Who Are the Favourites for This Year’s Masters?

The traditional curtain raiser of golf majors, The Masters is set to return on 4^th April at its regular venue, Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia. The world’s top professional golfers will compete over four rounds of 18 holes each, with the winner awarded a cash prize of over $2million and the coveted green jacket. This year’s favourites include Jon Rahm, Jordan Spieth, Collin Morikawa and Dustin Johnson, according to the experts at oddschecker, whose free bets can be used for The Masters. However, diehard fans will remember shock winners like Danny Willet, Charl Schwartzel and Trevor Immelman, who all greatly exceed expectations to win the tournament, so it’s certainly up for grabs. With most of the other players considered wildcard winners it would be impossible to assess all of them, so here’s a rundown of the favourites.

Jon Rahm

2021’s number one ranked male golfer Jon Rahm is widely believed to be the frontrunner for this year’s Masters. After dominating the Amateur scene, holding on to the number one ranking for 60 consecutive weeks, he turned professional in 2016 and has been on a steady rise ever since.  He suffered numerous disappointments in 2021 such as having to pull out if the Memorial Tournament and the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics. However, he showed impressive mental fortitude to win the US Open, which led to him winning PGA Player of the Year and the Byron Nelson award.

Jordan Spieth

2015 Masters winner Jordan Spieth enjoyed a triumphant return to form in 2021 after a few disappointing seasons. He followed up his Masters win by winning the US Open in the same year, before going on to win The Open Championship in 2017. Since then he has struggled for form, with lowpoints including not making the half-way cut in the US Open in 2018 and 2020. His performances in 2021 were much more consistent, he was runner up in The Masters and The Open Championship which led to him finishing the year at 6^th in the money rankings.

Collin Morikawa

Since making his debut in 2019, 24-year-old Collin Morikawa has looked like a golfer in a hurry to make history. He started his PGA Tour career making 22 consecutive half way cuts, a record bettered only by Tiger Woods total of 25. He won the PGA Championship in 2020 and followed that up with a 4^th place finish in the US Open, before winning The Open Championship later that year.