds from Bet365 (check our Bet365 Review)
2024 Masters Tournament
April 11-14, 2024 at Augusta National Golf Club
Masters Tournament at Augusta National
This week the Green Jacket finds its suitor for 2024, and as discussed, we have a solid favorite in Scottie Scheffler taking his place at the top of the market, and it’s entirely plausible that his main competition will come from the defectors who return from LIV Golf. Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau and Cameron Smith are boosted by the defending champion, Jon Rahm choosing to join the breakaway tour earlier in the year.
Augusta National measures and plays a long 7500 yards on undulating parkland.
The players will find the course running fast and they may even things out for the shorter hitters off the tee although significant wind and rain are predicted for Thursday and Friday before a glorious weekend forecast. An ability to place approach shots in strategically the best area of the slick Bentgrass greens has always been paramount at Augusta.
Where to Watch
If you’re planning on watching the event live, you can do so at ESPN+, Paramount+, the Masters.com website, the official Masters app, and CBSSports.com
Previous Winners
| Year | Winner |
| 2023 | Jon Rahm |
| 2022 | Scottie Scheffler |
| 2021 | Hideki Matsuyama |
| 2020 | Dustin Johnson |
| 2019 | Tiger Woods |
| 2018 | Patrick Reed |
| 2017 | Sergio Garcia |
| 2016 | Danny Willett |
| 2015 | Jordan Spieth |
| 2014 | Bubba Watson |
Scottie Knows How to Win!
Don’t believe the song, “Scotty doesn’t know!” because no one knows better how to win golf tournaments than Scottie Scheffler.
The twenty-seven-year-old from New Jersey cuts a strong figure as the standout betting favorite this week at the top of the betting market. Indeed, we must go back to Tiger Woods in his pomp for the last time that I considered betting the Masters favorite.
In four of the last five renewals the winner has been priced below +2000 so there has been a recent lean to the top of the market, which is possibly due to the constant lengthening of the course to fight the advancing technology.
The problem for the rest of golf now is Scheffler’s ball striking is reaching, and in certain spots surpassing, the stats that Tiger Woods put up when he was at his best.
Last year, a cold putter undermined Scheffler’s progress at the top of the spot after his first Masters win in 2022, but a recent change of putter before his Arnold Palmer win has brought his short game stats in line with the rest. That newfound confidence could be seen to full effect when he won the following week at the Player Championship.
PGA Tour Wins
| 2024 |
2024 THE PLAYERS Championship 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard |
| 2022-2023 |
2023 THE PLAYERS Championship 2023 WM Phoenix Open |
| 2021-2022 |
2022 Masters Tournament 2022 World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play 2022 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard 2022 WM Phoenix Open |
The other factor pointing towards Scottie this week is that the rest of the contenders seem to have serious question marks against their chances this week. Not only on the PGA Tour but on the LIV Golf Tour where many underwhelmed at last week’s LIV Miami, which was played at the Blue Monster, a proven strong prep for the Augusta National.
We are happy to support Scottie Scheffler this week in Bet365’s outright win market at +350.
Golf Pick: Scottie Scheffler to Win Outright (+350) at Bet365
Will It Be Jordan at The Double?
Our second Masters Tournament selection is Jordan Spieth, who looked to be playing some much-improved golf at last week’s Valero Texas Open, and his history at Augusta National requires that we give the thirty-year-old from Dallas the utmost respect.
Spieth was runner-up here on debut in 2014, won the following year and was runner-up again in 2016, to announce in no uncertain terms to the golfing world that he was perfectly suited to Augusta National’s unique demands. Since then, Spieth has completed three other top 4 finishes for a superb shot average of 70.66 over the last decade.
Inspirational champions having been coming back and performing well for decades here, often winning further Green Jackets and fans with long memories like me will remember Jack Nicklaus coming back for his final major championship win here in 1986 at the grand old age of forty-six.
PGA Tour Wins
| 2021-2022 |
2022 RBC Heritage |
| 2020-2021 |
2021 Valero Texas Open |
| 2016-2017 |
2017 The Open Championship 2017 Travelers Championship 2017 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am |
| 2015-2016 |
2016 DEAN & DELUCA Invitational 2016 Hyundai Tournament of Champions |
| 2014-2015 |
2015 TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola 2015 John Deere Classic 2015 U.S. Open 2015 Masters Tournament 2015 Valspar Championship |
| 2013 |
2013 John Deere Classic |
With that romantic feel of Augusta National with the azaleas in full bloom, bringing in the Georgia Springtime this week, there is nothing golf fans would love more than Jordan Spieth to win his second Green Jacket.
This week, we are backing Jordan Spieth to win his second Masters title at the price of +2000.
Golf Pick: Jordan Spieth to Win Outright (+2000) at Bet365
Golf Pick: Jordan Spieth to Finish Top 5 (+400) at Bet365
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