He didnt post another top-10 finish for 13 months. Since then, hes risen to Presidents Cup-level player. MATT JONES Age: 40 World Ranking: 55 Masters appearances: 1 Best Masters finish: CUT, 2014 Arizona State graduate out of Australia opened with a hugely impressive 61 at the Honda and wound up winning easily. Would he turn golfs most storied venue into a pitch-and-putt? In addition to full-time PGA Tour Champions life, he still plays quite a few tour events via his past champion/money-list statushes fifth all-time in earnings with more than $71 millionand Google his workout routines if you want a reason to feel worse about yourself. 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. 72. A jaw-dropping talent who has been unlucky to have won just one major, as hes finished second at least once in all fourincluding Augusta in 2012. That ended a much publicized winless streak dating back to the 2017 Open Championship. 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. SUNGJAE IM Age: 22 World Ranking: 19 Masters appearances: 1 Best Masters finish: T-2, 2020 Won the non-DJ division at last years Masters, where he shot 15 under and tied for second. 50. Amateur at Bandon Dunes. LARRY MIZEAge: 62 World Ranking: N/A Masters appearances: 37Best Masters finish: Win, 1987The Augusta natives chip-in to beat Greg Norman in a playoff 34 years ago remains an all-time Masters memory. MARC LEISHMAN Age: 37 World Ranking: 39 Masters appearances: 8 Best Masters finish: T-4, 2013 Trudged through an absolutely abysmal stretch last summer but looks to have come out the other side, although hes still moving the wrong way in the World Ranking. 18. A sleeper indeed. Plus, the guy finished T-4 and solo second in his first two major championship starts, so hes not one to shy away from the moment. Must be nice. He has top-10s in each of the last two Masters, including finishing one shot behind Tiger Woods in 2019, but is in danger of missing the tournament for the second time in four years. Just one top-10 in his last 21 starts but did finish T-13 at the Masters in November and has two top-10s at Augusta. "Yeah, I think this year in April, the Masters will feel like it's back, and it will feel the same. 1 on the PGA Tour. These includemandatory face coverings, social distancing, hand sanitizing and cashless payments forall concessions and merchandise. Practice rounds begin Monday, April 5, and continue through Wednesday, April 7. Johnson is the favorite at 8-1, followed by Bryson DeChambeau at 10-1 and Justin Thomas at 11-1, according to BetMGM. When a guy changes coaches theres almost always an initial lull before the tweaks settle in. But hes done plenty of damage on gentler set-ups and is coming off a huge win at the WGC-Match Play at least for his World Ranking and bank account. Gun to my head, he wins one more PGA Tour event. 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. 2023 Masters Invitees 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. 81. Debut has a bit of an asterisk, though, as he sheepishly told reporters hed played the course five-ish times while in college. 63. Odds as of Apr 3, 2023 from Withdrew from the Genesis Invitational and the Honda Classic, which on the surface is concerning, but context is key: the Genesis was the week after he won, and the Honda was at the tail end of a three-in-a-row stretch. 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. Finally comfortable swing wisehes been working on being less steep in the transitionand had top-10s in four of his last six starts before winning the Valero Texas Open on Sunday. 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. Parlayed that into a victory, the third of his career but first in seven years. SI WOO KIM Age: 25 World Ranking: 49 Masters appearances: 4 Best Masters finish: T-21, 2019 Theres no question he possesses a top-level gear. No longer with the victory drought hanging over his head, winning a fourth career major championship this coming week looks more and more realistic. Hes hasnt lost any distance and the Masters has proven fertile ground for the 40-somethings. MacIntyre and Zalatoris will be playing in their first Masters, raising the number of first timers in the field to six. If youre betting on him, youre essentially subscribing to the belief that current form (see that World Ranking) and season-long statistics matter little at a course as particular as Augusta. Unfortunately, he does not have many good memories at Augusta to draw from, with two missed cuts, a T-44 and a T-56 in his four Masters appearances. ** {{data.length}} players have qualified for the 2023 Masters. The Masters Committee, at its discretion, can also invite players not otherwise qualified. PGA Tour Field By World Rank and Odds To Win, {{d.odds_numerator}}/{{d.odds_denominator}}. Augusta, Georgia USA. Cameron Smith, Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed, and several other. Does have top-20s in five of his last six starts at Augusta, so hes always a good top-10 or top-20 bet, but doesnt strike you as the guy to hole the necessary putts down the stretch to win. Swings the club beautifully but ranks outside the top 200 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. He manages the Hot Mic, GOLFs media vertical, and utilizes his on-camera experience across the brands platforms. James Colgan is a news and features editor at GOLF, writing stories for the website and magazine. JUSTIN THOMAS Age: 27 World Ranking: 2 Masters appearances: 5 Best Masters finish: 4, 2020 Turned the page from a turbulent start to 2021 in huge fashion at the Players, where he went low on the weekend (64-68) to chase down Lee Westwood for a one-shot victory. Unless of course the World No. CAMERON CHAMP Age: 25 World Ranking: 86 Masters appearances: 1 Best Masters finish: T-19, 2020 Already has two PGA Tour victories but you get the sense hes underachieving given his extraordinary physical gifts. Contact us at easyofficepools@gmail.com with your office pool ideas. Not quite slumping but not playing to the standard he set in the 2018-19 range. 