Tournament details: Masters, Apr 9–12
Course: Augusta National, Georgia
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,565
Defending champion: Rory McIlroy
The cream of the golfing world descends on Augusta National this week for the first major of the year. Rory McIlroy completed the career Grand Slam in winning the Masters last year, receiving the famous green jacket and lifetime exemption into the tournament in the process.
Will McIlroy be able to successfully defend his crown in 2026? Could another former champion like Scottie Scheffler or Jon Rahm taste victory at Augusta National again? Or will there be a new name etched on the Masters Trophy come Sunday evening?
Here’s everything you need to know about the 2026 Masters including our betting tips and the latest odds.
The Masters Odds
The Masters 2026 Betting Odds
Player | Odds | Implied Chance |
|---|---|---|
Scottie Scheffler | 11/2 | 15.4% |
Bryson DeChambeau | 9/1 | 10.0% |
Jon Rahm | 9/1 | 10.0% |
Rory McIlroy | 10/1 | 9.1% |
Xander Schauffele | 11/1 | 8.3% |
Ludvig Aberg | 12/1 | 7.7% |
Matt Fitzpatrick | 16/1 | 5.9% |
Tommy Fleetwood | 16/1 | 5.9% |
Cameron Young | 16/1 | 5.9% |
Justin Rose | 18/1 | 5.3% |
Patrick Reed | 20/1 | 4.8% |
Bar | 22/1 | 4.3% |
The Masters 2026 Outright Betting Preview
Augusta National plays host to the first major of the year, and the 2026 Masters looks set to be one of the most intriguing in recent memory.
Questions surround the form and fitness of the two standout favourites, creating a rare opening for the chasing pack. With a fair weather forecast and several in-form players heading into the week, the value may lie further down the betting.
Bryson To Bully Augusta?
Big-Hitting Bryson Looking To Master Augusta For First Time
Bryson DeChambeau 's sights will be firmly set on winning his first Masters as doubts surround the form and fitness of two of his main rivals, Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy , heading to Augusta National.
DeChambeau goes into the first major of the year on the back of successive LIV Golf victories in Singapore and South Africa, while he has also shown signs of taming Augusta in recent visits.
The big-hitting American missed the cut in 2022 and 2023 but he finished joint sixth in 2024 and last year led early on the final day before having to settle for a share of fifth.
If the weather stays fair this year, as it is forecast to be, then conditions could favour DeChambeau's game and he is 9/1 with BOYLE Sports to add to his two US Open triumphs, which is our opening Masters prediction.
Rahm Raid Incoming?
Masters Set For Another Rahm Raid Amid Doubts About Top Two
Fellow LIV Golf member and former Masters champion Jon Rahm is also 9/1 in the Masters odds, and he is another man looking to take advantage of question marks over world number one Scheffler and defending champion McIlroy.
Rahm, who finished runner-up to DeChambeau in South Africa, has a fine record at Augusta and should be among the contenders again this Sunday.
The Spaniard finished ninth, seven, fifth and 27th in successive years before winning the Masters in 2023, while he was 14th in 2025.
Scheffler has an even better record, receiving the iconic green jacket in 2022 and 2024 before finishing fourth last year.
He was also 10th in 2023 and is 5/1 favourite with BOYLE Sports to finish top of the pile again this week, although his aura of invincibility has faded somewhat in recent months.
The world's leading player has finished outside the top 10 in his last three events – the first time that has happened since 2022 – and he also may have found rest hard to come by following the birth of his second son last week.
McIlroy To Follow In Tiger's Footsteps?
Defending Champion Looking To Emulate Woods
McIlroy does not have great form to fall back on either as he returns to the scene of one of his greatest triumphs.
McIlroy was finally able to complete the career Grand Slam 12 months ago when he beat Justin Rose in a dramatic play-off to fill the Masters-shaped hole in his major collection.
That saw the Northern Irishman become only the sixth player in history to win all four grand slams and would have been a huge weight off his shoulders after 11 years of frustration.
The world number two is 10/1 to become the first man since Tiger Woods in 2002 to win back-to-back Masters titles.
But, like Scheffler, he hasn't swung a club in anger since the Players Championship in mid-March, where the European Ryder Cup star finished 46th on his return to action after withdrawing from the Arnold Palmer Invitational with a back issue.
McIlroy also has to deal with the increased responsibility and attention of being the defending champion this week, including additional media duties and hosting the famed Champions Dinner.
However, with the pressure of chasing a career Grand Slam now gone, McIlroy could thrive again at Augusta – providing his back holds up – and the five-time major winner can never be discounted.
British Challengers
British Challengers
If form is what you are after, then Matt Fitzpatrick is your man.
The 2022 US Open champion has finished runner-up and winner in his last two events at the Players and Valspar Championship, with his last seven rounds all being sub-70.
The Englishman has also made the cut in every Masters since finishing seventh in 2016, and he is 16/1 to get his hands on the trophy – the same odds as compatriot Tommy Fleetwood.
Players Champion Young Yearns For Augusta Glory
16/1 Too Big For Players Champion?
Cameron Young is also well worth considering at odds of 16/1 in our Masters betting tips.
The world number 3 beat Fitzpatrick in a play-off to win the Players last month and the previous two champions at TPC Sawgrass, Scheffler and McIlroy, have gone on to win that year's Masters.
Also, Xander Schauffele is 11/1 , Ludvig Aberg 12/1 while Rose is 22/1 to finally win a second major title after a host of near misses.
Course Insights
Augusta National Course Insights
Augusta is widely regarded as a second-shot course, and the data backs it up. PGA Tour analysis found that six of the eight Masters winners prior to 2023 ranked inside the top five for the week in Strokes Gained: Approach – making it the single most predictive metric at Augusta.
Greens in Regulation follows closely, with leaders in GIR having won the tournament six times compared to just once for leaders in fairways hit or putts. Straightness off the tee matters far less than distance and approach quality – length is rewarded more than accuracy at Augusta, according to multiple course-fit studies.
The four par-5s at holes 2, 8, 13 and 15 are where the tournament is effectively won or lost. Data Golf's long-run Augusta analysis found that Masters winners derive an outsized share of their scoring from these holes, and contenders who merely survive them rather than attack tend to fall short. Hole 15 in particular stands out as the biggest advantage hole for longer hitters.
On the greens, it is distance control rather than streaky putting that separates contenders from pretenders. Augusta's fast, heavily contoured bentgrass surfaces punish any shot left above the hole or on the wrong tier – a misread approach putt can quickly become a scramble for bogey.
Amen Corner remains the pivotal stretch: the long approach at 11, the notoriously wind-affected par-3 12th – where indecision is punished more harshly than almost anywhere in golf – and the par-5 13th, where the risk-reward calculation can swing a tournament within minutes.
The ideal Augusta player profile is a long, precise iron player who putts well to distance, scores aggressively on the par-5s, and has the patience to protect on the back nine par-3s and par-4s. As one course management analysis put it, Augusta "punishes impatience" – players who chase leaderboards, attack dangerous pins, or force par-5 greens they cannot actually reach are the ones who tend to hand the tournament to someone else.
Masters Tips
Masters Betting Tips
Bryson DeChambeau To Win Outright (9/1)
Matt Fitzpatrick Each Way (16/1)
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