75. WebPGA TOUR Live Leaderboard 2021 Masters Tournament (2020), Augusta Masters Tournament (2020) Augusta National Golf Club . Had missed the cut in three of four starts before withdrawing from the Honda Classic after a positive COVID-19 test. Hes a proven winner and knows how to close the deal, and hes well on his way to putting together a Hall of Fame rsum. 45. Civil rights group calls for PGA Tour, Masters to pull event from Augusta National in protest of Georgia's new voting law, Golf fans flock to famous foods at The Masters Tournament, Augusta National Women's Amateur field features 39 of world's top-40 amateur golfer, Tom Watson will join Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player as honorary starter for Masters, 5 things we learned from the 2021 Masters final round, Photos: Hideki Matsuyama's Masters green jacket ceremony, Photos: Hideki Matsuyama celebrates his Masters victory, Photos: Hideki Matsuyama's Sunday at the 2021 Masters. Hes won nine times since his lone major victory at the 2017 PGA, so he has not had any issues in normal events, but the solo fourth last year at Augusta is his best finish in one of the big four since Quail Hollow, and he hasnt really been in contention to win a second major. MIKE WEIR Age: 50 World Ranking: N/A Masters appearances: 21 Best Masters finish: Win, 2003 Now PGA Tour Champions-agewhere did the time go? No one makes swinging the club 130 mph look easier, but hes failed to improve his putting, and its costing him week after week. No one part of his game will wow you, but hes a pros pro whos been doing this for 20-plus yearshe knows his game and his limitations, and he stays within himself as well as anyone. Johnson is the favorite at 8-1, followed by Bryson DeChambeau at 10-1 and Justin Thomas at 11-1, according to BetMGM. You dont want to rely on the flatstick to bail you out in majors, though. I'm definitely looking forward to that. Had one of the quietest top-10s in Masters history in November, as he somehow avoided the broadcast entirely. Grandfather Frank played in the Masters twice (1938, 1950). Grew up in Valdosta and played at the University of Georgia, so you have to think this tournament means quite a bit to him. Posted two top-10s in his first five starts of this campaign but does not have one in a stroke-play event in the new year, and he ranks outside the top 100 in every strokes-gained category except putting, his strength (12th a year after ranking eighth). The first round of the 2022 Masters Tournament will begin on Thursday, April 7 and it will conclude Sunday, April 10. Finished T-33 or better in all four of his major startstwo of which came as an amateurand has proven multiple times that he can hang on loaded leader boards. Tony Finau posted five birdies over the last seven holes in the Mexico Open. ", Also see: Leaderboard | Photos | Player Profiles and stats. 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. BERND WIESBERGER Age: 35 World Ranking: 54 Masters appearances: 5 Best Masters finish: T-22, 2015 Austrian player won three times in Europe in 2019 and thus still sits high in the Ryder Cup standings, but he hasnt been able to post any finishes of note in big events on this side of the pond. 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. 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. 53. The most recent win came in January at the Farmers Insurance Open, where he put forth a disgustingly good short-game display to win by five. Tony Finau never gave Masters champion Jon Rahm or anyone else much of a chance Sunday, closing with a bogey-free round of 5-under 66 that gave him a 3-shot victory in the Mexico Open. 82. LARRY MIZE Age: 62 World Ranking: N/A Masters appearances: 37 Best Masters finish: Win, 1987 The Augusta native s chip-in to beat Greg Norman in a playoff 5 (blasphemy!) Ranks outside the top 90 in all major strokes-gained categories except SG/frosted tips, which he still leads despite rapidly approaching PGA Tour Champions eligibility. As such, Frittellis results in his other major startsnine starts, five missed cuts and a best finish of T-31are probably a better indicator for whats ahead. 88. 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) 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. Ranks eighth on the PGA Tour in SG/approach but he struggles with his chipping, having lost shots to the field around the greens in seven of his last eight starts. He complained that week about dizziness and discomfort, which in hindsight looks like the result of letting the protein shakes and speed sessions go a little too far. That certainly bodes well heading into some of the trickiest greens these guys see all year. Matt Jones earned an invitation with his March win at the Honda Classic. Missed three straight cuts before a T-19 at Honda. But hes struggled to find week-in, week-out consistency. 