This year’s Masters feels wide open.
Scottie Scheffler is still the consensus favorite, but the defending champion and two-time winner is not off to a flying start (relative to his standards) in 2025.
Rory McIlroy could close as a co-favorite if he backs up his win at The Players Championship with a strong showing in Houston this weekend, but everybody knows the pressure that the Northern Irishman will be under as he continues his quest for his first Green Jacket.
The chasing pack behind Scheffler and McIlroy features the ascending Ludvig Aberg, two-time major champion Collin Morikawa, and LIV stalwarts Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau, but they, too, have questions to answer as we head down Magnolia Lane.
Scheffler and Rahm have combined to win the past three Masters, but this year is setting up for chaos.
With that in mind, here are a few early thoughts and predictions to get bettors set up for the biggest betting event on the golf calendar, and feel free to use our Caesars Sportsbook promo code.
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Ludvig Aberg will be the trendiest bet on the board
The 25-year-old Swede is now firmly on every golf fan’s radar, has a win this season (The Genesis), and was the runner-up at Augusta last year.
With Scheffler and McIlroy both sitting in the single digits, bettors looking for juicier odds will skip right to Aberg at 15/1.
If you’re someone with any interest in backing Aberg, you may want to consider getting in on him before the money starts to show up in a couple of weeks.
LIV Golfers will be great value plays
Things are not going well for LIV these days.
The novelty seems to have worn off, ratings are low, and talks with the PGA Tour seem to have soured.
That may not seem as if it should impact the betting market, but it does matter.
Every time the two tours are reunited at a major, it seems as if bettors are hesitant to back the renegades, which causes their numbers to drift.
Brooks Koepka, Joaquin Niemann, and Sergio Garcia are all in good form right now and will likely be offered at a discount compared to comparable players that ply their trade on the main circuit.
Keegan Bradley is worth a bet right now
Bradley often flies under the radar in deep fields.
Currently sitting at 160/1 at FanDuel, Bradley is behind the likes of Max Greyserman, Lucas Glover, and Rasmus Hojgaard on the betting board.
That seems a bit mad, considering Bradley is in solid form and has been one of the more consistent golfers over the past two seasons.
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The St. John’s alum has two top 10 finishes and has yet to miss a cut in 2025, and he’s won two tournaments in the past two years.
Bradley hasn’t come close to contending at Augusta in his career, but he’s finished inside the top 25 in each of the past two iterations and has eight years of experience playing in the Masters.
Bettors tend to look for form, experience, and the ability to handle big moments when betting the Masters.
Bradley ticks each of those boxes.
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Michael Leboff is a long-suffering Islanders fan, but a long-profiting sports bettor with 10 years of experience in the gambling industry. He loves using game theory to help punters win bracket pools, find long shots, and learn how to beat the market in mainstream and niche sports.