The Masters 2015: 10 bold predictions

A non-American wins the 2015 Masters

58 times an American has won the Masters and just 18 times has a non-American won, but this year a non-American golfer will win another green jacket.

In the last seven Masters, a non-American has won four times (Immelman, Angel Cabrera, Schwartzel and Scott). Since 2009, Americans and non-Americans have alternated in winning the green jacket every year and after Bubba Watson won in 2014, it’s time for that cycle to continue.

There’s an exceptional field of non-American golfers who have great chances of winning including Rory McIlroy, Henrik Stenson, Jason Day, Adam Scott as well as great dark horses I like including Branden Grace, Vijay Singh, Ernie Els, Paul Casey, Hideki Matsuyama and more.

In recent years, there have been plenty of international players inside the top 10 of the Masters leaderboard. In 2014, we saw seven international players in the top 10 including Jonas Blixt, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Lee Westwood, Thomas Bjorn, Bernhard Langer, Rory McIlroy and John Senden. In 2013, four of the top five on the leaderboard were international players: Adam Scott, Angel Cabrera, Jason Day and Marc Leishman.

The fact is that international guys are really beginning to dominate and split green jacket time with American golfers more than ever before. Watch out Spieth, Reed, Kuchar, Walker, Watson and Mickelson, because it’s another year where a non-American will win the Masters.