65. RORY MCILROY Age: 31 World Ranking: 12 Masters appearances: 12 Best Masters finish: 4, 2015 So long as McIlroy arrives at the Masters without having previously won a green jacket, the can-he-complete-the-career-grand-slam storyline will be discussed. Masters Field as of {{data[0]['asof'] | date }} from masters.com Run your office pool online. Phil MickelsonFinish:-8Total:280 Masters 2023 Winner 2023 Masters Leaderboard Latest Hes still yet to better the T-21 he posted as an amateur in his first Masters, but its hard to imagine him putting up another stinker at Augusta. Three golfers were added to the field Monday, March 29, when the last Official World Golf Ranking before the Masters was That win came when his son, Reagan, was filling in for his full-time caddie, but Team Cink is now a permanent arrangement. Or, put differently, hes the most consistent presence on the first page of leader boards. BUBBA WATSON Age: 42 World Ranking: 58 Masters appearances: 12 Best Masters finish: Win, 2012, 2014 Hes the ultimate horses-for-courses player, with eight of his 12 PGA Tour wins coming on three tracks. 6. Tied for 10th at the Masters in November. All that said, he picked up a top-20 in his first Masters in November and has the length to turn the par 5s into mid-length par 4s. 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. 64. Thats the caliber of player he is: second-place finishes dont move the needle. This time, he honored his word for one year, sitting out last November before vowing to return this year after a back procedure has him feeling better. 1? His game would seem to fit the Open Championship or U.S. Open better, but he putts quite well on bentgrass greens and hes comfortable in the neighborhood surrounds. Rahm and 2015 Masters champion Jordan Spieth are 12-1, while four-time major winners Rory McIlory and Brooks Koepka are listed at 14-1 and 16-1, respectively. 50. 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. 13. KEVIN KISNER Age: 37 World Ranking: 36 Masters appearances: 5 Best Masters finish: T-21, 2019 Georgia Bulldog grew up and resides just across the South Carolina border in Aiken, so this is a home game. 20. 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. Just two top-10s in 15 major starts but he clearly plays Augusta well, and hes a semi-sleeper should he avoid the short-putting woes that have reared their head at inopportune times. But there he was, on the first tee again on the second Thursday in April 2017. A quick primer to catch you up and get you ready: Dustin Johnson is in, the defending champion. Has top-10s in each of his last five Masters starts, and Augusta is generous enough off the tee to allow him to get away with some level of looseness. In other words, the four biggest tournaments hes played in his last 29. 16. But Phil is an all-time great and he remains as committed as ever, often heading straight to the range after disappointing rounds like a player 20 years his junior. When a guy changes coaches theres almost always an initial lull before the tweaks settle in. FanDuel PGA DFS Picks: Mexico Open Cash and GPP Strategy With a couple numbers working in favor of Will Gordon, Ryan Andrade advises finding a spot for him in your FanDuel lineups. Masters Tournament field at 84 entering 2021 | Golf 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. RYAN PALMER Age: 44 World Ranking: 27 Masters appearances: 5 Best Masters finish: 10, 2011 Hasnt won an individual event in 11 years but is playing maybe the best golf of his career at 44, with three top-four finishes on the wrap-around season and 11 straight made cuts. Ranks fifth on tour in SG/off the tee and 11th in SG/tee to green. Opted against playing the Match Play or Valero, so hell come in with a few weeks of rest. BRIAN GAY Age: 49 World Ranking: 209 Masters appearances: 2 Best Masters finish: T-38, 2013 Broke a seven-plus-year win drought last fall at the Bermuda Championship, so hes back at the Masters for the first time since 2013 as the oldest non-past champion in the field. 21. Are you sensing a pattern? Thats how he putts these days. Hes a combined 34 over par in his last six rounds, and stretches like those always look worse when a guy is north of 40. 