One of the fastest players on tour; will pick his club, choose his target and hit in the time it takes some of his peers to find the nearest sprinkler head. In fact, he leads the tour in that statistic over his past 24 rounds. The Augusta Chronicle and Augusta.com are our trademarks. Masters Tournament 2021 Leaderboard | Golf Channel The only thing left for him to do is get his major tally startedits not yet a crisis, but its about time. Won back-to-back starts at the beginning of 2020 and got as high as World No. This year is more the latter, simply because Rory is not in very good form at the moment. ESPN will air the first two rounds on Thursday and Friday before CBS takes over on the weekend. Hes a very good iron player (17th in SG/approach on the season) and thus makes a bunch of cuts, racking up finishes in the T-20 range. How golf star's game helps Aussie NFL Draft hopeful Korsak. There is not alternate list for the Masters, as the tournament is an invitational. The field will be playing for a $11.5 million purse, with 50 of the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking among the top contenders. 1. Dustin Johnson 1 repeats as champion, in which case hed bring back his jacket with him for the customary length of 12 months. Also finished runner-up at the WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession, but missed the cut at Bay Hill and finished T-58 at the Players. WebThe 2022 Masters - Get all the Masters information you need. Hes going to win another major (or two), and it could certainly happen this week. 65. His ball-striking has given him chances in majorshe finished joint second at the PGA last Augustbut hes failed to hole necessary putts toward the business end of Sundays. So yeah, stay away. Amateur at Bandon Dunes. We say semi because hes made seven cuts in a row, but his lone top-10 since July 2020 came at the opposite-field Corales event in the Dominican Republic. Plus, he hung near the lead at last years PGA Championship, so its not crazy to think he could find a hot putter somewhere (he gained 1.9 strokes putting that week at Harding Park) and contend again. The 50 leaders on the Official World Golf Ranking published during the week prior to the current Masters Tournament. Ranks an impressive 30th in SG/overall and sits on the fringe of Ryder Cup contention. MATT FITZPATRICK Age: 26. How much you want to extrapolate from that result going forward is a matter of debate, especially given the ragged play in the final match. 2021 MASTERS 80. This weekend is all about learning for me. Wound up playing last two days in three under to finish T-25, his best showing in five starts at Augusta. !he played a full slate of events on the 50-and-older circuit and posted two solo seconds in 12 starts. 40. In his two starts before the Workday win, he squeaked by the cut at the Dubai Desert Classic and the Genesis Invitational. Thats how he putts these days. Hes a feel-orientied, artist-type player who loves to play a bunch of different shots around the greens, so its a little surprising that this is the only major where he doesnt have a top-10. PAN Age: 29 World Ranking: 155 Masters appearances: 1 Best Masters finish: T-7, 2020 Former World No. Another major, though? That got him into all the big events, which he parlayed into a PGA Tour card. Those qualifying for the previous year's season-ending Tour Championship. We build software to run golf pools online, as well as other major sporting events. Hes since blossomed into one of the tours best young players. TYLER STRAFACI (a) Age: 22 World Ranking: N/A Masters appearances: First Another in the long line of Georgia Tech stars competing as amateurs at Augusta. WebOfficial Masters Tournament Leaderboard Tee Times Field FedExCup Course Stats Past Results Overview THE TOUR About Careers TPC Network Contact Partnership Marketing And we do mean straight throughhe played eight consecutive weeks until the gas tank ran low in missing the cut at TPC Sawgrass. Hes picked up at least four shots on the field with his approaches in four of his last five starts before Valero. Augusta will be a much firmer golf course this time around and should play more like a major test than last year, when 6-irons held the back shelf on No. Youd think his homemade, timing-dependent swing would produce a bunch of missed cuts, but it doesnt, and he comes in off three straight stroke-play top-10s at the WGC-Workday, Arnold Palmer and the Players. That sentence you read tells you quite a bit about the current state of Leftys gamehe has just one finish better than T-24 in his last 20 starts on the PGA and European tours, and his World Ranking is so depressingly low that I choose not to look at it, thus forcing my editor to fill in the spot above. MORE: Should Dustin Johnsons 2020 Masters win come with an asterisk? MATTHEW WOLFF Age: 21 World Ranking: 23 Masters appearances: 1 Best Masters finish: CUT, 2020 Began