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The pinnacle event of the PGA Tour season has arrived at long last as the world’s best arrive at Augusta National Golf Club for the 2020 Masters.
In search of the best value bets in the 2020 Masters, we’ll highlight the top tournament matchups, placings and first-round leader (FRL) picks and predictions.
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2020 Masters bets: Matchups
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Jason Day (-112) vs. Collin Morikawa
The 23-year-old Morikawa has won twice since the PGA Tour’s mid-June restart, including the PGA Championship in early August. Therefore, Day, a former world No. 1, comes into this head-to-head tournament matchup as a slight underdog. He has had a strong season in his own right, with five top 10s in 15 events since mid-June, including a T-4 at the PGA Championship.
Morikawa is trying to become the first to win the Masters in their first appearance since Fuzzy Zoeller in 1979. Day has finished inside the top 10 at the Masters four times, including a T-5 last year.
Bryson DeChambeau vs. Xander Schauffele (+105)
DeChambeau is the tournament betting favorite at +750. After winning the U.S. Open by six strokes, there’s a strong possibility he runs away with this tournament as well. There’s also a chance he struggles on the greens and his added distance fails him on the tight fairways. Hedge an outright bet on DeChambeau by taking the steady Schauffele at plus-money in a head-to-head matchup.
2020 Masters bets: Placings
Top American: Brooks Koepka (+1000)
Koepka, a four-time major champion, closed with back-to-back rounds of 65 at last week’s Vivint Houston Open to finish in a tie for fifth. It was the second-best finish of any American who competed in the Houston Open and will compete in the Masters. He’s the first golfer in this pool getting a 10-1 return on investment and was a co-runner-up with Dustin Johnson (+550 for Top American) last year.
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Top 10: Phil Mickelson (+750)
“Lefty” has started 2-for-2 on the PGA Tour Champions circuit and at 50 years old will look to dethrone Jack Nicklaus (46 years, 82 days) as the oldest Masters winner. Mickelson’s last PGA Tour win was last year’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, but he was the runner-up at the marquee WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational this summer. He tied for 18th at last year’s Masters and has the distance and short game to still contend here.
Lowest score over 72 holes – Group A: Bryson DeChambeau (+275)
This is an interesting group given the notable omission of Koepka. DeChambeau is getting +275 odds against Dustin Johnson (+320), Jon Rahm (+350), Justin Thomas (+400) and Rory McIlroy (+450). None have won the Masters before and DeChambeau is the most recent major champion.
2020 Masters bets: First-round leader
Jordan Spieth (+4000)
Spieth’s struggles over the last couple of years are well documented, yet his betting odds at the Masters remain suppressed as a public favorite. The 2015 Masters champ leads all golfers in the field with an average of 3.38 strokes gained on the field per round at Augusta National, according to Data Golf. He opened with a 75 at the 2019 Masters but broke par in each of the next three rounds en route to a 21st-place finish.
Christiaan Bezuidenhout (+10000)
Bezuidenhout ranks 106th in the Golfweek/Sagarin world rankings and will be making his debut at Augusta National. One of the greatest tests at the Masters is the ability to block out the large crowds, but that’s not an issue in 2020 with no patrons allowed. It will play to the advantage of Bezuidenhout and all other first-time competitors. He ranked fourth on Tour in Strokes Gained: Putting last year with an average of 0.90 per round and could get out to a quick start before the pressure begins to rise.
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