All eyes will be on Augusta, Georgia, over the next four days (Thursday, April 9, through Sunday, April 12) as Augusta National takes center stage for the 90th edition of the Masters.
After last year’s Masters culminated in an unforgettable final round for Rory McIlroy that drew an average TV audience of 12.7 million, this year’s Masters is one of the most highly anticipated in years.
Three of the top six betting favorites — Scottie Scheffler, Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm, McIlroy, Xander Schauffele and Ludvig Aberg — have previously won at least one Masters. In addition to McIlroy, who broke through last year, Scheffler (2022 and 2024) and Rahm (2023) have also won this tournament in the last four years.
If you’re planning to wager on this year’s Masters, you’re probably well aware that, for the first time in a long time, near-perfect conditions are expected this weekend, with temperatures ranging from the mid-70s to the 80s throughout the weekend and a low chance of rain or inclement weather.
Below, let’s dive into the 2026 Masters odds and best bets for three of the most popular markets — outrights, top-5 and top-10 — among the myriad options available.
How To Watch The Masters: Streaming, Broadcast Info For All Four Rounds
Multiple networks, as well as Masters.com, will provide streaming and live TV coverage of this year’s first major.
Live streaming will be available at CBSsports.com, Masters.com and via the CBS Sports and Paramount+ (subscription required) apps.
In addition, Round 1 on Thursday will air on Prime Video from 1:00-3:00 p.m. (all times ET) and ESPN from 3:00-7:30 p.m.
The same broadcast setup is in place for Friday.
Paramount+ will air the early action on Saturday (12:00-2:00 p.m.) before CBS takes over from 2:00 to 7:00 p.m. On Sunday, the final round will once again be available on Paramount+ from 12:00 until 2 p.m. before CBS airs the rest of the action from 2:00 until 7:00 p.m.
2026 Masters Betting Odds: Outrights (Win Only)
The 20 players entering this year’s Masters with the shortest odds to capture the Green Jacket are listed below.
Note: all odds below are up-to-date as of late Thursday, April 8 and subject to change.
It’s a testament to how wide-open this competition is that Scheffler is the only player listed at shorter than 10-to-1 across the board.
Neither Scheffler (pre-tournament odds of +500 in 2024)* nor McIlroy (pre-tournament odds of +675 in 2025) came out of nowhere, by any means, to win the last two Masters. But keep in mind that those two results were the exception to the rule when it comes to pre-tournament favorites (10-to-1 or shorter).
Rahm (pre-tournament odds: +1000) was seen as a strong contender going into the 2023 Masters, and Dustin Johnson was just 10-to-1 going into his Masters win in 2020, but six of the last 10 Masters winners had pre-tournament odds of +1200 or longer, including four who were priced at 30-to-1 or longer.
*Each recent winner’s opening odds the year he won the Masters come from Covers.com’s Neil Parker’s piece published early this week.
Best Masters Outright Bet: Jon Rahm (best available odds: +1100)
I’m leaning toward Rahm — especially at 11-to-1 — as a better bet than fellow favorites Scheffler, DeChambeau, McIlroy, Schauffele and Aberg.
Scheffler just doesn’t offer much value at odds shorter than 6-to-1, IMO, and history tells us to steer clear of the previous year’s winner (McIlroy).
DeChambeau, Schauffele and Aberg are all intriguing, but Rahm’s superior track record at Augusta gives him the edge.
Rahm’s performances the last five years at Augusta include a T5 finish in 2021, a victory while shooting -12 in 2023 and a T14 finish in 2025. His T27 and T45 finishes in ’22 and ’24 make him a boom-or-bust option, but isn’t that the case for everyone playing at the most challenging course in the sport?
It helps Rahm’s case that he’s been in good form so far this calendar year, with three second-place finishes, a win in Hong Kong and a fifth-place finish in Singapore.
Interestingly, Rahm is No. 2 in the current Data Golf rankings, though he’s just No. 30 in the latest Official World Golf Ranking.
Best Longshot Outright Bet: Cameron Young (best odds: +2100 at DK)
Young is currently No. 7 in the world according to Data Golf and No. 3 per the OWGR. He’s a trendy dark horse pick this weekend after winning THE PLAYERS while shooting 13-under at TPC Sawgrass in mid-March.
He missed the cut at Augusta in 2022 and 2025, but he finished in the top 10 in both 2023 and 2024, and I expect him to bounce back this year after a brutal Friday (7-over) ended his 2025 Masters early.
2026 Masters Top-5 Odds (incl. ties)
Best Masters Top-5 Bet: Justin Rose (best odds: +560 at DK)
This market and the top-10 market are the two places where there’s a real chance to make some money betting on the Masters.
Given that we’re high on Rahm and Young’s chances to win the Green Jacket this weekend, it’s worth noting that Jon Rahm is available at as long as +220 at BetMGM, and Cameron Young‘s top-5 odds are as long as +365 at DraftKings.
Another tempting option is 45-year-old Justin Rose (+560 at DK), who finished second behind McIlroy a year ago thanks to a remarkable round (66) on Sunday. He’s had an up-and-down start to 2026, winning the Farmers Insurance Open in February before struggling at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am (T37), The Genesis (CUT) and the Arnold Palmer Invitational (CUT).
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