SportsLine golf expert Brady Kannon just locked in his best bets for the 2026 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club with Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson both not playing
By Daniel Kohn Apr 7, 2026 at 4:36 pm ET • 3 min read 
Imagn Images Former Masters Tournament winner and the world's No. 1-ranked player Scottie Scheffler takes aim at his third green jacket this week when he takes part in the 2026 Masters from Augusta National Golf Club. Scheffler, who won in both 2022 and 2024, is the favorite at +500. He is seeking his 26th career win and fifth win at a major. Other top Masters contenders include Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau at +1000 and Rory McIlroy at +1300.
The Masters 2026 will be the 90th time the event will have been held and has a $21 million purse. Augusta National Golf Club features a par-72, 7,555-yard course. Besides Scheffler and Rahm, other past winners competing include Patrick Reed (+4000) and Hideki Matsuyama (+2700). Notable champions electing not to compete this year are Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods, both due to personal reasons. Before making any 2026 Masters picks, you need to see the 2026 Masters predictions from golf expert Brady Kannon.
Kannon is an elite golfing betting expert with more than 30 years of experience in the industry. He has called eight major winners since 2013 and hit six PGA winners, including 110-1 longshot Harris English at the Farmers Insurance Open, in 2025. He also hit on Matt Fitzpatrick (15-1) at the Valspar Championship on March 22 for an outright winner. Additionally, he's 32-27-4 on head-to-head picks since joining SportsLine.
Now, Kannon has focused his attention on the 2026 Masters field and locked in his predictions, sleepers and golfers to avoid. You can only see them here.
Top 2026 Masters expert picks
One of Kannon's 2026 Masters predictions: Kannon is fading Tyrrell Hatton and is avoiding him in both outright and head-to-head selections. Hatton, 34, has had limited success, competing on the PGA Tour, Challenge Tour, European Tour and LIV Golf. He currently splits his time between the European Tour and LIV. He has 13 career wins, including eight on the European Tour.
Hatton will be competing in his 10th Masters. His best finish at Augusta came in 2024, when he tied for ninth. He has missed the cut twice and has just two other top-20 finishes, tying for 14th last year and 18th in 2021. Despite some success, Kannon doesn't feel the value is there and is turning his attention toward better options.
"He's missed the cut here twice," Kannon told SportsLine. "I just don't believe he has the game that is best suited for this golf course and I'm also not sure he has the temperament to handle getting across the finish line on a Sunday at the biggest pressure cooker in golf." See who Kannon is backing at SportsLine.
How to make 2026 Masters picks
Kannon has revealed his best bets, and he's targeting several longshots, including one who returns more than 80-1 and "has a legitimate shot to make quite a bit of noise this week." He's a perfect course fit, and anyone who backs him could hit it big. You can only see who it is at SportsLine.
What are the best bets for the 2026 Masters, and which overlooked longshot should you target? Check out the 2026 Masters odds below, then visit SportsLine to see Brady Kannon's top picks for the 2026 Masters, all from the expert who nailed six outright winners last season.
2026 Masters odds, field
See Masters picks, best bets and predictions here.
Odds via FanDuel (subject to change)
Scottie Scheffler +500 Bryson DeChambeau +1000 Jon Rahm +1000 Rory McIlroy +1300 Xander Schauffele +1500 Matt Fitzpatrick +1800 Ludvig Åberg +1800 Cameron Young +2200 Tommy Fleetwood +2200 Hideki Matsuyama +2700 Justin Rose +2700 Robert MacIntyre +3000 Min Woo Lee +3300 Collin Morikawa +3500 Patrick Reed +4000 Brooks Koepka +4000 Chris Gotterup +4500 Russell Henley +4500 Si Woo Kim +4500 Jordan Spieth +4500 Viktor Hovland +5000 Shane Lowry +6000 Nicolai Højgaard +6000 Jake Knapp +6500 Justin Thomas +6500 Akshay Bhatia +6500 Maverick McNealy +6500 Adam Scott +7000 J.J. Spaun +7000 Patrick Cantlay +7000 Sepp Straka +8000 Tyrrell Hatton +8000 Jacob Bridgeman +8000 Jason Day +8000 Sungjae Im +10000 Sam Burns +10000 Harris English +10000 Corey Conners +10000 Cameron Smith +10000 Marco Penge +10000 Daniel Berger +12500 Kurt Kitayama +12500 Gary Woodland +12500 Rasmus Højgaard +15000 Ben Griffin +15000 Keegan Bradley +15000 Aaron Rai +15000 Alex Noren +15000 Ryan Gerard +15000 Sam Stevens +17500 Harry Hall +17500 Wyndham Clark +17500 Aldrich Potgieter +17500 Brian Harman +17500 Max Homa +17500 Ryan Fox +22500 Casey Jarvis +22500 Kristoffer Reitan +22500 Nick Taylor +25000 Dustin Johnson +25000 Nicolas Echavarria +25000 Carlos Ortiz +25000 Michael Kim +25000 Max Greyserman +35000 Sergio Garcia +35000 Haotong Li +35000 Matt McCarty +35000 Andrew Novak +35000 Tom McKibbin +35000 Sami Valimaki +50000 Michael Brennan +50000 Bubba Watson +50000 John Keefer +50000 Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen +50000 Charl Schwartzel +50000 Zach Johnson +50000 Davis Riley +75000 Angel Cabrera +100000 Mason Howell +100000 Fifa Laopakdee +100000 Ethan Fang +100000 Brian Campbell +100000 Vijay Singh +100000 Jose Maria Olazabal +100000 Brandon Holtz +100000 Naoyuki Kataoka +100000 Danny Willett +100000 Jackson Herrington +100000 Fred Couples +100000 Mateo Pulcini +100000 Mike Weir +100000
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