The Masters is the first of four major golf tournaments. This annual event takes place in the first week of April and is held at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Along with the championship, the winner is given a green jacket, which has become a signature staple of the tournament.
Jack Nicklaus holds the most victories at Augusta with six championships, while Tiger Woods has five and Arnold Palmer has four wins at The Masters.
In the 2015 Masters, Jordan Spieth became the fifth golfer to capture a wire-to-wire victory at the Masters, the first since 1976.
The other four golfers to do so were:
Craig Wood (1941)
Arnold Palmer (1960)
Jack Nicklaus (1972)
Raymond Floyd (1976)
Jon Rahm captured the 2023 Masters as a +900 betting choice. (Getty)
MASTERS WINNERS (2017-2023)
Betting on the Masters has produced great returns for golf bettors historically and the last seven years have been no different, which includes the 2023 victory by Jon Rahm at +900 odds (Bet $100 to win $900).
Even though Johnson was considerd a top contender in 2020 at +850 odds, Tiger Woods and the three previous winners in the last five years all had a generous return.
Prior to Woods winning in 2019 at 14/1 odds, Patrick Reed cashed as a 50/1 choice in 2018.
Including the win by DJ in 2020, a United States golfer had captured the green jacket the last three years before Matsuyama won in 2021.
The last time we've seen a winning streak of four or more wins by Americans came between 2004 and 2007.
2007 - Zach Johnson
2006 - Phil Mickelson
2005 - Tiger Woods
2004 - Phil Mickelson
After the 2021 victory by Hideki Matsuyama, the last two international golfers to win the Masters were Sergio Garcia (30/1) and Danny Willett (50/1), doing so in 2017 and 2016 respectively.
Jon Rahm got the "International" strikers back on the map in 2023 as the Spanish standout earned his first green jacket.
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GOLF APR 15, 2024