wrap-around season with back-to-back runner-ups, including at the U.S. Open where a preposterously good Saturday 65 gave him a three-shot lead in just his second career major. Strafaci won the North & South Amateur last summer then followed it up with a U.S. 77. [ANDREW DAVIS TUCKER/THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE]. HUDSON SWAFFORD Age: 33 World Ranking: 175 Masters appearances: 1 Best Masters finish: CUT, 2017 One of a healthy handful of Georgia Bulldogs in the field. DYLAN FRITTELLI Age: 30 World Ranking: 68 Masters appearances: 2 Best Masters finish: T-5, 2020 Texas grad has missed the cut in seven of his 13 stroke-play starts this year and ranks 148th in strokes gained/overall, which makes his T-5 at last years Masters a bit of a head-scratcher. That came amid a nine-event stretch where he won three times, finished second three times, third once and was never worse than T-11. 26. 43. 70. Missed the cut at the Players, which will see his odds drop a little bit, but wed caution against reading into it too much. While hes still competitive on the senior circuit, hes missed the cut in 12 of his last 13 tries against the youngsters and withdrew from last years Masters due to illness. 9. 56. Currently ranked No. Theres been wrist trouble but also a bit of a mental issue; hes a 21-year-old who misses his friends, and life on tour (during a pandemic) becomes shockingly lonely when youre grinding to make cuts rather than contending for trophies. He moved into position for an even better result on Friday, shooting a 7-under 64 to take a one-shot lead through two rounds. Heres a look at the betting odds for each of the 88 players in the field at Augusta National for the 2021 edition of The Masters. WebMasters 2023 Winner 1. And who is the favorite? Since then, hes risen to Presidents Cup-level player. And his record at Augusta is quite poor: in eight starts, he has four missed cuts, a withdrawal and zero top-20s. 29. Indeed, with Hovland, it tends to come down to his chipping and putting, which has improved since last year but still leaves much to be desired. PanVictor PerezIan PoulterJon RahmPatrick ReedJustin RoseXander SchauffeleScottie SchefflerCharl SchwartzelAdam ScottWebb SimpsonVijay SinghCameron SmithJordan SpiethHenrik StensonTyler Strafaci (A)Robert StrebHudson SwaffordJustin ThomasMichael ThompsonBrendon ToddJimmy WalkerMatt WallaceBubba WatsonMike WeirLee WestwoodBernd WiesbergerDanny WillettMatthew WolffGary WoodlandIan WoosnamWill Zalatoris. After struggling for years post-anchoring ban, he remade himself with the armbar method into one of the games best putters. VICTOR PEREZ Age: 28 World Ranking: 29 Masters appearances: 1 Best Masters finish: T-46, 2020 Lanky Frenchman is the highest-ranked player without a PGA Tour card. Still chasing win No. Web1 Scottie Scheffler -10 F 2 Rory McIlroy -7 F T3 Cameron Smith -5 F T3 Shane Lowry -5 5 Collin Morikawa -4 Qualifications for Masters Invitation Masters Tournament Champions (Lifetime) US Open Champions (Honorary, non-competing after 5 years) British Open Champions (Honorary, non-competing after 5 years) Still an encouraging debut, but that was an entirely different golf course, and he comes in off a missed cut at the Players and an 0-3 week at the WGC-Dell Match Play. Made the cut at Augusta on the number in November to avoid MCs in all three majors in 2020. CHRISTIAAN BEZUIDENHOUT Age: 26 World Ranking: 35 Masters appearances: 1 Best Masters finish: T-38, 2020 First and foremost, so you can correct your friends: its pronounced Buh-ZAY-din-hote. 63. JASON DAY Age: 33 World Ranking: 52 Masters appearances: 10 Best Masters finish: T-2, 2011 Probably should have won his Masters debut a decade ago and has a fantastic record at Augusta, with four top-10s and top-30s in all eight of the Masters he finished (withdrew in 2012) until last year, when he missed the cut in what felt like a low point for the former World No. Honestly, he hasnt been his old self since the COVID restart last June. TONY FINAU Age: 31 World Ranking: 13 Masters appearances: 3 Best Masters finish: T-5, 2019 Continues to print money at an ATM-like pace and continues to search for his first PGA Tour victory in five years. Whether thats a psychological thing or an unfortunate coincidence, its a frustrating run of results for a player of his caliber. All that said, he finished in the top 25 in each of his last 11 starts on the PGA Tour Champions. On this page, we present our betting guide for the 2021 Masters, with PGA Tour odds and betting options, as well as a course breakdown and the key stats you need to know.. Dustin Made it well worth the wait, though, with a T-7 finish to guarantee a return trip in April. One of the tours straightest hitters (hes third in fairway percentage) but also one of the shortest, which is how he ranks 153rd in SG/off the tee. MORE: At Augusta, the jockeying for position begins with practice rounds. Its a lot of golf course for a 61-year-oldeven one as cool as Freddy. 