2024 Masters picks, predictions, odds: Five sleepers who may surprise as winners at Augusta National

The very best participant on the earth has gained the Masters the final two years. In 2022, Scottie Scheffler claimed three titles earlier than the primary main championship of the season, and he slipped on the inexperienced jacket with relative ease. The next yr, it was Jon Rahm’s flip as he usurped Brooks Koepka on the ultimate day of competitors for his second profession main title.

It will shock nobody if Scheffler and Rahm contend as soon as once more; really, it could be extra stunning in the event that they did not. The Masters has not at all times been this manner, nonetheless. Simply develop your view by one yr and Hideki Matsuyama was not in the most effective type main into his win as he was averaging +0.67 strokes gained per spherical forward of the Masters. To place this in perspective, it is a comparable degree to the place Sergio Garcia (100-1) is at present performing.

Matsuyama and Garcia have course historical past, main championship expertise and successful pedigrees of their corners, which is all helpful and virtually a requirement for the Masters. Nevertheless, the final two main champions, albeit not on the Masters, didn’t possess any of those and went on to win regardless.

Wyndham Clark went off at 80-1 to on the 2023 U.S. Open only a month after successful on the Wells Fargo Championship. Brian Harman was as excessive as 175-1 the week of The Open, and he gained by six. In an period of golf the place winners appear to come out of skinny air, may or not it’s potential the person who dons the inexperienced jacket on Sunday is a golfer nobody noticed coming?

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Let’s check out some potential candidates if this yr’s Masters crowns an unlikely champion.

2024 Masters sleepers

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