The Masters RequestABets to Watch This Tournament

No player hits it further or gets more ball speed off the tee in professional golf than Bryson DeChambeau.

The American did struggle at The Masters last year thanks to unforgiving rough and hazards, a drivable par 4 at the 3rd hole. However, the rewardingly risky par 5s mean the US Open champion may well find himself with multiple chances at eagle this week.

DeChambeau has the best holes per eagle average and par 5 scoring average on the entire PGA Tour, making an eagle, on average, every 54 holes, and he is 5/2 to make two or more at Augusta this week.

Nobody loves a charge on moving day more than Justin Thomas and no matter how many shots off he may be, if Thomas makes the cut, he still has a great chance of launching himself back into contention.

He was not even in the discussion on Saturday morning of The PLAYERS, but an eight-under-par 64 on day three catapulted him into contention and he would go on to win the competition with a 68 on Sunday. It was not the first, and it will not be the last time he pulls a rabbit out of the hat on a Saturday.

Just a month earlier, he shot a 64 at the Phoenix Open and a 62 at the Mayakoba Classic, both on Saturday and you can back Thomas to shoot a round with nine or more birdies this week at Augusta, priced at 13/2 with Sky Bet.

Jordan Spieth’s renaissance continued last week as he took the Valero Texas Open crown to win his first event in almost four years, improving on his already brilliant start to the season, finishing in the top ten in four of his last six events before last week’s success.

In his last 24 rounds, he has shot sub-70 in over half of them. Spieth is also a man who loves coming to Augusta, having secured a top-three finish on four occasions despite making his debut just seven years ago, as well as winning the tournament in 2015.

If he is to shoot four rounds sub-70 here, he will card a score of -12 or better, a feat he has achieved twice, in 2015 and 2018 and Spieth is 12/1 to do so.

Another interesting RequestABet is reigning champion, Dustin Johnson, to repeat his incredible feat of shooting two rounds in seven-under-par or better, just as he did last year on his way to shooting a four-day course record of 268 (-20).

Johnson achieved this on days one and three, the two days in which the lowest scores are usually carded. On a regular basis, the opening day leader at Augusta shoots a 65 or better and on moving day, players who just scraped through the cut often go all out for birdies, blitzing the course before the pressure of Sunday at Augusta comes the following day.

Once DJ is on a roll, he can very rarely be stopped, and out of all the players in the field, the world number one is best equipped to accomplish a feat as impressive as this, and he is priced at 12/1 to shoot any round of 63 or less.

A quartet mixed with experience at the Masters and raw talent is that of Patrick Reed, Sungjae Im, Cameron Smith and Scottie Scheffler. Reed is one of the few players in the field chasing a second Masters title, with his maiden major win coming at Augusta in 2018, plus, the American carded a top-ten finish here in November.

Sungjae Im has rapidly become the most exciting and top Asian player on the Tour. Still only in his early 20s, the South Korean has a PGA Tour win to his name already and finished in a tie for second here last year, second only to the runaway leader Dustin Johnson.

The man he sat tied with was Australia’s Cameron Smith, who remarkably shot all of his rounds in the 60s without winning the competition, and in 12 PGA Tour entries this season, he has eight top-25 finishes. And Scottie Scheffler, another newcomer impressing regularly on the Tour, will be playing in just his second Masters having finished in the top 20 last year. Scheffler is fresh from two top-five finishes in the two previous WGC events, just losing out to Billy Horschel in the WGC-Matchplay two weeks ago.

Back these four to all finish in the top 20 this week at 20/1.

A major tournament where all the big names are in contention is a major worth watching, and should these five all get themselves near the top, we will be in for a thrilling Sunday.

Dustin Johnson needs no introduction, he is the holder of this competition and has finished in the top 10 in six of his last eight majors. DeChambeau’s incredible body transformation last year has seen him become a major champion, as well as adding the Arnold Palmer Invitational to a growing trophy cabinet. On the other hand, Jordan Spieth is another former winner and is back to his best after three years in the wilderness and he has been a serial top 10 finisher so far this season.

Jon Rahm is still waiting for his first major win, but he has carded five top-tens at majors since 2018, and seven top-tens in just 11 events on the PGA Tour this season. And Justin Thomas proved his worth again by taking the unofficial fifth major, The PLAYERS, last month while also carding top ten finishes in the previous two major championships.

Back these five elite golfers to all finish in the top 10 at 28/1.

By Andrew Delaney