87. No, no, and nohe squeaked by the cut on the number and was never a factor in finishing T-34. This course does suit him; if he drives it wellwhich he tends to do (he leads the tour in SG/off the tee), the course really is a par 67 for him. 88. Oddsmakers like Johnson to defend his title and become the fourth player to win back-to-backMasters. SEBASTIAN MUNOZ Age: 28 World Ranking: 63 Masters appearances: 1 Best Masters finish: T-19, 2020 Won his first and only PGA Tour event in the fall of 2019, then played nicely in the FedEx Cup playoffs to get to the Tour Championship, which is how hes qualified for the majors. With 14 wins, a major and a Players, hes already a Hall of Famer before turning 28, and his hibachi-hot weekend at TPC Sawgrass was a reminder of the top-level gear that he, and very few others, have. Returned at the WGC-Match Play but struggled with a pretty violent two-way miss. His recent putting stats jump off the page, as hes averaging four strokes gained on the greens over his last five tournaments. Hes one of the five shortest hitters on the PGA Tour, which leaves him no margin of error if he wants to contend. Been a different story in Europe, to be fair, as he started the year going T-10/T-7/T-17 in the Middle East. All Rights Reserved. 1 Dustin Johnsons group despite winning only one of his three matches. MORE: The complete changes to Augusta National. World Ranking: 16 Masters appearances: 6 Best Masters finish: T-7, 2016 Having his most consistent stretch yet of good play on this side of the pond, going T-5/T-11/T-10/T-9 from Riviera through the Players, all against elite fields, and won two of his three matches in Austin. But its hard to contend anywhere with a hard left ball in your bag, and its there right now. Count on it. Obviously last year, there was nothing normal about last year, for the whole year, really," Johnson said. Posted top-25s in the PGA Championship and the U.S. Open last year but missed the cut at Augusta, which forces him to hit a bunch of long irons, hybrids and fairway woods. Best finish in 10 career major starts is a T-43 at the 2016 Open Championship. No longer with the victory drought hanging over his head, winning a fourth career major championship this coming week looks more and more realistic. That was a much-needed jolt as hes been in a bit of no-mans landnot currently in the Ryder Cup conversation, not winning in Europe and treading water in the U.S. Hell be stoked to be back at the Masters for the first time since 2012 and eager to improve on his recent major record, where hes missed the cut in four of his last five attempts. 66. MICHAEL THOMPSON Age: 35 World Ranking: 105 Masters appearances: 2 Best Masters finish: T-25, 2013 Won the 3M Open last July with an amazing putting week and is making his first Masters appearance since 2013. Brooks KoepkaFinish:-8Total:280 2. BRENDON TODD Age: 35 World Ranking: 56 Masters appearances: 2 Best Masters finish: CUT, 2015, 2020 Another former Georgia Bulldog, he sunk about as low as a professional golfer can get, dropping outside the top 2,000 in the World Ranking as he dealt with the full-swing yips before a full teardown and re-make with Bradley Hughes. 49. 41. All I can say is if anybodys thinking of betting on me on the Masters, maybe think about it twice because theres a chance I have to just turn around and leave that week, he said atthe WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. Or, put differently, hes the most consistent presence on the first page of leader boards. When the 2020 Masters was held mid-November, having been rescheduled following last spring's Covid-lockdown, the weather was cooler, which meant the ball travelled shorter distances through the air and there was less run on softer fairways. Approach shots required a little more club than usual, although putting surfaces remained incredibly quick. Not to be a buzzkill, but he does the majority of his damage on shorter, easier coursesthe average winning score of his five PGA Tour wins is 19.8 under parand the majors arent typically set up like that. MORE: The 13 best bets to win the Masters. Hes going to shoot his age at Augusta one of the years. That day sent the Italian into a tailspin; he said there were already mechanical problems creeping into his move, and he decided to take some time away as he moved his family from London to Southern California, but surely the collapse also had an effect. A deep sleeper whose odds will be reasonable given his relative anonymity among the general sporting public. His finishes at Augusta have gotten progressively better since his T-39 debut in 2016, and he shared the lead after Friday last November before a disappointing weekend. His last top-10 in one came at the 2016 Open Championship. OWGR as of {{data[0]['asof'] | date }} from owgr.com Staff photo by Colin Demarest Subscribe