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. GOLF.com and GOLF Magazine are published by EB GOLF MEDIA LLC, a division of 8AM GOLF. That includes last year, where he was done in by a Thursday 75 only to shoot 14 under the last three days to finish T-5. Played in the 2008 Masters after finishing runner-up to Colt Knost in the U.S. All that said, he finished in the top 25 in each of his last 11 starts on the PGA Tour Champions. Tiger Woods is out, recovering from his car crash. 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. Still chasing win No. 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. The first 12 players, including ties, in previous year's Masters Tournament, The first 4 players, including ties, in previous year's U.S. Open, The first 4 players, including ties, in previous year's Open Championship, The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year's PGA Championship. That was his seventh match of the week, though, so certainly fatigue played something of a role. 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. 48 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking and was recently named to the Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup team. Why wouldnt you, when youre 22, single and keep making cutsand, thus, cashing checksevery single week? Finished T-59 (out of 72) at the WGC-Workday, T-31 at Bay Hill and missed the cut at the Players. 2021 Masters field: Heres who is playing at Augusta National, Hannah Green survives 3-way playoff for emotional victory at JM Eagle LA Championship, Tour Confidential: Tony Finaus rise, Justin Thomas career, summer trips, In defeat, Jon Rahm says 1 sentence that may inspire YOU to work on Monday, 2023 Mexico Open at Vidanta: How to watch, TV schedule, streaming, tee times, Meet the new GOLF Top 100 Teachers of America, How the arrow on Tony Finaus Ping putter can benefit YOUR game | Winners bag. 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. 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. 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. Hes feeds off the crowds energyand, occasionally, claps back to a hecklerso hell definitely be glad theyre back at Augusta. Got into the Tour Championship last August, which got him into the Sentry Tournament of Champions in January despite not being a champion (thanks to one-time COVID rules). Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth one player seeking to end a much longer winless streak, and one who recently did end a lengthy winless streak enter the tournament on uneven notes. 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. The same is true for Augusta, where he has top-10s in his last three appearances. Phil MickelsonFinish:-8Total:280 Masters 2023 Winner 2023 Masters Leaderboard Latest 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. 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. Yahoo PGA DFS Picks: Mexico Open Cash and GPP Strategy 12. When does the 2021 Masters start? Who is in the Masters field? 30. Tied for 10th at the Masters in November. JIMMY WALKER Age: 42 World Ranking: 528 Masters appearances: 7 Best Masters finish: T-8, 2014 The 2016 PGA Championship winner is in his last year of being exempt on tour and into all the majors, and somethings going to need to change if hes going to keep his privileges for 2022. Masters Tournament field at 84 entering 2021 | Golf No judgments hereif we had a lifetime exemption to play the Masters, wed have a hard time quitting, too. Unfortunately, his game and his body are not where hed like itranks outside the top 100 in SG/off the tee, SG/approach and SG/overall. Ranks fifth on tour in SG/off the tee and 11th in SG/tee to green. 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. Quietly has four top-10s in his last six stroke-play starts, including an under-the-radar T-9 at the Players. It hasnt made much of a difference statistically, as the story there is the same as alwayssecond in SG/off the tee, 10th in SG/tee to green, 190th in SG/putting. MACKENZIE HUGHES Age: 30 World Ranking: 51 Masters appearances: 1 Best Masters finish: CUT, 2017 Canadian caught a bit of a heater at the end of the 2019-20 season to get to the Tour Championship, and hes rewarded with his second trip to Augusta and first since 2017. DUSTIN JOHNSON Age: 36 World Ranking: 1 Masters appearances: 10 Best Masters finish: Win, 2020 The defending champ won a long-overdue second major in dominant fashion last November, breaking the Masters 72-hole scoring record by two in a five-shot victory. 2021 Masters TV schedule (ET) TV coverage for the 2021 Masters will be split between ESPN and CBS. THE MATERIAL ON THIS SITE MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED, DISTRIBUTED, TRANSMITTED, CACHED OR OTHERWISE USED, EXCEPT WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN PERMISSION OF DISCOVERY GOLF, INC. 2023 DISCOVERY GOLF, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, Masters 2021: The entire field at Augusta National, ranked, was recently named to the Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup team, Whether or not you think the records need an asterisk. 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. Opted against playing the Match Play or Valero, so hell come in with a few weeks of rest. Still, he took heaps of positives and a firmer, faster Augusta this April should play more to his likinghe ranks 159th in driving distance but second in driving accuracy, so hes always going to be a fan of fairways that roll out. 58. Hes simply making too many mistakes, mostly off the teeDJ has lost shots to the field driving in two of his last four events, after not losing strokes driving in any of his prior 17 starts. A quick primer to catch you up and get you ready: Dustin Johnson is in, the defending champion. 32. 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. And yet he was quite listless last year in his Masters debut, shooting 74-73 to miss the cut by three. 