The Masters Tournament Golf Betting - 'A Tradition Unlike Any Other'

Following the Final Four and college basketball's championship game, it's nearing tee times for the opening round of The Masters. The 2025 event and 89th edition of The Masters Tournament is drawing major wager action at the leading online sportsbooks. It's not just on the prohibitive favorites Scottie Scheffler (+525) or Rory McIlroy (+650), who are top-3 in handle and money bet to win along with Collin Morikawa (+1500) at top online sportsbook BetOnline. 

Scheffler, McIlroy and Morikawa also top the PGA Tour power rankings into the first major at Augusta National for the 2025 Masters Tournament. 

Full rankings: https://t.co/LDqj3hfcyJ

— Golfbet (@Golfbet) April 8, 2025

Also, last chance to register for Betonline's The Masters contest, and it's free to enter. 

The Masters Odds and Stats

As you watch and wager on the first major of the year, review more of my Masters coverage here and at Forbes, where I provide 12 top golfers profiles, odds, stats and information you can bet on for watch and wager action on The Masters. You can utilize the info in the player profiles for betting daily or tournament matchups, along with this data below.

Winning stats and trends include 13 of the last 13 winners of The Masters had strokes gained of at least 18 total strokes Tee-To-Green in the four events before their Masters win. I'll update more, but Justin Ray Golf also added recently that each of the last 10 winners ranked in the top-25 on their respective Tour in strokes gained Tee-to-Green that season entering the Masters. 

So your Ball Striking needs to be firing, which includes your Tee-to-Green stats for Off-the-Tee, Approach and Around the Green. Here are the PGA Tour Tee-to-Green leaders in 2025 with golfers playing 20 to 36 rounds with events since February including the Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Phoenix Open, The Genesis Invitational, Mexico Open, Cognizant Classic, Arnold Palmer Invitational, The Players Championship, Houston Open and Valero Texas Open with stats from Data Golf.

1. Morikawa 
2. McIlroy
3. Scheffler
4. Lowry
5. MacIntyre
6. Straka
7. Thomas
8. Spaun
9. Matsuyama
10. Fleetwood
11. Bradley
12. Cantlay
13. Henley
14. Michael Kim
15. Zalatoris

The top 3 golfers T2G Morikawa, McIlroy and Scheffler averaged +2.0 to +2.6 average strokes gained Tee-to-Green per round in their 2025 events. 

Leading favorites odds to win The Masters 2025 tournament at BetOnline, where odds are subject to change along with props and live betting. 

Scheffler (+525), McIlroy (+650), Morikawa (+1500), Rahm (+1500), DeChambeau (+1800), Aberg (+2200), Schauffele (+2200), Thomas (+2500), Matsuyama (+3300), Koepka (+3300), Niemann (+4000), Lowry (+4000), Cantlay (+4000), Fleetwood (+4500), Spieth (+4500), Henley (+4500), Min Woo Lee (+4500), Hovland (+5000), Conners (+5500), Zalatoris (+6000), MacIntyre (+6000), Straka (+6000), Cam Smith (+7000), Hatton (+7500), Garcia (+8500), Bhatia (+9000), Day (+9000), Reed (+9000), W. Clark (+9000), Finau (+11000), Bradley (+11500), Rose (+13500), Mickelson (+13500), Pendrith (+13500), Berger (+15000), Spaun (+15000), Harman (+16500), D. Johnson (+16500), McNealy (+16500), McCarthy (+16500), Theegala (+17500), Rai (+17500), D. Thompson (+17500, A. Scott (+17500), Tom Kim (+17500), BH An (+17500), Horschel (+20000)

Tournament Matchups And Picks

The top online sportsbooks offer even more tournament matchups for The Masters and majors, and especially at BetOnline and BookMaker. Another option that select leading online sportsbooks like Bookmaker and BetOnline offer are to lay or take 1.5 strokes in a matchup. That's what we did in the Arnold Palmer Invitational with winner Tommy Fleetwood, and I've been posting more matchup winners most weeks in my PGA coverage in Forbes and started with a 2-0 in the Pebble Beach Pro-Am with tournament winner Rory McIlroy also a big 'Dog winner over Scottie Scheffler in tournament matchup betting. 

Be sure to check the golf rules at your sportsbooks regarding matchups, ties, cut and/or withdrawls, and other prop bets at OSGA.

Some of my early outright win bets to win the 2025 Masters include McIlroy, Thomas, Fleetwood, Henley, Conners and Robert MacIntyre, who I bet at 125/1 last year. 

Also, Round 1 Pick - McIlroy Top 20 (-115)

Not as many picks posted here as our 9-0 result on the 2018 Masters with tournament matchup picks, and matchup offerings and odds vary at the top online sportsbooks. So do adjusted odds to win after each round. Here are some of the marqee tournament matchups from the dozens offered at BetOnline. Check back Wednesday for my Masters tournament matchup picks. 

- Scottie Scheffler (-160) vs. Rory McIlroy (+133) - Bet McIlroy (up from +120)
- Scottie Scheffler (-184) vs. Collin Morikawa (+152)
- McIlory (-130) vs. Morikawa (+109) - down from Rory -150
- Jon Rahm (-125) vs. Bryson DeChambeau (+105)
- Rahm (-140) vs. Xander Schauffele (+117) - down from Rahm -172
- DeChambeau (-138) vs. Schauffele (+115)
- Justin Thomas (-115) vs. Ludvig Aberg (-105)
- Aberg (-110) vs. Joaquin Niemann (-110)
- Matsuyama (-120) vs. Cantlay (+100)
- Cantlay (-125) vs. Conners (+105)
- Spieth (-129) vs. Hovland (+108)
- Koepka (-127) vs. Spieth (+106)
- Lowry (-110) vs. Henley (-110)
- Thomas (-125) vs. Niemann (-105)
- Fleetwood (-125) vs. Henley (+105)
- Min Woo Lee (-138) vs. Sepp Straka (+115)
- Robert MacIntyre (-138) vs. Straka
- Will Zalators (-129) vs. Jason Day (+108)
- Tony Finau (-113) vs. Akshay Bhatia (-107)
- Christian Bezuidenhout (-110) vs. Charl Schwartzel (-110) - Bet Bezuidenhout
- Tyrrell Hatton (-120) vs. Cam Smith (+100)
- Sergio Garcia (-150) vs. Justin Rose (+125)
- Patrick Reed (-123) vs. Wyndham Clark (+103)
- Brian Harman (-125) vs. Phil Mickelson (+105)
- Tom Kim (-127) vs. Sahith Theegala (+106)
- Keegan Bradley (-132) vs. Maverick McNealy (+110)
- Billy Horschel (-127) vs. Dustin Johnson (+106)
- Sungjae Im (-125) vs. Adam Scott (+105)
- Davis Thompson (-125) vs. Aaron Rai (+100)
- Michael Kim (-115) vs. Harris English (-105)
- Denny McCarthy (-132) vs. Sam Burns (+110)
- Matt Fitzpatrick (-120) vs. Cameron Young (+100)
- JJ Spaun (-138) vs. Lucas Glover (+115)
- Nicolai Hojgaard (-125) vs. Rasmus Hojgaard (+105)

72-hole winning score: O/U 276.5 - Par 72 at Augusta National

Check back for more updates, stats, picks and information you can bet on as you watch and wager on The Masters. 

FairwayJay is a proven sports handicapper and has a history of winning at golf betting including in the more predictable PGA tournament match-ups. FairwayJay chips in additional sports betting coverage and reporting on industry news and events. Read more great insights from FairwayJay and follow him on X: @FairwayJay