The Masters 2025 Betting, DFS Breakdown: The Golfers Who Play Their Best at Augusta

Course history is king, particularly at Augusta. I’m breaking down the players who have had the strongest Masters performances over the past several years and historically, what we can expect from them based on their recent form, how you should approach betting and how to incorporate them into your DFS player pool.

Full disclosure - I might’ve gotten a bit carried away with this article. We’ve got six recent winners and seven non-winners looking to finally break through. However, this deep dive is very necessary. The Masters winners are guys who are playing at the top of their game and a good course history is a big benefit. 

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2025 Masters Odds

• Scottie Scheffler +500
• Rory McIlroy +650
• Collin Morikawa +1600
• Jon Rahm +1600
• Bryson DeChambeau +2000
• Ludvig Aberg +2000
• Justin Thomas +2500
• Xander Schauffele +2500
• Brooks Koepka +3300
• Hideki Matsuyama +3300

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2025 MASTERS DATE, TIME, AND WHERE TO WATCH

• Date: Thursday, April 10 - Sunday, April 13, 2025
• Time: 7:30 AM - 7:30 PM ET
• How to Watch: Masters.com, Masters app, Paramount+, CBS

2025 Masters Previous Winners

Scottie Scheffler

• Outright: +400
• DFS DraftKings Pricing: $12,400

Although he’s failed to secure a win in 2025, Scheffler remains the top dog in outright betting and DFS pricing. We’ve all been impatiently waiting for a Scheffler win after his astronomical 2024 season. Our defending Masters’ champion has never finished outside the top-20 in his five years at Augusta. While Scheffler’s 2025 has been below expectations, it hasn’t necessarily been bad - just not ideal for someone who is always the top favorite and regularly $1K or more higher than the second-highest priced player. Scheffler’s worst finish this year was T25 at WMPO. Despite the lack of wins, he’s still in excellent form and getting his first win of the year at the Masters could be rather poetic. 

Betting: While the return isn’t as profitable as his other counterparts on the list, the reality is that a Scheffler win is always in play. However, you may want to focus your funds on more profitable returns.

DFS: Just bite the bullet and pay up.

Jon Rahm

• Outright: +1300
• DFS DraftKings Pricing: $10,400

Judging the LIV players is tough. Rahm’s been strong, but that’s expected. He was the 2023 winner, but had an underwhelming performance in 2024 due to poor putting. Still, you cannot ask for a better course history than Rahm’s eight-year run. 2024 was his worst finish, plus he’s never missed a cut and has five top-10 finishes. The putting seems to be in check, and we should expect another solid performance from Rahm.

Betting: The gap in odds between Rahm and Scheffler/McIlroy justifies leaning in here.

DFS: He’s an excellent contrarian lean, likely coming in at half the ownership compared to Scheffler and McIlroy.

Hideki Matsuyama

• Outright: +3000
• DFS DraftKings Pricing: $9,500

In his 13 Masters showings, Matsuyama has missed a cut just once, with his win coming in 2021. While we expect Matsuyama to be in the mix, it’s tough to trust him for an outright, or even a top-10, making him a bit cost-prohibitive as the ninth-highest priced golfer on DraftKings. He’s a fine contrarian play, but we must be fully aware of his recent form. Matsuyama got a win at Sentry early this year, but outside of that, he’s failed to pay off at his pricing. Coming off a missed cut at the Players, he’s tough to trust. 

Betting: Fade. 

DFS: If anything, he presents as a one-off contrarian play with low ownership. Outside of that, I’d stay away from Matsuyama as a core play.

Jordan Spieth

• Outright: +3500
• DFS DraftKings Pricing: $9,000

I’ve been to the Masters one time - Spieth’s 2015 win. Spieth’s young Masters’ career was truly spectacular. Recent years have been…interesting. It’s either extremely on or off - missed cut in 2024, T4 in 2023, missed cut in 2022, T3 in 2021. Basing your bets on a four-year pattern isn’t exactly solid advice, but technically it is an “on-year” and Spieth has had some decent flashes this year with two top-10 finishes. He has strong form over the past five tournaments, and we’re getting a decent discount on his odds and pricing. 

Betting: A Spieth win is well within the range of outcomes, and the odds aren’t too bad.

DFS: Spieth at $9k does make him very playable with one of the $10k+ players for top-heavy builds and his ownership is very reasonable.

Phil Mickelson 

• Outright: +11000
• DFS DraftKings Pricing: $6,700

Again, LIV players’ recent form isn’t the easiest to judge, but Mickelson’s recent form appears average at best. Despite that, it’s tough to bet against the lefty at Augusta. He finished T2 in 2023 and hasn’t missed a cut since 2016, and even when he does miss a cut, there’s never a catastrophic issue. He’s always in the mix and you can’t ask for more reliable value play in DFS.

Betting: Realistically, there’s no point to betting Phil outright. A modest top-20 bet is the better approach, if anything … but that’s still pushing it. 

DFS: Betting Mickelson isn’t advisable, but he’s an interesting value play. While he’s not my favorite $6K range player, you can still incorporate him in your lines.

Patrick Reed

• Outright: +9000
• DFS DraftKings Pricing: $7,300

Unlike past recent-ish winners like Dustin Johnson, Reed has actually maintained his yearly strong performances at the Masters. Whereas someone like Johnson was a perennial top-10 finisher but has struggled over the past several years with just one strong performance, Reed hasn’t missed a cut since his 2018 win and has multiple top-20 finishes, including a T12 finish in last year’s tournament. 

Betting: Reed is always in play and a very realistic contender. An outright bet is fine, and top-10 or even top-20 is still a strong play. 

