{"id":593491,"date":"2026-04-08T13:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T13:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/593491\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T13:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T13:43:08","slug":"2026-masters-odds-predictions-contenders-date-time-field-pga-picks-from-10000-simulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/593491\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Masters odds, predictions, contenders, date, time, field: PGA picks from 10,000 simulations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 Masters field is set, and 91 of the world&#8217;s best golfers will descend upon Augusta National Golf Club this week, with tournament play beginning on Thursday at 7:40 a.m. ET. Brooks Koepka is a five-time major champion, but he&#8217;s still seeking his first green jacket, with runner-up finishes in 2019 and 2023. However, Koepka missed the cut last season and has now failed to make the weekend at the Masters in three of the last five years.<\/p>\n<p>Koepka has three top-20 finishes in his last four starts, but did miss the cut two weeks ago at the Texas Children&#8217;s Houston Open and is a +4500\u00a0longshot in the 2026 Masters odds. Meanwhile, two-time Masters winner Scottie Scheffler is the +550 favorite and is followed by Jon Rahm (+1000) and Bryson DeChambeau (+1000) on the odds board. Before locking in any 2026 Masters picks, be sure to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsline.com\/insiders\/2026-masters-odds-picks-proven-golf-model-reveals-projected-leaderboard-surprising-predictions\/#ttag=02262026_agg_cbssports_picks_golf_pgatour_model_Mastersleaderboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">see the 2026 Masters predictions and projected leaderboard from the proven computer model at SportsLine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>SportsLine&#8217;s proprietary model, built by DFS pro Mike McClure, simulated every PGA Tour event 10,000 times and reveals\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/betting\/news\/golf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">golf betting<\/a> picks that have a history of being extremely profitable.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This same model has also nailed a whopping 16 majors entering the weekend, including the 2025 Masters &#8212; its fourth Masters in a row &#8212; as well as last year&#8217;s PGA Championship and Open Championship. Anyone who has followed its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/betting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">sports betting<\/a> picks could have seen huge returns on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/betting\/news\/best-betting-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">betting sites<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now that the 2026 Masters field is locked in, the model simulated the tournament 10,000 times, and the results were surprising. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsline.com\/insiders\/2026-masters-odds-picks-proven-golf-model-reveals-projected-leaderboard-surprising-predictions\/#ttag=02262026_agg_cbssports_picks_golf_pgatour_model_Mastersleaderboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Head to SportsLine now to see the projected leaderboard<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2026 Masters predictions\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One major surprise the model is calling for at the Masters 2026: Ludvig Aberg, one of the favorites and a golfer who has had two strong Masters appearances, finishes well outside of the top 5 this year. Despite never finishing higher than T12 at any other major, Aberg has been extremely comfortable at Augusta, finishing solo seventh and solo second in his only two appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Strokes gained: approaching the green, however, is a critical stat at Augusta, and Aberg has been mid-tier in that area this year, ranking 36th on the PGA Tour. Aberg only finishes in the top 5 around 25% of the time in McClure&#8217;s simulations for the Masters 2026, making him a golfer to fade in Masters best bets.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsline.com\/insiders\/2026-masters-odds-picks-proven-golf-model-reveals-projected-leaderboard-surprising-predictions\/#ttag=02262026_agg_cbssports_picks_golf_pgatour_model_Mastersleaderboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">See who else to fade here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another surprise: Tommy Fleetwood, a +2200 longshot, makes a strong run at the title. He has a much better chance to win it all than his odds imply, so he&#8217;s a target for anyone looking for a huge payday. Fleetwood is currently the No. 4 player in the Official World Golf Ranking and has recorded top-10 finishes in four of the last five events that he&#8217;s played.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old Englishman finally got the monkey off his back with his first PGA Tour win at the Tour Championship last season and now he&#8217;ll look to right another wrong with his first major championship. Fleetwood has made the cut in each of his last eight trips to Augusta and recorded a career-best T-3 finish at the Masters in 2024. His short game should come in handy this week as well, as he&#8217;s second on tour in strokes gained: around the green (0.712).