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. !he played a full slate of events on the 50-and-older circuit and posted two solo seconds in 12 starts. Rest, shmest. He has since come back to earth during his two starts in his adopted home state of Florida, where he finished T-54 at the WGC-Workday and T-48 at the Players. 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. Even if he does play, who knows what kind of pain hell be in. The threesome pairings of Rounds 1 and 2 tee off in 12-minute intervals. IAN POULTER Age: 45 World Ranking: 64 Masters appearances: 15 Best Masters finish: T-6, 2015 Hes been sliding down the World Ranking and is closer to age 50 than 40, so youd think his days as a world-class player are numbered, but his countryman Lee Westwood has re-set the age clock and Poults showed plenty of fire in waxing Rory McIlroy on the first day of the WGC-Match Play. STEWART CINK Age: 47 World Ranking: 149 Masters appearances: 18 Best Masters finish: T-3, 2008 A late-40s resurgenceand, more specifically, a win at the Safeway Open last fallhas him back at the Masters for just the second time since 2014. And his record at Augusta is quite poor: in eight starts, he has four missed cuts, a withdrawal and zero top-20s. MORE: When should a past champion call it a career at Augusta National? 1 amateur won his lone PGA Tour title the week after Tigers Masters victory in 2019 then had to wait 19 months to reap the ultimate reward for the win, a spot in the Masters last November. 2021 Masters odds: Picks, field, TV schedule, tee times for Augusta National 2021 Masters pool picks: Brian Harman, Jordan Spieth and a tier-by-tier breakdown of the Made it well worth the wait, though, with a T-7 finish to guarantee a return trip in April. 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. That was then, however, and this is now: Hes missed the cut in each of his last five and is a combined 48 over par in those 10 rounds. 36. 84. JORDAN SPIETH Age: 27 World Ranking: 38 Masters appearances: 7 Best Masters finish: Win, 2015 For the first time in three years, Spieths insistence that hes feeling confident ahead of the Masters does not ring hollow. Four top-25s in seven stroke-play starts in 2021 thus far suggest the game is in a good place. Whether or not you think the records need an asterisk, given the gentler fall conditions, the sheer excellence he showed that weekand the ones before and afteris beyond debate. Concerningly, he comes in off two of three missed cuts and a clunker at the WGC-Match Play, and hes lost ground in the all-important strokes gained/approach stat in six of his last seven starts. ZACH JOHNSON Age: 45 World Ranking: 107 Masters appearances: 16 Best Masters finish: Win, 2007 Became the first to win the Masters with an over-par score since 1956 when he grinded it out on a windy, wet week 14 years ago. Smile, friends, for major season is upon us. 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. Curiously missed the cut at TPC Sawgrass, which will take some of the shine off, but few have played better over the past six months. Started his first Masters last fall 70-68-69 only to shoot 75 on Sunday and drop to T-19. These categories might help you choose. 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. (Limited) Fans are back on site. Dustin Johnson: +950 Bryson When hes on, he does a good chunk of his damage with the driver and he ranked 12th on tour in SG/off the tee last year. Still finished fifth that week and T-10 the year before in his Masters debut. Missed the cut in the three Masters following his win before a T-25 last November. His last stroke-play finish better than T-18 on the PGA Tour came 20 starts ago at the 2020 Genesis Invitational. 33. The first round should start around 8 a.m. Thursday, April8. 19. 2. GARY WOODLAND Age: 36 World Ranking: 53 Masters appearances: 8 Best Masters finish: T-24, 2011 Hes faded a bit since winning the 2019 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. 