today! The same is true for Augusta, where he has top-10s in his last three appearances. DeChambeau enters Augusta National with just one victory since his U.S. Open triumph at Winged Foot, but a bevy of top-10 finishes. Augusta.com is an online publication of The Augusta Chronicle and is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by the Masters or the Augusta National Golf Club. VIJAY SINGH Age: 58 World Ranking: N/A Masters appearances: 27 Best Masters finish: Win, 2000 One of the fitter 58-year-olds on Planet Earth, the Big Fijian seems wholly unwilling to cower in the face of his advancing years. USE OF AND/OR REGISTRATION ON ANY PORTION OF THIS SITE CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF OURVISITOR AGREEMENT(UPDATED 1/6/23),PRIVACY AND COOKIES NOTICE(UPDATED 1/4/23) ANDCALIFORNIA PRIVACY NOTICE. Its been a meteoric rise sincethe Wake Forest grad won two Korn Ferry events in 2020, which got him a spot in the U.S. Open. Encouraging Enjoyment of Sports Worldwide. Actually held the solo lead for a hot-second during that crazy 2019 final round and opened 70-66 to put himself in position again last fall before a one-over weekend left him T-17. MORE: When should a past champion call it a career at Augusta National? Augusta's own Larry Mize, 1987 champion, is the longest shot in the field at 3,000 to 1 to win his second green jacket. Right? And then theres his history at Augusta, where his world-class short game seems to popin addition to the runner-up last year, he finished T-5 in 2018. BROOKS KOEPKA Age: 30 World Ranking: 11 Masters appearances: 5 Best Masters finish: T-2, 2019 The knee, the knee, the knee. JOE LONG (a) Age: 23 World Ranking: N/A Masters appearances: First Englishman beat his longtime buddy Joe Harvey to win the 2020 British Amateur at Royal Birkdale. (Limited) Fans are back on site. Comes in off back-to-back missed cuts at Bay Hill and the Players. Hes something of a Tony Finau-light in that he seems to always be in contention but struggles to kick down the door, and while he has three runners-up already this season, hes spoken candidly about his frustration not to have won since January 2019. Not quite slumping but not playing to the standard he set in the 2018-19 range. These includemandatory face coverings, social distancing, hand sanitizing and cashless payments forall concessions and merchandise. WebRyan Pohle lists his favorite wagers of the week and explains why he likes the chances of Cameron Champ. IAN WOOSNAM Age: 63 World Ranking: N/A Masters appearances: 31 Best Masters finish: Win, 1991 Missed the cut in eight straight Masters before saying that the 2016 edition would be his last. JOSE MARIA OLAZABAL Age: 55 World Ranking: N/A Masters appearances: 31 Best Masters finish: Win, 1994, 1999 Short-game legend loves him some Augusta Nationalhes has eight top-10s at the Masters, including his two wins. 1 on the PGA Tour. He finished T-8 that week, which got him into the Sanderson. Thats the caliber of player he is: second-place finishes dont move the needle. DANNY WILLETT Age: 33 World Ranking: 77 Masters appearances: 6 Best Masters finish: Win, 2016 Fell off the golf planet after a rock-solid victory at the 2016 Mastershe dropped outside the top 450 briefly in 2018. 54. LEE WESTWOOD Age: 47 World Ranking: 20 Masters appearances: 19 Best Masters finish: 2, 2010 His resurgence has been one of the biggest stories in golf this year. According to Masters.com, these are the following qualification requirements to earn an invite to the Masters: Abraham AncerDaniel BergerChristiaan BezuidenhoutPatrick CantlayPaul CaseyCameron ChampStewart CinkCorey ConnersFred CouplesJason DayBryson DeChambeauHarris EnglishTony FinauMatthew FitzpatrickTommy FleetwoodDylan FrittelliSergio GarciaBrian GayLanto GriffinBrian HarmanTyrrell HattonJim HermanMax HomaBilly HorschelViktor HovlandMackenzie HughesSungjae ImDustin JohnsonZach JohnsonMatt JonesSi Woo KimKevin KisnerBrooks KoepkaJason KokrakMatt KucharMartin LairdBernhard LangerMarc LeishmanJoe Long (A)Shane LowrySandy LyleRobert MacIntyreHideki MatsuyamaRory McIlroyPhil MickelsonLarry MizeFrancesco MolinariCollin MorikawaSebastian MunozKevin NaJoaquin NiemannJose Maria OlazabalLouis OosthuizenCarlos OrtizCharles Osborne (A)Ryan PalmerC.T. Has missed the FedEx Cup playoffs the past two seasons and has work to do if hes to make it this August. Hardly misses a cutthough he did just that in his last stroke-play start (Players). Safety protocols are in place for the patrons and workers who will be inside the gates at Augusta National. Hes only improved since November. Blessed with a beautiful (if rather languid) swing but hes actually been doing the majority of his recent damage with his putter, having picked up at least 2.8 strokes on the greens in each of his last seven starts. Johnson is the favorite at 8-1, followed by Bryson DeChambeau at 10-1 and Justin Thomas at 11-1, according to BetMGM. PHIL