Masters 2025: Predictions, sleeper picks, odds to win golf's first major
Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy are the favorites at the 2025 Masters, but there are also several sleeper picks experts have based on the latest odds at Augusta National Golf Club.
It's Masters week once again, and the first of professional golf's four majors looks primed for another memorable tournament.
Defending champion Scottie Scheffler will attempt to join Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods as the only golfers to win the Masters in back-to-back years. Rory McIlroy, after winning the Players Championship last month, will try to win his first major title in 11 years and complete a career grand slam with his first green jacket. They'll also be tested by Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka and other top golfers on the LIV Golf roster competing around the world outside the bigger spotlight of the PGA Tour.
Golf's majors are more meaningful than ever with so many of the top golfers scattered on the two major tours in recent years. The action starts with Thursday's first round and wraps up Sunday, but experts are already weighing in with predictions and picks for this year's event.
Here's what to know about the 2025 Masters, including the latest BetMGM odds, favorites and sleepers before the best golfers in the world tee off at Augusta National Golf Club:
Masters 2025 odds
BetMGM odds as of Sunday, April 6
- Scottie Scheffler +450
- Rory McIlroy +650
- Colin Morikawa +1400
- Bryson DeChambeau +1600
- Jon Rahm +1600
- Ludwig Aberg +1800
- Xander Schauffele +2000
- Justin Thomas +2200
- Joaquin Niemann +2800
- Patrick Cantlay +2800
- Brooks Koepka +3000
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Masters 2025 predictions
Mark Giannotto, Paste BN: Collin Morikawa
"Morikawa currently ranks second behind only McIlroy in strokes gained tee-to-green in 2025. It's perhaps gone under the radar because Morikawa is searching for his first win in more than 18 months and fell short again with a chance to win this year's Arnold Palmer Invitational. But he has three top-10 finishes in five starts this season, in addition to winning the PGA Championship and British Open previously. Maybe he's ready to prove his mettle at The Masters."
Draftkings Network: Xander Schauffele
"Schauffele started this season late due to a rib injury and, after looking rusty in his first two starts, came alive at the Valspar Championship … gaining an eye-popping 11.2 strokes on approach at the Copperhead Course. This number set a career-high for Schauffele … The 31-year-old is notorious for playing his best golf at major championships and Schauffele is a very intriguing early bet at this number."
BetMGM: Ludvig Aberg
"Aberg came extremely close to ending the Masters debutant winless run last April, ultimately settling for a runner-up finish. Illness plagued Aberg in late January through February, but a win at the Genesis should give hope to those considering backing Aberg at the Masters. That week, Aberg gained 10 strokes tee-to-green, the third-best output of his entire career."
The Masters 2025: Sleeper picks
Patrick McDonald, CBS Sports: Sepp Straka (+6600)
"Straka ranks inside the top 10 in the world in driving accuracy and iron play so far in 2025. This is the combination that led him to a T-16 finish at the Masters last season as he ranked sixth in driving accuracy, fifth in greens in regulation and eighth in strokes gained tee to green. Recent improvements on and around the greens should improve Straka's chances at nabbing a major championship where he has acquitted himself nicely in recent years."
Draftkings Network: Russell Henley (+5000)
"These are odds are way too long for Henley. The 35-year-old has been one of the best players in the world with four top-10 finishes in just seven starts this season. Henley recently picked up the fifth PGA TOUR win of his career at the Arnold Palmer Invitational last month, which was a Signature Event that featured all of the PGA TOUR’s best players. Henley has always been one of the best irons players on the PGA TOUR, but this season, he has been an elite putter as well, which has been the key to him playing the best golf of his career."
Oddspedia: Corey Conners (+6600)
"There may not be a hotter player on the PGA Tour these days than Canadian Corey Conners, who posted three-straight top-eight finishes (before this weekend)."