The 2026 Masters heads for Sunday with a new feel after Rory McIlroy’s six-stroke solo lead evaporated on Moving Day. McIlroy is now tied with Cameron Young for the lead at 11 under after shooting a third-round 73 on Saturday. Young shot a third-round 65 to climb the leaderboard. Sam Burns (-10), Shane Lowry (-9), Justin Rose (-8) and Jason Day (-8) are all within three strokes of the lead. Scottie Scheffler returned to contention with a third-round 65 that has him at 7 under for the tournament.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 2026 Masters odds heading into Sunday list McIlroy as the +135 favorite (risk $100 to win $135), as he seeks to become the fourth golfer to win the event in back-to-back years. Young is +240, Burns is +700, Scheffler is +1000 and Lowry is +1300 on what’s become a much more crowded top of the odds board as compared to the one following Round 2. Both Young and Burns are seeking their first major championships. Before locking in any 2026 Masters picks heading into Sunday, be sure to see the 2026 Masters predictions and projected leaderboard from the proven computer model at SportsLine<\/a>.<\/p>\n SportsLine’s proprietary model, built by DFS pro Mike McClure, simulated every PGA Tour event 10,000 times and reveals\u00a0golf betting<\/a>\u00a0picks that have a history of being extremely profitable.\u00a0<\/p>\n This same model has also nailed a whopping 16 majors entering the weekend, including the 2025 Masters — its fourth Masters in a row — as well as last year’s PGA Championship and Open Championship. Anyone who has followed its\u00a0sports betting<\/a>\u00a0picks could have seen huge returns on\u00a0betting sites<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Now that the first three rounds of the 2026 Masters are in the books, the model simulated Round 4 10,000 times, and the results were surprising.\u00a0Head to SportsLine now to see the projected leaderboard<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Top 2026 Masters Sunday predictions\u00a0<\/p>\n One surprise the model is calling for at the 2026 Masters: Rose, who has been steady all weekend with three rounds of 70 or lower, ultimately stumbles and falls out of the top 5. He’s a golfer to avoid in outright and top-5 bets heading into Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n Rose has been solid, but didn’t post one of the extremely low numbers that golfers such as Scheffler, Russell Henley and Young produced on Saturday. He’s also struggled in the final rounds during this PGA Tour season as his Round 4 scoring average of 70.67 is higher than any of the first three rounds. He shot a 66 in the fourth round last year to force a playoff, but didn’t go lower than 70 in his previous three Sundays at the Masters, so the model isn’t backing him this year.\u00a0See who else to fade at SportsLine<\/a>.<\/p>\n Another surprise: Patrick Reed remains in contention and is a live longshot in the outright market (+7000), as well as a great value at -160 in the top-10 market. Reed had three straight birdies to open Round 3, but ultimately settled for a 72 on Saturday to put him at 6 under for the tournament.<\/p>\n The 2018 Masters winner has recorded four top-10s at Augusta since that point, including a solo third last year and a T4 in 2023. In both of those tournaments, he went lower than 70 on Sunday, so he’s a golfer to target as a potential Masters sleeper pick heading into Round 4. See who else to back at SportsLine<\/a>.<\/p>\n How to make 2026 Masters Sunday picks<\/p>\n The model is targeting a massive triple-digit longshot who surges up the leaderboard on Sunday and gets back into contention. Anyone who backs this golfer could hit it big.\u00a0You can only see the model’s Masters picks here<\/a>.<\/p>\n So, who will win the Masters 2026, and which longshot will stun the golfing world? Check out the 2026 Masters odds below and then visit SportsLine to see the projected 2026 Masters leaderboard, all from the model that’s nailed 16 golf majors, including four straight Masters<\/a>.<\/p>\n 2026 Masters odds, contenders<\/p>\n