The Masters
The Masters Betting & Odds
Golfing’s best descend on Augusta National to compete in the first major golf tournament of the year – experience all the action from the Masters Vegas-style with BetMGM.
Format of the Masters
The Masters is a 72-hole stroke-play event contested over four days. The field is one of the smaller ones on the PGA Tour schedule, with around 95 of the best golfers from around the world competing for the top prize.
Competitors play in groups of three for the first two rounds (36 holes). After these rounds, the field will be cut to 50 alongside any golfers within 10 strokes of the lead. The final 36 holes are played over the final two days.
The Masters uses a traditional stroke play format, where the player with the lowest number of shots at the end wins. If there is a tie, the winner is determined by sudden death starting at the 18th hole.
When & Where are the Masters held?
The 2025 Masters is held at the historic Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, starting Thursday 10th April to Sunday 13th April.
Famously a former plant nursery, each hole of this breathtaking course is named after a certain tree or shrub, such as Tea Olive (hole 1), Flowering Crab Apple (hole 4), and White Dogwood (hole 11).
Who has won the Masters?
Scottie Scheffler has been the maestro of the Masters in recent years. The American is the defending champion and has won the green jacket twice in the last three years.
However, he has a long way to go before catching Jack Nicklaus, who won the event a record six times. The legendary Tiger Woods, who will miss the 2025 Masters through injury, managed five victories.
Other golf stalwarts such as Bubba Watson, Phil Mickelson and Nick Faldo have tasted glory – however, a Masters crown is the only major title that continues to elude Rory McIlroy.
The Masters winners over the past 10 years:
- 2024: Scottie Scheffler
- 2023: Jon Rahm
- 2022: Scottie Scheffler
- 2021: Hideki Matsuyama
- 2020: Dustin Johnson
- 2019: Tiger Woods
- 2018: Patrick Reed
- 2017: Sergio Garcia
- 2016: Danny Willett
- 2015: Jordan Spieth
Who is playing in this year’s Masters?
Many of golf’s best will return to Augusta this year, including the reigning champion Scheffler who is the current favourite to retain his title.
The top 15 competing in the 2025 Masters this year:
- Scottie Scheffler (USA)
- Rory McIlroy (NI)
- Collin Morikawa (USA)
- Jon Rahm (ESP)
- Ludvig Aberg (SWE)
- Bryson DeChambeau (USA)
- Justin Thomas (USA)
- Xander Schauffele (USA)
- Joaquin Niemann (CHL)
- Hideki Matsuyama (JPN)
- Patrick Cantlay (USA)
- Shane Lowry (IRL)
- Brooks Koepka (USA)
- Tommy Fleetwood (ENG)
- Viktor Hovland (NOR)
Correct at time of upload.
How to bet on the Masters golf
BetMGM offers a variety of options for betting on the 2025 Masters, covering the lead-up to and during golf’s first major tournament of the year.
Our Masters Outright market gives you the chance to predict the winner before the tournament begins, allowing you to confirm your odds early. If you’re confident a player will be in contention for the green jacket but aren’t sure they’ll be leading the race, we also have ‘top five’, ‘top 10’ and even ‘top 20’ finish markets.
Check out our in-play markets once the Masters begins to wager on specific outcomes as the players move throughout the tournament, allowing you to wager on the outcomes of specific holes or rounds.
You can also read through our the Masters betting tips article, where we've picked out some options that may offer good value.