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2025 Masters Odds, Picks & Predictions: Best PGA Bets

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Deep in the woods isn't typically an alluring destination for golf enthusiasts, but the magnetism and mystique around Augusta National Golf Club - the crown jewel of championship golf - is amplified for one week in April every year. That week is this week. 

The familiar flora and elegant piano jingle strike the senses with a nostalgia that is somehow fresh. It is spring, after all. The parade-paced crawl down Magnolia Lane to the hope of a Sunday afternoon date in the Butler Cabin to bookend the best week to consume our gentle game of imperfect precision and mood swings. To not wager on this action would be as tragic as Rory McIlroy's travails here in 2011.

2025 Masters Odds, Picks & Predictions

The Course

Masterful and perfect. Augusta National is the track every golfer uses to measure their worth at the pinnacle of the sport. 

Off the tee are a variety of sightlines, ranging from eerily spacious to squeezed enough to go cross-eyed. The trees loom large, choking angles to the preferred landing areas. Wayward drives will find trouble in the form of Georgia pines with a blanket of unstable straw and treacherous bunkering. 

On approach, the noteworthy fact is that there isn't a flat square of ground on which to stand, let alone attack the severely undulating green complexes. 

Those greens? Lightning fast. Staying below the hole is imperative, and a creative, consistent short game can erase plenty of ball-striking woes. 

Effective gameplay is rewarded with scoring opportunities, while poor form is met with Draconian consequences on the scorecard. Gary Player says Augusta is overrated. Hogwash. The par-72 course is a mighty 7,555 yards this year.

The whole bag of clubs better be honed, while every conceivable type of shot could present itself. Every type of golfer has won the Masters, but Augusta still has a type: The best golfer on the grounds that week. He who can execute what the course demands with the most consistency will don the Green Jacket. The intention on our end is to predict who that might be.

PGA Best Bets: The Masters (2025)

(Odds courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook)

Xander Schauffele [Outright +1800; Top-5 +330; Top-10 +150]

While it’s foolish to ignore the fact that Rory McIlroy is the only person with multiple wins this season, his odds don’t line up with the cursed fashion of his results at the Masters. Scottie Scheffler has two Green Jackets, but there’s just no juice to squeeze from those +400 odds.

I’ll have to watch the live boards and hope for an opportunity to grab Scheffler in double digits while still in striking distance. My favorite to win the Green Jacket is Xander Schauffele. The reigning PGA Champion and Champion Golfer of the Year in 2024 has finished in the top 10 four times in six trips to Augusta, including a runner-up finish in 2019.

Schauffele is far and away the top player in my weighted (and heavily filtered) statistical model this week. He is outstanding on courses longer than 7,400 yards, rating out best on approach and bogey avoidance in this field.

The other driving force behind what will be an aggressive wager on his behalf is the odds. The third-ranked golfer in the world should never pay 18-1 in a major. I handicapped him at +800, so we’re looking at some amazing value. Fire away.

Ludvig Åberg [Outright +2000; Top-5 +300; Top-10 +150]

The charming Swede wasn’t supposed to perform well in his Masters debut, but he did anyway. Ludvig Åberg nearly snatched the Green Jacket from Scheffler last year. It was his first start in a major.

Built in a lab, yada yada. Aberg is a big game hunter whose killer instinct rivals that of Brooks Koepka, though it is shrouded by his sunny disposition. While I am betting him at the absolute shortest odds I would be willing to grab, Åberg is the type of scorer who could run away from the field like a certain striped cat character. That upside excites me.

Hideki Matsuyama [Outright +3000; Top-5 +450; Top-10 +210]

One of the greatest moments in Masters history was when Hideki Matsuyama turned his back on the setting Georgia sun to sign his winning scorecard, setting the stage for his caddie Shota Hayafuji to turn and honor the legendary golf course with a respectful bow.

I bawled my eyes out at the weight of the moment and the majesty in the gesture. Earlier, I mentioned Augusta National has a type. Matsuyama’s skill set is that type. The Masters has a few guys who have ponied up for two or more champions’ dinners. Matsuyama fits the mold. His iron play and short game are remarkable, and he has a knack for going low when scoring conditions are anything but easy.

Cameron Smith [Outright +6000; Top-10 +400]

The way Cameron Smith navigates golf courses is universally effective, regardless of era. His timeless style is through positional ball-striking and an immaculate short game. With top-10 finishes in four of the last five years at Augusta, it’s safe to say Smith’s methods translate fluently.

Where he lacks prowess off the tee, Smith compensates with the clear best short game in this field. There is no more lethal scorer in the world with a wedge and putter than Smith. His results on the LIV Tour mean nothing once Ray Charles croons “Georgia on My Mind.” His mullet might be gone, but his chances of breaking through as the next Australian Masters champion are alive and well.

Keegan Bradley [Outright +10000; Top-20 +225]

Oh, captain, my captain. Keegan Bradley will have the Americans ready to defend home soil at Bethpage Black in September’s Ryder Cup, but he is swinging it well these days, too. Bradley hasn’t missed a Masters cut since 2014, though he hasn’t necessarily chased down leaderboards here either.

The difference this year is how sharp Bradley has been on approach. His ball-striking metrics are fantastic, and he rates out in the top 10 in this field in par-5 scoring. If you’re worried about his streaky putting, don’t. Bradley is 12th in this field in three-putt avoidance. I love rooting for Bradley, so triple-digit odds will make this sweat even sweeter.

Christiaan Bezuidenhout [Outright +25000; Top-20 +400]

Bear with me on this one. There isn’t anything sexy about betting on a South African longshot who hasn’t won an event of any kind since 2020, but Christiaan Bezuidenhout is not a boring pick.

Bezuidenhout has an outstanding short game, seventh-best in this illustrious field. He hasn’t played in the Masters in a couple of years, but his three appearances all saw the weekend.

Bezuidenhout’s odds would be a lot longer if he weren’t playing really solid golf in 2025 to earn his spot in the field. A poor man’s Cameron Smith could make us a rich man’s ransom this week.

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