2026 Masters Tournament Odds, Picks, Predictions: Final Bets, Betting Card, OAD
The first major of 2026 is finally here. Augusta National takes center stage to host the 2026 Masters this Thursday. Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, and Bryson DeChambeau headline among Masters bets this week. John Haslbauer provides his favorite PGA Tour picks from the available golf odds. Below, you’ll find each player’s best odds at legal betting sites.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. After a week of over-analyzing every trend, data point, driving range shot, and press quotes, golf’s best have finally come to tee it up. The 2026 Masters is just about underway.
Whenever the PGA and LIV tours converge, we must look beyond the model and insert some subjectivity. Not many players have what it takes to withstand the challenge and pressure that Augusta National presents. And with some of the stickiest course history in golf, we have a pretty clear understanding of the top contenders who can pass the test of Driving Distance, Long Iron Approach Play, showcasing elite touch around the greens, and Par-5 Scoring. We’ll also look at performance in recent majors with a heavy emphasis on Masters history.
Ahead, we’ll go through every bet I’ve placed at the 2026 Masters.
Click on any of the Masters odds below for the best available prices at sportsbooks in your state. Navigate to my longshots post for more golf DFS picks and considerations.
HOW I BUILT MY MASTERS BETTING CARD
There is a clear tier of four favorites this week, with marginal differences in the form and pedigree amongst Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Bryson DeChambeau, and Jon Rahm.
In my evaluation of the board, I find Scheffler’s price to be too short relative to his actual form at the moment. I also find it a tall order for any first-time Masters champion to contend in their title defense, so my expectations are considerably low for McIlroy this year. I’ve opted for a tight card with all this considered, understanding there are few surprises that emerge at The Masters.
With all of that in mind, I’ve upped the ante just a bit with my betting card exposure to match the significance of a major championship sweat at the 2026 Masters:
- Outrights — 5U in to pay 30U each
- FRL — 1U in to pay out 12U+ each
- Props — 3.5U in to pay out 4U+ each
MASTERS BETS: OUTRIGHTS (5.0 UNITS)
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Jon Rahm
My bet: +1100
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It takes a winner to know how to win at The Masters. That may seem as though it goes without saying, but it bears repeating at Augusta National, where course history is more repeatable than any other event of the year.
Rahm checks every conceivable box one could look for in a Masters contender. His form has been exceptional on LIV this season, winning LIV Hong Kong last month. His history at Augusta goes well beyond his 2023 win; he’s finished top-15 in six of his last Masters appearances. Beyond the results, Rahm’s game is perfect for Augusta, too. He’s a bomber who excels at hitting high-lofted long irons and fairway woods with exceptional touch around the greens.
Rahm will look to solidify his place amongst the current generation’s elites, in search of his third major championship this week.
Cameron Young
My bet: +2350
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Young will look to make it three consecutive Masters champions who foreshadowed their victory with a win at The Players Championship the month prior. The results are finally catching up to the talent level, as Young has now won twice over his last 12 starts. Within that span, he was also a standout performer for Team USA at the Ryder Cup, proving he can elevate his game in high-pressure situations.
Young’s major resume is impressive already, with six top-10 finishes over the last four years. Two of those came at Augusta National in 2023 and 2024. Like TPC Sawgrass, Augusta National should play right into Young’s strengths of distance, creativity, and shot-shaping. With three consecutive top-10 finishes leading in, this is his best opportunity yet to claim the green jacket.
Patrick Reed
My bet: +4400
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One of the most consistent players at Augusta National over the years, Patrick Reed has delivered top-12 finishes in six of his last eight appearances.
His form leading this week is as good as ever over that stretch, with two wins on the DP World Tour already this season, and a T10 in his most recent start.
Reed is not your prototypical bomber, but the Augusta State alum has proven to be one of, if not the best, at understanding these nuanced greens. The more these greens firm up and bake out over this week, the more I lean to these short-game specialists who can reliably scramble to save par. The 2018 champion is my official pick to win the 2026 Masters.
Min Woo Lee
My bet: +6600
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The Masters is not exactly a haven for surprise longshots to break through. Looking down the board this year, Min Woo Lee is where I draw the line in terms of players who I believe can win, given his course history, course fit, and current form.
A long hitter with elite touch around the greens in the midst of the best approach season of his career, Min Woo’s game should translate very well at Augusta National, as he’s demonstrated already with a T14 finish in his 2022 Masters debut.
The greatest weakness in Min Woo’s game coming into this season was the inconsistency of his iron play. He’s flipped that into a positive in 2026, however, gaining at least 5 strokes on approach in three of his last five starts. With four top-12 finishes over his last five starts, Min Woo is top-3 in the field in terms of SG: TOT (last 24 rounds).