MICKELSON Age: 50 World Ranking: 115 Masters appearances: 28 Best Masters finish: Win, 2004, 2006, 2010 He made the cut at the Players and the Honda Classic, which feels like legitimate progress, before his MC at the Valero Texas Open. WebThe Masters 2021: betting.betfair.com provides the stats as the golfers return to Augusta for the second time in five months Augusta National's notoriously treacherous greens play a Scotland's Robert MacIntyre and Americans Will Zalatoris and Brian Harman moved into the top 50 to secure an invitation. Started his first Masters last fall 70-68-69 only to shoot 75 on Sunday and drop to T-19. Hes a shotmaker who should relish answering Augustas many questions, and his lack of Masters experience should keep his odds very reasonable. The injury comes at a brutal time for the 30-year-old, who seemed to be healthy and playing well again after his Waste Management victory and a T-2 at the WGC-Workday Championship. 87. He withdrew from the third round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational with back spasms and did not play in either the Players or WGC-Match Play to get healthy for majors season. Hes accomplished it thanks to a solo third in Dubai earlier this year and a T-9 at the WGC-Match Play, where he advanced from World No. 22. ROBERT MACINTYRE Age: 24 World Ranking: 45 Masters appearances: First Scottish lefty has long maintained the goal of getting into the top 50 in the World Rankings, which would get him into all the big events on both sides of the pond. Has a solid record at Augusta with three top-10s and 14 made cuts in 15 starts, and he was in semi-contention in 2019 before joining the misery in Raes Creek on Sunday. Finished T-29, which should be extremely impressive for a 63-year-old man, but weve kind of come to expect that from the ageless German wonder. ABRAHAM ANCER Age: 30 World Ranking: 31 Masters appearances: 1 Best Masters finish: T-13, 2020 We try to resist the small-dog/big-fight motif, but sometimes it fits just right. A sleeper indeed. Grandfather Frank played in the Masters twice (1938, 1950). Hard to believe hes only 33 given how long hes been a force in world golf and how difficult the last couple years have been for him injury-wise, with ever-present back issues making it impossible to find any rhythm. That ended a much publicized winless streak dating back to the 2017 Open Championship. Dropped more than five shots to the field off the tee in both the WGC-Workday and the Players, which is legitimately difficult to believe if youve ever been seen him swing a golf club. He finished T-6 that week, which got him into the Corales. The list of invites is 90, but not all are expected to play. Practice rounds begin Monday, April 5, and continue through Wednesday, April 7. His lone top-10 on the wrap-around season came in a runner-up in Houston the week before the Masters in November, then he finished a solid T-13 at Augusta. 82. 6 before the pandemic hit. ", Also see: Leaderboard | Photos | Player Profiles and stats. The biggest golf event of the year is here as the PGA Tour returns to Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, for the Masters Tournament.Below, we look at the fantasy golf power rankings and odds for the 2021 Masters, with PGA Tour picks and predictions.. Yet, if theres one player capable of flipping the switch, its the man with the quietest mind on tour. With only three amateurs in the field, he still has a reasonable shot at following in former roommate Andy Ogletree's footsteps and earning low-amateur honorsif he can make the cut. The Masters Field for 2023 listed by Official World Golf Ranking. 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WebPGA TOUR Live Leaderboard 2021 Masters Tournament (2020), Augusta Masters Tournament (2020) Augusta National Golf Club . 2023 Printable Masters Field Updated as of: Apr 3, 2023 Jon Rahm Scottie Scheffler Rory McIlroy Patrick Cantlay Xander Schauffele Matt Fitzpatrick Max Homa Doesnt have a particularly big game (ranks 141st in driving distance) and has one top-25 in 18 career major startbut hey, Zach Johnson won the Masters, and Harman looks like a lefty ZJ if you squint tightly enough. The data is revealing. Koepka was at Augusta National on Sunday, practicing and playing a few holes and says he intends to play this week. After a year-plus of his left knee giving him issues, Koepka recently dislocated his right knee cap and suffered ligament damage during a fall. Below youll find everything you need to know about the 2021 Masters field, from competitors to amateurs, and everything in between. Take that, kids! Missed the cut in all three majors last year and has just one top-10 in his 15 starts at Augusta. That is, the groups are spaced 12 minutes apart. Will factor into the European Ryder Cup discussions as hes considered one of the continents top young talents.
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