The Masters 2015: 10 bold predictions

Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods paired for the final round

For this to happen, you need Tiger Woods to make the cut, which many think he can’t and won’t do. But then, you have to get Tiger and Phil Mickelson tied after three rounds and make themselves the featured pairing for Sunday. But, I think both will happen.

Both guys have been great at Augusta National in the past with seven wins between them and while I don’t think either will win this week. Their great consistency at the Masters shows me that these two could be in the top 10 and paired for the final round.

Mickelson has 12 top 10 finishes and three wins since 1999 and Tiger Woods has won four times (1997, 2000, 2001, 2005) and 13 top 10’s since 1997. These guys know how to perform at Augusta National and they’ve been there on top of the leaderboard. You can never bet against either of these guys in the big tournaments no matter how old they are.

Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson have been paired 36 times in their careers and the last time they were paired was at the 2014 PGA Championship for the first two rounds. After Phil won both head-to-head rounds at the PGA, he tied up their all-time head-t0-head scoring series 16-16-4. The perfect storyline? Tiger and Phil getting paired at any point in the Masters, but I’m hoping it’ll be for the final round after both players have been successful over the first three days.

Phil Mickelson will finish somewhere in the top 10 because of his consistency and history at Augusta National and I’ll give you my prediction for Tiger in a later slide.