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. Birdies havent been the issue; he made 14 and two eagles at The Concession and 17 birdies and an eagle at TPC Sawgrass. Made it well worth the wait, though, with a T-7 finish to guarantee a return trip in April. Typically the first major of the PGA Tour season, the 2021 Masters will be the 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. 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. Will stay amateur through the Open Championship, at least, so he can preserve his exemption before considering turning pro. If theres one area thats been loose recently its his drivinghes lost an average of half a shot to the field off the tee in his last five startsbut Augusta is wide enough to where the odd wayward tee ball wont kill him. 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. All Rights Reserved. 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. 16. Shot 59 last year in the FedEx Cup playoffs and makes plenty of birdies (4.48 per round), so hes patently unafraid of low scores, and he shot par or better in all four rounds in November to nab a top 20 in his Masters debut. Would he drive the third green? 77. That certainly bodes well heading into some of the trickiest greens these guys see all year. It was his first win on the PGA Tour in seven years and got him to the Masters for just the second time and first since 2014. 26. Rest, shmest. One of the better and more creative wedge players on tour, which bodes well at Augusta. 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. Always been a fantastic ball-striker but hes become more comfortable hitting it high, and hes averaging 4.9 SG/tee to green in his last 10 measured events. 5 JON RAHM Age: 26 World Ranking: 3 Masters appearances: 4 Best Masters finish: 4, 2018 Sits at No. Hes not going to overpower any course with length, but hes long enough to reach three of the four par 5s at Augusta without doing anything special, and he can get red-hot with the putterhe ranks 27th in SG/putting this season. LANTO GRIFFIN Age: 32 World Ranking: 57 Masters appearances: 1 Best Masters finish: CUT, 2020 Only recently has he become a regular in golfs biggest events after spending the better part of a decade toiling on the mini-tours. Plenty of players believe that axiom as well, though in recent years, the winners have been guys who came in playing great. But he comes in off back-to-back top-10s and his iron play remains elite. Best finish in 10 career major starts is a T-43 at the 2016 Open Championship. 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. In some years, it will be discussed ad nauseum; in others, its confined to sidebar territory. Thats how he putts these days. 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. Augusta probably presents him his best chance, with its generous fairways and right-to-left bias, and his history at the course is among the best ever: three wins, a runner-up and five third-place finishes. No one makes swinging the club 130 mph look easier, but hes failed to improve his putting, and its costing him week after week. Cooled off since and was a late withdrawal from the Players, but he looked fine at the WGC-Match Play. 82. The 2021 Masters Tournament runsApril 8-11 at Augusta National Golf Club. Making up for it with that short game and his putting, which is the best on tour this season, and he eats up bentgrass greens. A reverse Brooks Koepka, so to speak. Masters 2021: The entire field at Augusta National, ranked Masters Went T-28/T-29/T-25 in his three starts in Florida and that seems to be his floor these days. Amateur the previous summer. After months of eager anticipation, the Masters has finally returned to April. Garcia, who missed November due to COVID-19, is expected to play. The Georgia alum finished T-3 at the Players then T-5 at the WGC-Match Play to jump from 92th to 49th in the World Ranking, getting one of the last spots in the Masters field by being in the top 50 by the cutoff date. Drew an all-time rough draw at the WGC-Match Play and lost to both Kevin Kisner and Matt Kuchar, but we see no reason to give that even an ounce of thought given the format and how different the courses are. 2021 Masters: PGA Tour odds 3. Those results are semi-concerning given his last two years (as is missing the Masters cut by six last fall), but were going to stay positive and focus on the encouraging stretch before that. On the strength of that run, he crashed on the weekend at the Arnold Palmer Invitational (T-49), then missed the cut at the Players, then lost his first two matches at the WGC-Match Play. Getting harder and harder to ignore his relatively poor record in the majors, though, as he has just one top-10 in 22 career starts (T-7 at the 2016 Masters). The Masters Field for 2023 listed by Official World Golf Ranking. Of course, McIlroy is still a green jacket away from completing the career grand slam. Since then, its been a slogno finishes better than T-36 in nine starts, and he withdrew from the WGC-Workday after an opening-round 83. 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. This will make an even 40 starts at Augusta, and hes missed the cut six years in a row, so you have to wonder how many more times hell give it a go. JUSTIN ROSE Age: 40 World Ranking: 41 Masters appearances: 15 Best Masters finish: 2, 2017 Playoff loss to Sergio Garcia in the 2017 Masters was the toughest defeat of his career, and hes been open about how badly he wants to win this tournament. 65. The threesome pairings of Rounds 1 and 2 tee off in 12-minute intervals. 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 The Masters 2021 Players & Form Guide - Betfair Were not quite all the way back to normalplayers will still take COVID-19 tests and patron attendance will be limitedbut there is something so comforting about returning to Augusta in April.
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