The countdown continues to the start of the 90th Masters Tournament.
A week from now, we’ll have a new champion. Who will it be? Before we look too far ahead though, let’s focus on the first 18 holes.
2026 Masters first-round leader odds (as of Monday afternoon, courtesy of DraftKings)
- Scottie Scheffler (+1325)
- Jon Rahm (+1900)
- Bryson DeChambeau (+1950)
- Rory McIlroy (+2100)
- Ludvig Åberg (+2400)
- Xander Schauffele (+2900)
- Cameron Young (+3000)
- Matt Fitzpatrick (+3200)
- Tommy Fleetwood (+3300)
- Justin Rose (+3500)
- Brooks Koepka (+3500)
- Hideki Matsuyama (+3500)
- Collin Morikawa (+3700)
- Min Woo Lee (+3800)
- Robert MacIntyre (+3800)
- Chris Gotterup (+3900)
- Viktor Hovland (+4100)
- Jordan Spieth (+4100)
- Patrick Reed (+4100)
Justin Thomas (+4200)
One could argue that this is the most wide-open Masters in recent memory, and here is a ranking of all 91 players in the field at Augusta National.
Masters first-round leader prediction
Collin Morikawa was an attractive option until a slew of withdraws left questions looming over his health. If you have a high-risk tolerance, go for it. We’ll stay safe and offer Cameron Young at +3000.
The reigning Players Championship winner is getting a nice number here. By most metrics, he’s playing better than Scheffler and McIlroy right now, and you have to think he holds a mental edge over Åberg after the Swede’s pair of recent weekend collapses.
Round 1 leader longshot pick for Augusta
Jake Knapp and Casey Jarvis were handed out earlier and fit the bill as longshots, so there’s two right off the bat without lifting a finger.
But the beauty of this is the generosity, why hoard? One more name that is blinking in addition to Knapp and Jarvis is Si Woo Kim, who at +4800 is indeed not a favorite for this field.
Kim finished T-10 at the Valero Texas Open after a strong, 5-under 67 final round in San Antonio. The 30-year-old South Korean has finished T-13 or better six times this year and has flirted with the first-round lead at Pebble Beach and Coachella Valley.
2026 Masters best bet for Round 1
DraftKings has such a wide-ranging board that we’d be remiss not to try one or two of the first-round props offered. How about Justin Rose to be bogey-free through 18 holes at +2250? Where’s the handshake emoji when you need it.
And just because we don’t have him on the card anywhere else and it’s sitting there for the taking: Jon Rahm to make three birdies in a row during Round 1 at +305.
It’s fun to have some stakes, even if these won’t last until Sunday.