DFS: He’ll likely be a chalky play, but chalk that always hits and this price is worth it. Reed should be a key piece in your builds.

Honorable mention: Adam Scott

2025 Masters Strong Non-Winner Augusta Finishers

Rory McIlroy

• Outright: +650
• DFS DraftKings Pricing: $11,100

McIlroy’s 16-year impressive track record at the Masters has been a bit spotty over the past five years. He’s bounced between strong and frustrating performances, missing the cut in both 2021 and 2023. A win at the Masters is critical for McIlroy’s legacy, but it continues to elude him. However, this year does feel a bit different. McIlroy has been on a tear in 2025. He’s secured two wins, including a dramatic playoff win at the Players, with his worst finish as T17 at the Genesis. This is one of the most impeccable pre-Masters form we’ve seen from McIlroy in years.

Betting: If you’re stuck choosing between Scheffler and McIlroy, lean Rory.

DFS: I know it’s a headache, but you’d hate to skimp on his salary just for this to finally be his year.

Collin Morikawa

• Outright: +1800
• DFS DraftKings Pricing: $10,400

For a two-time major winner (The Open and PGA Championships), Morikawa doesn’t get much slack. The last major win we saw from Morikawa was the Open in 2021. In his five showings at the Masters, Morikawa hasn’t missed the cut and has four top-10 finishes and three top-5 finishes. His recent form is impeccable, lapping the field in strokes gained with essentially no flaw in his game. In fact, you have to go back to March of 2024 to find a missed cut from Morikawa. He’s steady, reliable and offers strong course history. If we can get a strong putting performance from him this week, Morikawa has strong potential.

Betting: His odds are a wee bit rich. You’d think we’d get a discount compared to other actual Masters’ winners, but Morikawa’s form is just too strong and he sits right behind Rahm in odds.

DFS: My only hesitation here is that Morikawa is checking in VERY popular - a little too popular. I wouldn’t fade him. However, large tournament entries might benefit from limiting Morikawa in favor of a less popular Rahm.  

Cam Smith

• Outright: +6000
• DFS DraftKings Pricing: $8,200

Looking at Smith’s recent form is a bit shaky, and that’s a shame considering he has one of the more impressive Masters’ histories of the non-winners. In his eight outings, he’s never missed a cut and has five top-10 finishes, including last year’s T6 finish. There is good news - his putting and scrambling appear to be in top form, and his impeccable short game has typically been what’s carried him through at the Masters. 

Betting: One of my favorite mid-range bets.

DFS: He’s coming in below some of the other $8k range players and could be a nice pivot. 

Cam Young

• Outright: +20000
• DFS DraftKings Pricing: $7,000

Young’s Masters’ history is short but very impactful. He missed the cut in his 2022 debut, but has two top-10 finishes in the past two years. However, 2025 has been a complete disaster for Young - so bad, I tried to convince myself he actually did go to LIV to erase how dreadful this year has been for him. There have been a couple of glimpses of hope - a T8 finish at the Sentry and T12 at WMPO - but his play has been far too volatile to trust. 

Betting: Fade.

DFS: If you’re looking for a random, sub-5% ownership play that could get hot and have a top-10 finish at a very low salary, Young is your guy.

Xander Schauffele

• Outright: +1800
• DFS DraftKings Pricing: $9,700

Schauffele’s Masters’ history includes seven outings with just one missed cut and three top-10 finishes in the past four years. Unfortunately, Schauffele’s been dealing with an injury that’s limited his 2025 season and left his recent form looking shaky on minimal outings. It’s truly a shame coming off a fantastic 2024 season. There is some good news. His most recent performance at Valspar was a very encouraging T12 finish.

Betting: Too rich, we’re simply not getting the discount you’d like to see.

DFS: Again, I’d prefer a discount here since we truly don’t know if Schauffele is truly at his best physically. He’ll be in my builds, but be cautious. 

Corey Conners

• Outright: +6500
• DFS DraftKings Pricing: $7,900

Over the past five years, Conners has made four cuts and had three top-10 finishes, all three coming from 2020-2023. Ideally, we’d like the past two performances to be a bit stronger, but when you combine his course history with his recent form, Conners screams sleeper pick. Conners has finished in the top-10 in his last three outings - third at Arnold Palmer, T6 at the Players and T8 at Valspar. Despite his recent success, Conners’ odds and pricing a very cost-friendly. 

Betting: Full systems go! He’s underpriced and hot. If you’re not comfortable with the outright, top-10 is still reasonable.

DFS: The pricing truly doesn’t make sense. He’ll be a popular play, but worth it.

Will Zalatoris

• Outright: +6500
• DFS DraftKings Pricing: $8,300

In contrast to a player like Conners, Zalatoris’ recent form is a bit of a problem. It’s not awful … but it’s not particularly inspiring. The last time he finished in the top-20 was in January at the AmEx, and his last top-10 finish was ironically at the 2024 Masters. Zalatoris has three outings at the Masters and has finished inside the top-10 in each one. It should provide some comfort that his putting is the clear issue in his recent form, and his 2024 T9 finish was losing nearly two strokes to the field in putting. Translation? He can push his way through the recent form concern. 

Betting: Is an outright on Zalatoris the best bet here? Probably not. Top-10 is more realistic.

DFS: Looking at ownership, the majority clearly don’t care about his recent form. He’s a potentially popular play, but the pricing is what’s likely driving it. Despite the potential chalk, he’s still an interesting play.

Honorable mentions: Tony Finau, Tommy Fleetwood, Russell Henley

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