The headliners for the 2025 Masters are clear.
Rory McIlroy seems to be the main attraction as the sporting world watches to see if he’ll end his Augusta hoodoo.
Scottie Scheffler is the outright favorite, defending champion, and has won two of the last three green jackets, so he’s naturally going to take up a lot of oxygen.
And then there’s golf’s biggest curiosity, the polarizing Bryson DeChambeau.
One of the game’s biggest hitters, Bryson once said he considered Augusta National a “Par 67” only to struggle there the next four years.
DeChambeau has won back a lot of detractors in recent years and is coming off a T6 at the 2024 Masters.
The problem with trying to invest in the big names at the sport’s biggest tournaments is that bookmakers can charge a premium.
They know that punters will be lining up to back Rory, Scottie and Bryson, so they can essentially hang any number they want and still get action.
That means you need to get creative if you’re looking to bet on – or against – the headliners.
Here are the best values on the board for McIlroy, Scheffer and DeChambeau.
Rory McIlroy to lead after Round 1 and win (28/1, bet365)
Here’s the logic with this one: McIlroy’s biggest issue at Augusta National has been his starts.
The Northern Irishman’s Round 1 scoring average over the last six Masters is 73.3, and his Round 2 average is just a shade better at 73.
Things get better from there, though, as McIlroy’s weekend scoring average at Augusta in that span sits at 69.2.
McIlroy’s outright price of +650 is way too short considering his demons, but those ghosts seem to only spook him on Thursday and Friday.
Should he conquer his habit of starting slow, he has every chance to run away and hide from the pack, given his current form.
Scottie Scheffler to miss the cut (+900, bet365)
The outright favorite for the Masters and defending champion, everything seems to point to a big week from Scheffler.
But some relatively quiet form (stress on relatively) has caused bettors to lean away from Scheffler at Augusta National in 2025.
Scheffler isn’t playing poorly – he finished T3, T11, T20, and T2 in his last four outings – but his level isn’t where it was at this time last year, when he was coming into Augusta off two wins and T2 in his three preceding events.
There’s no reason for real concern here, but Scheffler’s prices are nearly identical to where they were last year.
That’s not a knock – he’s got a terrific chance to win – but it also tells you that he’s being a smidge overvalued across all markets.
The best way to find value on Scheffler is to zag, and getting +900 odds on any player to miss the cut at Augusta National is worth a hard look.
Bryson DeChambeau Round 1 Score Over 75 (+600, bet365)
Everybody is expecting big things out of Bryson DeChambeau at the 2025 Masters.
The big-hitting American is one of the trendiest bets on the board, and his 18/1 outright odds make him the fifth-favorite behind Scheffler, McIlroy, Jon Rahm and Collin Morikawa.
DeChambeau has as much talent as anyone in the field, but it does seem like punters are getting carried away with Bryson.
His T6 in 2024 was his best finish at the Masters, ending a streak of back-to-back missed cuts, which came on the heels of four finishes of T29 or worse.
The Californian has opened the last four Masters with rounds of 65, 74, 76 and 76, so there’s a boom-or-bust nature to his game on this track.
The bust has a lot more value than the boom.
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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.