THE MASTERS BETS: FIRST-ROUND LEADER (1.0 UNITS)
Hideki Matsuyama
My bet: +4000
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Each of the last five first-round leaders at the Masters (Rose, DeChambeau, Mickelson, McIlroy, Rahm) has been a veteran with great course history who knows how to navigate these grounds. Matsuyama is a volatile birdie-maker who fits that same description. He’s in good form this year again, with top-30 finishes in 19 of his last 20 starts.
Brooks Koepka
My bet: +4000
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Koepka fits the same description as Matsuyama leading into the 2026 Masters. Each has shown consistent form this year and is a veteran with repeated success at Augusta National. Brooks will look to get out to a hot start on Thursday as he chases his first career Masters win.
Min Woo Lee
My bet: +5000
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Distance, approach play, and touch around the greens are all necessary to find scoring opportunities at Augusta National. Few others have the all-around package to compare to Min Woo Lee, who will be able to comfortably reach each of these par-5s in two.
Nicolai Hojgaard
My bet: +5600
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I’m not convinced Nicolai Hojgaard will break through for a win at the Masters before his first PGA Tour win. I do, however, believe he’s got all the tools to perform well at Augusta for years to come. Hojgaard is one of the hottest ball strikers in the world right now and has already proven he can score at Augusta, finishing T16 in his 2024 debut.
Carlos Ortiz
My bet: +8800
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As far as long shots go, Ortiz is the player I believe has the highest upside at the 2026 Masters. He is a long hitter in solid form at the moment with two top-10s over his last three starts. Ortiz finished T4 at the U.S. Open last year, proving his game can translate on golf’s biggest stages.
THE MASTERS: PROPS (3.5 UNITS)
Top Senior: Zach Johnson
My bet: -120
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It’s generally a sound strategy to back the youngest senior whenever you can. Father Time is, after all, undefeated. At age 50, Johnson is the minimum age to qualify for the senior division, and wasted no time asserting his dominance on the Champions Tour with a win in his very first start.
Johnson was a sneaky T8 finisher at this event last year, and there’s no question he is the only player in this market who possesses anywhere close to that upside in 2026. The odds suggest it is a coin flip whether or not Johnson emerges over the likes of Cabrera, Couples, and Weir. I’m taking Johnson every time over that group.
Top European: Jon Rahm
My bet: +450
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This is a deep market, essentially pitting the entire winning Ryder Cup roster against one another. I am taking a very firm stance against Rory McIlroy’s chances this week, and if you remove him from the equation, no other Europeans have proven they can outduel Rahm down the closing stretch at Augusta National. Ludvig Aberg, Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Rose, Shane Lowry, Robert MacIntyre, and Viktor Hovland have combined for a grand total of zero Masters wins between them.
I’m very high on Rahm’s prospects this week, and believe it’s the American – Scheffler, DeChambeau, Young, and Reed – who stand the greatest chance to outplay him.
Top-20 Finish: Carlos Ortiz
My bet: +500
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LIV players tend to fly under the radar in the majors, with most golf fans only watching them compete four times per year. Ortiz seems to me like the most under-valued player in this field. He’s finished top-10 in two of his last three starts and T4 at the U.S. Open last year.
He’s a bomber who has the distance to generate scoring opportunities on the par-5s at Augusta National, and picked up his lone PGA TOUR win at Memorial Park, one of the better correlary courses in predicting success at The Masters.
Top Debutant: Harry Hall
My bet: +1200
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When assessing a group of players who have never competed at Augusta National before, it’s the greens that should cause the most confusion for players seeing them for the first time. If that holds true, Harry Hall stands the best chance to acclimate the quickest. He ranks top-5 in terms of SG: ARG, SG: Short Game, and SG: P (Fast & Bentgrass greens).
Hall is also a proven performer in difficult conditions, finishing top-30 in each of his two major starts last year, and T9 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational last month.
ONE AND DONE
My pick: Patrick Reed
This is the hardest week of the year for me to project ownership in OAD. The presence of LIV has changed the dynamic of OAD strategy as we know it, as there are only four weeks each year when we have the option to play Rahm and DeChambeau. That should, in theory, inflate their ownership, so I’m expecting each to push beyond 25% owneed.
The Masters, despite its significance, is not the highest-priced event of the year. The purse is lower than the other three majors and TOUR Signature events, so that gives me pause to roll out players like Scheffler, who will have a more significant opportunity to claim a higher prize pool later in the year.
By that logic, I’m pivoting to another player who will only be available four times this year, and who will not have nearly the same magnitude of ownership, despite this being the only time of year worth considering him. Reed is in elite form this season, and with six top-12s over his last eight appearances, it seems like the time is now for him to cash in on his second Masters title.
I would also consider playing Jon Rahm, Matt Fitzpatrick, or Cameron Young in OAD, if not Patrick Reed.
THE MASTERS BETS: FULL BETTING CARD
That’ll do it for this week’s PGA Tour golf bets. Best of luck this week with your Masters bets, and see you after each round with nightly daily fantasy and live betting analysis throughout the tournament.
2026 MASTERS ODDS
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