The Post’s sports betting and golf experts share their best bets to win the 2026 Masters.
Michael Leboff: Hideki Matsuyama (40/1, FanDuel)
The 2021 champion always seems to fly under the radar at majors despite ticking a lot of the same boxes, or even more of them, than most of the favorites do.
Matsuyama’s history at Augusta National is sublime. He’s already got a Green Jacket in his closet, and his average finishing position since 2014, his only missed cut in 14 trips down Magnolia Lane, is 16th.
Course history and experience matter at Augusta more than anywhere else in professional golf, so I see no reason why Matsuyama is floating out at 40/1. Not that I’m complaining.
Dylan Svoboda: Jon Rahm (12/1, bet365)
Quietly over on the LIV Tour, Rahm is playing some of the best golf of his career. The 2023 champion has finished top-five in all five of his starts in 2026, and finished T-2 or better in four of them, including one win. He comes into the Masters on the short list of favorites, but there’s reason to doubt the headliners around him.
Scottie Scheffler hasn’t played in a month and has battled driver and Thursday round troubles all year. Rory McIlroy and Collin Morikawa are both dealing with back injuries. His LIV counterpart, Bryson DeChambeau, has won one each of the last two tournaments, but he hasn’t been as consistent as Rahm this year.
Look for the Spaniard to get his second Green Jacket.
Sean Treppedi: Tommy Fleetwood (24/1, bet365)
It’s crazy to think that the fourth-ranked player in the world only has one PGA Tour career win, but Tommy Fleetwood is all about consistency — and it’s only a matter of time. He secured that win last year when he staved off Scottie Scheffler to claim the Tour Championship, and with it, the FedEx Cup.
Fleetwood has played a limited schedule in 2026, but he’s posted three top-10 finishes in his five starts. He’s clearly comfortable at Augusta, having landed inside the top 25 in five of the last eight years, with his best finish coming at T-3 in 2024.
The Englishman is often overlooked, but I’m placing some stock in the Tour’s top-ranked player in Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green. That offers an edge in the Masters that shouldn’t be ignored at 25/1 odds.
Howie Kussoy: Brooks Koepka (50/1, bet365)
Last year, Rory McIlroy finally completed his career grand slam by capturing the green jacket for the first time. This year, Koepka — another five-time major winner — will make his long-awaited breakthrough at Augusta.
The 35-year-old has struggled in major tournaments over the past two years, but the price warrants taking a big swing on a player who has twice finished as a runner-up at The Masters (2019, 2023) and also finished seventh in 2020.
I was tempted to back Ludvig Aberg (16/1) to claim his first major, but I couldn’t pass up the chance to buy low on a player who has repeatedly raised his game on the biggest stages, shown recent flashes of his A-game, and been reenergized by his return to the PGA Tour.
Justin Terranova: Robert MacIntyre (33/1, bet365)
The powerful lefty is in top form coming off a fourth-place finish at THE PLAYERS Championship and a second at the Valero Texas Open last week, missing a birdie putt on 18 that would have put him into a playoff with JJ Spaun.
MacIntyre has finished in the top 25 twice in two of his three Masters appearances and has shown an ability to shine on the big stage. He was in contention at THE PLAYERS last month until his third shot ran over the green and into the water on 16.
He finished second in the US Open last year — foiled by Spaun again — and won the Scottish Open in front of a home crowd in a pressure-filled scene in 2023.
Dave Blezow: Robert MacIntyre (33/1)
The opposite of right isn’t wrong, it’s left. The Masters has been won six times by three different lefty golfers: Phil Mickelson (three times), Bubba Watson (twice), and Mike Weir. The next one could be MacIntyre, the 29-year-old Scotsman.
He has two seconds and two fourths in his last nine events after finishing second in the 2025 U.S. Open. He’s never been higher than 12th in three starts here, but Augusta takes a little time to master.
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