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsline.com\/insiders\/2026-masters-odds-picks-proven-golf-model-reveals-projected-leaderboard-surprising-predictions\/#ttag=02262026_agg_cbssports_picks_golf_pgatour_model_Mastersleaderboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">See who else to pick here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>How to make 2026 Masters picks<\/p>\n<p>The model is also targeting two more stunning longshots higher than +4000, including one going off around +8000, to surge to the top of the leaderboard, potentially bringing a massive return.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsline.com\/insiders\/2026-masters-odds-picks-proven-golf-model-reveals-projected-leaderboard-surprising-predictions\/#ttag=02262026_agg_cbssports_picks_golf_pgatour_model_Mastersleaderboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">You can only see who they are at SportsLine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Who will win the 2026 Masters, and which massive longshots will stun the golfing world? Check out the 2026 Masters odds below and then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsline.com\/insiders\/2026-masters-odds-picks-proven-golf-model-reveals-projected-leaderboard-surprising-predictions\/#ttag=02262026_agg_cbssports_picks_golf_pgatour_model_Mastersleaderboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">visit SportsLine to see the projected leaderboard, all from the model that&#8217;s nailed 16 golf majors, including three in 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>2026 Masters odds, field, favorites\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsline.com\/insiders\/2026-masters-odds-picks-proven-golf-model-reveals-projected-leaderboard-surprising-predictions\/#ttag=02262026_agg_cbssports_picks_golf_pgatour_model_Mastersleaderboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Get full 2026 Masters picks, best bets and predictions here<\/a>.\u00a0<br \/>(odds via FanDuel and subject to change)<\/p>\n<p>Scottie Scheffler +550<br \/>Bryson DeChambeau +1000<br \/>Jon Rahm +1000<br \/>Rory McIlroy +1300<br \/>Xander Schauffele +1500<br \/>Ludvig \u00c5berg +1700<br \/>Matt Fitzpatrick +2200<br \/>Cameron Young +2200<br \/>Tommy Fleetwood +2200<br \/>Hideki Matsuyama +2700<br \/>Robert MacIntyre +2700<br \/>Justin Rose +3000<br \/>Min Woo Lee +3000<br \/>Patrick Reed +3500<br \/>Collin Morikawa +3500<br \/>Si Woo Kim +4500<br \/>Jordan Spieth +4500<br \/>Brooks Koepka +4500<br \/>Chris Gotterup +5500<br \/>Russell Henley +5500<br \/>Nicolai H\u00f8jgaard +5500<br \/>Viktor Hovland +5500<br \/>Akshay Bhatia +6500<br \/>Maverick McNealy +6500<br \/>Jake Knapp +7000<br \/>Shane Lowry +7000<br \/>Patrick Cantlay +7000<br \/>Justin Thomas +7000<br \/>Adam Scott +7500<br \/>Jason Day +7500<br \/>Sepp Straka +8000<br \/>Tyrrell Hatton +8000<br \/>Corey Conners +8000<br \/>J.J. Spaun +8000<br \/>Jacob Bridgeman +8000<br \/>Sam Burns +10000 <br \/>Harris English +10000<br \/>Rasmus H\u00f8jgaard +10000<br \/>Cameron Smith +10000<br \/>Marco Penge +10000<br \/>Sungjae Im +12500<br \/>Gary Woodland +12500<br \/>Kurt Kitayama +15000<br \/>Daniel Berger +17500<br \/>Ben Griffin +17500<br \/>Alex Noren +17500<br \/>Ryan Gerard +17500<br \/>Sam Stevens +20000<br \/>Keegan Bradley +20000<br \/>Harry Hall +20000<br \/>Aldrich Potgieter +20000<br \/>Kristoffer Reitan +22500<br \/>Max Homa +22500<br \/>Ryan Fox +25000<br \/>Casey Jarvis +25000<br \/>Aaron Rai +25000<br \/>Wyndham Clark +25000<br \/>Brian Harman +25000<br \/>Sergio Garcia +30000<br \/>Dustin Johnson +30000<br \/>Nicolas Echavarria +30000<br \/>Carlos Ortiz +30000<br \/>Michael Kim +30000<br \/>Max Greyserman +40000<br \/>Nick Taylor +40000<br \/>Haotong Li +40000<br \/>Matt McCarty +40000<br \/>Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen +40000<br \/>Andrew Novak +40000<br \/>Tom McKibbin +40000<br \/>Sami Valimaki +50000<br \/>Michael Brennan +50000<br \/>John Keefer +50000<br \/>Bubba Watson +75000<br \/>Charl Schwartzel +75000<br \/>Zach Johnson +75000<br \/>Davis Riley +100000<br \/>Angel Cabrera +100000<br \/>Mason Howell +100000<br \/>Fifa Laopakdee +100000<br \/>Ethan Fang +100000<br \/>Brian Campbell +100000<br \/>Vijay Singh +100000<br \/>Jose Maria Olazabal +100000<br \/>Brandon Holtz +100000<br \/>Naoyuki Kataoka +100000<br \/>Danny Willett +100000<br \/>Jackson Herrington +100000<br \/>Fred Couples +100000<br \/>Mateo Pulcini +100000<br \/>Mike Weir +100000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 Masters field is set, and 91 of the world&#8217;s best golfers will descend upon Augusta National&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":593492,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,214854,219107,289229,280715,280714,280716,116917,116918,224663,85,42347],"class_list":{"0":"post-593491","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-golf","11":"tag-golf-odds","12":"tag-golf-picks","13":"tag-ludvig-berg","14":"tag-masters-odds","15":"tag-masters-picks","16":"tag-masters-predictions","17":"tag-pga-odds","18":"tag-pga-picks","19":"tag-pga-predictions","20":"tag-sports","21":"tag-tommy-fleetwood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}