The first major of the year is finally here, with the field set for the 2022 Masters at Augusta National. Everyone from Jon Rahm to Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh to Fred Couples will be teeing it up this week, vying to put on the green jacket on Sunday afternoon.
Below, we search for the best value prop bets among the 2022 Masters odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions.
The storylines are almost endless this week at Augusta, with Hideki Matsuyama trying to defend his 2021 title, Rory McIlroy attempting to complete the career Grand Slam, Tiger returning from a severe leg injury suffered in a February 2021 car crash and Scottie Scheffler teeing it up as the world No. 1.
Rahm is seeking his second major championship, while Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele will try to win their first. Bryson DeChambeau will look to make up for a disappointing T-46 finish here last year, and Will Zalatoris is back after his tie for 2nd in his Masters debut in 2021.
Augusta tests every part of a player’s game, even if accuracy off the tee isn’t the most important part of this major championship. It takes great iron play, steady putting and a short game that can work magic around these perfect greens.
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2022 Masters – Top-5 picks
Odds provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Tuesday at 4:18 p.m. ET.
Brooks Koepka (+425)
Don’t fret Koepka’s missed cut at last year’s Masters. That was out of the ordinary for a player who finished in the top-11 in his previous three starts here. Koepka has 12 top-5 finishes in majors during his career, including four wins. He’s never won a green jacket, but that could change this week.
Jordan Spieth (+480)
Spieth’s peculiar pre-shot swing routine makes it look like he’s searching for something, but he’s actually striking the ball well. His track record here is also well-documented, with five top-3s at the Masters since 2014 – including a T-3 last year.
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Marc Leishman (+1200)
Leishman tied for 5th at Augusta last year, his third top-10 at the Masters. He has three other top-10s in majors, all coming at the Open Championship. There are players with much shorter odds to finish top 5, but Leishman offers value at +1200.
Other T5 contenders (in order from longest odds to shortest):
- Collin Morikawa (+400)
- Cameron Smith (+350)
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2022 Masters – Top-10 picks
Rory McIlroy (+200)
Somehow, McIlroy still doesn’t have a green jacket despite finishing in the top 10 six times at the Masters, all coming since 2014. He’s the king of backdoor top-10s, starting slowly before settling in on Friday and through the weekend. He missed the cut last year, but that was just his second time doing so at the Masters.
Viktor Hovland (+200)
Hovland has been good, not great in majors. He doesn’t have a top 10 yet, but in his two stops at Augusta, he finished tied for 21st and tied for 32nd (low amateur in 2019). He’s been on a heater since the fall, with two wins and six top 20s this season.
Scottie Scheffler (+162)
Scheffler won’t feel any pressure of being the No. 1 player in the world. Not with the way he’s been playing as of late. His odds are a bit juiced due to his hot stretch in the last month or so, but I still like him to finish in the top 10 instead of an outright bet to win.
Other T10 contenders (in order from longest odds to shortest):
- Tommy Fleetwood (+550)
- Sungjae Im (+480)
2022 Masters – Top-20 picks
Will Zalatoris (+125)
Part of me still doesn’t trust Zalatoris’ putter, especially on the sloping greens of Augusta. He’s 170th in strokes gained: putting this season and putts inside 5 feet seem to give him more trouble than they should. Yet, here I am, taking him to finish top 20 in his second Masters. His ball-striking is too good to ignore.
Tiger Woods (+170)
Woods will play his first competitive round since the 2021 car accident, and it’s incredible that he’s even able to tee it up and play, let alone potentially compete. But as he said in his press conference, walking around Augusta is the hardest part, not swinging the club. He never plays a tournament he doesn’t think he can win.
Cameron Young (+320)
A fun long-shot play is Young, who pounds the ball off the tee and still manages to keep it in the fairway a good amount of the time. He tied for 2nd twice already this season and could announce himself with a strong showing this week. I love his value for a top-20 finish.
Other T20 contender: Louis Oosthuizen (+140)
2022 Masters – Matchups
Suggested play is golfer in bold.
- Matthew Fitzpatrick (-120) vs. Adam Scott (+100)
- Tyrrell Hatton (-110) vs. Russell Henley (-110)
2022 Masters – Top American
Brooks Koepka (+1200)
The talent in American golf right now makes this a really tough pick. Justin Thomas is a great pick at +650 despite being the odds-on favorite to be the top American. But for all the reasons I’m taking Koepka to finish top 5, I like him to be the top American.
2022 Masters – First-round leader
Tony Finau (+5000)
Finau has been, well, not great this season. He doesn’t have a top 20 since January at the limited Sentry Tournament of Champions and has missed three cuts since. But he’ll be at home at Augusta where he has three top 10s. Finau can run hot and cold at times, and all it takes is one good round for this bet to cash.
Si-Woo Kim (+7000)
Very quietly, Kim finished tied for 12th last year despite breaking his putter in the final round. He’s come in the top 35 in each of the last four years here, and he’s someone who can go really low in a given round – he’s 30th in birdie rate this season.
More expert prop bet predictions
Will there be a playoff? Yes: (+300)
There hasn’t been a playoff at the Masters since 2017 and only 17 have happened all time here. But with the gap between the No. 1 player and the 30th-best player in the field being so narrow, I can see this coming down to the wire. A sprinkle at +300 will give you a reason to root for extra holes.
Will there be a hole in one? Yes (-160)
The 16th hole alone has yielded an ace in five of the last six years, with there being eight holes in one at No. 16 since 2016. Corey Conners also aced No. 6 last year, giving the field two holes in one in 2021.
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