The Masters Tournament Predictions: Back Home Win for Henley

• This is the 89th edition of The Masters, all held at Augusta National

• Scottie Scheffler defends but has yet to win this season

• Rory McIlroy heads to Augusta with two wins in 2025 

The Masters Tournament 2025 Odds

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The Masters 2025 Predictions

• Russell Henley each-way (1/4, 5 places) at +5000 with bet365

• Cam Smith to beat Viktor Hovland in a 72-hole match at +110 with bet365

• Corey Conners for Top 10 at +525 with bet365

The Masters 2025 Intro

Is The Masters the best golf tournament on the planet?

That’s a debate to be had but there are plenty of compelling reasons to say it is.

The beautiful scenery, the familiarity, the traditions - they all play a part.

But so does expectation.

The Majors, along with the Ryder Cup, remain the absolute pinnacles of the game.

And with the last Major taking place back in July of 2024, golf fans cannot wait for the action to tee off at Augusta National.

Revered by every golfer who has ever swung a club, the par 72 is an absolute masterpiece.

It appears to offer obvious birdie chances, especially on the iconic back nine, but approaches need only be a hair off and suddenly bogeys or worse are a threat.

Different styles of golfers have won the famed green jacket but a magic short game has always been needed.

Around The Green is usually the least important Strokes Gained stat but not at Augusta.

Strong iron play and putting well on the lightning-fast Bentgrass greens are also a requirement.

The odd surprise winner pops up but, generally, the game’s elite all slip their arms into the green jacket at some point.      

Last 5 Winners of The Masters

Course Notes

• Augusta National is a par 72 that measures 7,555 yards

• The course is famous for its slopes, wide fairways and super-slick greens

• It was designed by Bobby Jones and Alister Mackenzie and opened in 1933

• Dustin Johnson holds the 72-hole record of 268

• Nick Price (1986) and Greg Norman (1996) have the 18-hole course record of 63

Favorites to Win the Masters 2025

Scottie Scheffler (+450) at bet365

Scheffler is clearly ‘the man’ at Augusta National after two wins in the last three years. He’s got all the skills to flourish in The Masters for many years to come and is the favorite for a third green jacket. And yet, there are a couple of negatives. He’s not yet won in 2025 despite a near miss in Houston last time and no-one has won back-to-back Masters since Tiger Woods in 2002. Can Scottie buck the trend?

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Rory McIlroy (+650) at bet365

The front end of the betting has closed up with Scheffler drifting and McIlroy being cut after two superb early-season wins at Pebble Beach and THE PLAYERS Championship. That’s the easy bit though. Rory’s huge challenge is overcoming the scar tissue he has at Augusta National. It remains the only Major he’s yet to win and for all the good finishes (seven top 10s in the last 11 editions) we haven’t seen him in genuine contention down the stretch since he imploded in 2011 after taking a four-shot lead into the final round.

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Jon Rahm (+1400) at bet365

McIlroy has yet to win a green jacket after 16 attempts but Rahm got it done at Augusta on his seventh after a run of 4-9-7-5 from 2018 to 2021. Like legendary Spanish compatriots, Seve Ballesteros and Jose Maria Olazabal, Rahm will now want to add a second Masters. He’s been strong and consistent on LIV this season (2-6-6-5) but heads to their pre-Augusta Miami event still looking for a first win of 2025.        

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Henley Looks Underrated   

Russell Henley has been a consistent player and occasional winner on the PGA TOUR for over 10 years.

And perhaps there’s a perception that he’s not heavyweight enough - in terms of both presence and driving length - to be a force at Augusta.

But check out Henley’s record as it’s quietly very impressive.

He’s finished 38th or better in each of his last seven Masters and that run includes tied fourth two years ago, 11th in 2017 and 15th in 2018.

Henley was born and raised in Georgia so this tournament is extra special for him.

And in his current form, he now looks ready to win it.

The 35-year-old was a brilliant and gutsy winner of the Arnold Palmer Invitational last month and he has four top 10s in six starts this season.   

He has the necessary short-game wizardry and looks a value each-way pick at +5000 (1/4, 5 places) with bet365.

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Smith to Beat Hovland

Cam Smith is a clear +110 ‘dog to beat Viktor Hovland in a 72-hole match bet but the Aussie looks a standout bet to me.

Sure, Hovland ended a run of three missed cuts by winning the Valspar Championship in Florida last time but he said he still felt uncomfortable over the ball.

In short, can we fully trust him yet?

As for course form here, he’s had one just top 20 in five Masters - tied seventh in 2023 - and crashed out last year with an 81.

Smith, by contrast, is a course horse with five top 10s in his last seven trips to Augusta, his latest result a tied sixth last year.

He has the perfect shotmaker’s game for this track and has been showing some good golf on LIV in recent weeks.

The 2022 Open champion made the top 20 in the Hong Kong and Singapore events and then played nicely to take ninth in Miami at the weekend on a course that doesn’t suit him.

Smith’s body of work at Augusta National is far superior to Hovland’s and the man from Brisbane can upset the odds and outscore Hovland this week.     

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Conners for Top 10

Like Henley, Conners is another who perhaps doesn’t come to the forefront of bettors’ minds when thinking of a ‘Masters type’.

But the proof is in the numbers and Conners connected a trio of Augusta top 10s (10-8-6) from 2020 to 2022.

He’ll return in excellent form after a run of 3-6-8 on the Florida Swing so the Canadian looks a strong bet at +525 for a fourth Masters Top 10 in six years.

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How to Watch the Masters 2025

• Tournament: The Masters

• Location: Augusta National, Augusta, GA

• Date: Thursday, April 10 - Sunday, April 13

• How to Watch: Thursday-Friday 3 p.m.-7 p.m. ET (ESPN), Saturday-Sunday noon-2 p.m. (Paramount+), 2 p.m.-7 p.m. (CBS). And all four days on Sky Sports