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. Individual winners of PGA Tour events that award a full point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship from previous Masters to current Masters. JOAQUIN NIEMANN Age: 22 World Ranking: 26 Masters appearances: 1 Best Masters finish: CUT, 2018 Caught a brutal break when he tested positive for COVID before the November Masters, so his only start at Augusta came as a 19-year-old amateur in 2018. Has got his game back since then and played some really consistent golf toward the latter half of 2020, including a T-19 at the PGA Championship and a solo fourth at the U.S. Open. WebOfficial Masters Tournament Leaderboard Tee Times Field FedExCup Course Stats Past Results Overview THE TOUR About Careers TPC Network Contact Partnership Marketing And its workinghe won in Dubai earlier this year and has finished T-12 or better in each of his six stroke-play starts this year, including a T-5 at the Players. TYRRELL HATTON Age: 29 World Ranking: 8 Masters appearances: 4 Best Masters finish: T-44, 2018 Fiery Brit has three big wins over the last 13 months to get into the World top-10. 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. Read our extensive coverage of the Masters . 41. 32. 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. Hes a proper ball-striker and tends to rise to the top on difficult courses, so its no surprise he has eight top-10s in his 18 career starts in majors. Another major, though? 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. 15 in the World Ranking that week but had dropped outside the top 50 before Austin. He finished T-8 that week, which got him into the Sanderson. 43. He said in January that hed been playing with pain for the six months prior and needed four cortisone shots to finish the year, which sounds awful. Seems to always fly under the radar until he pops up on the leader board and were all like, oh yeah. A reverse Brooks Koepka, so to speak. More importantly, he has his swagger back. A field of 88 players competed at the 2021 Masters Tournament, with 54 making the 36-hole cut. That got him into all the big events, which he parlayed into a PGA Tour card. He explains the call, Jim Nantz denies Phil Mickelson Masters TV coverage 'shadowban', 18 things you probably missed in this mesmerizing Masters Sunday photo, Relive Jon Rahm's Masters moment with this epic, 1.8 billion (!) 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. These includemandatory face coverings, social distancing, hand sanitizing and cashless payments forall concessions and merchandise. 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. Has no top-20 finishes in his 16 career starts in majors but hes almost at his career-high World Ranking, so reason for optimism. Five months after the November Mastersoffered sights unseen at the Augusta National Golf Course autumn leaves and a champion finishing 20-under par the 85th installment of the Masters is upon us. Went T-28/T-29/T-25 in his three starts in Florida and that seems to be his floor these days. 10. Thomas joins fellow world top 10 players Jon Rahm, Collin Morikawa and Xander Schauffele in forming the youthful contingent still in search of their first Masters win. PAN Age: 29 World Ranking: 155 Masters appearances: 1 Best Masters finish: T-7, 2020 Former World No. Yahoo PGA DFS Picks: Mexico Open Cash and GPP Strategy Amateur victory at Bandon Dunes. FRANCESCO MOLINARI Age: 38 World Ranking: 108 Masters appearances: 9 Best Masters finish: T-5, 2019 Led heading to 12th tee on Sunday of the 2019 Masters before disaster struckhe rinsed two balls and made two doubles coming home as Tiger triumphed. Still can contend on his style of golf course, but Augusta is a big ask these days with his last five Masters starts resulting in MC/MC/T-36/T-58/T-51. Would Bryson be able to repeat his U.S. Open dominance at Augusta National? Take that, kids! 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 Would he drive the third green? Ranks inside the top 50 in all strokes-gained categories and sixth in SG/overall, and the eye test backs it uphe makes the game look rather simple when hes at his steely eyed best. These categories might help you choose. 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. We build software to run golf pools online, as well as other major sporting events. Four past Masters champions skipped the November Masters: Angel Cabrera, Sergio Garcia, Trevor Immelman and Ian Woosnam. Has five missed cuts and no top-10s in his nine starts since, so thats looking increasingly like lightning in a bottle rather than a late-career resurgence for the Scotsman. He has not missed a cut in his 13 starts since but has just one top-10, and as a result hes slipped considerably in the World Ranking. 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. Bubba doesnt qualify therehis last top 10 in a stroke-play event came last Octoberand hell need to improve on his approach play, which has cost him shots in four of his last five starts, to have a chance.