The Masters 2023: 5 dark horses who could win the Green Jacket
Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler and Jon Rahm are the favorites at Augusta National, but which Masters sleepers could pop up and win the Green Jacket?
While the list of Masters champions and golfers with proud ownership of a Green Jacket is illustrious and includes some of the modern greats recently like Tiger Woods, Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth, Phil Mickelson and many more, Augusta National Golf Club isn’t a place where dark horses are completely shut out.
Hideki Matsuyama won two years ago at +4600. Patrick Reed won in 2018 at +5000, as did Danny Willett in 2016. Meanwhile, Charl Schwartzel in 2011 and Angel Cabrera in 2009 both had odds at +10000 or higher. Sleepers at The Masters, especially with experience at Augusta National, are always legitimate.
But which Masters sleepers are alive as they come into the tournament in 2023? These are five golfers with odds north of +5000 that, though they aren’t favorites for a reason, are undoubtedly worth looking at with a chance to win the first major of the year.
Note: All odds are courtesy of FanDuel Sportsbook. For more betting content, check out BetSided.
The Masters sleepers: 5 dark horses who could win in 2023
5. Danny Willett (+21000)
There was a time after winning this tournament that Danny Willett somewhat fell off in terms of his form. Most of us would take a Masters win and ride off into the sunset too, if we’re being honest. But we’ve seen Willett start to rebound a bit over the past couple of years, but specifically in the past year.
Willett comes into this tournament gaining strokes across the board across his last 20 rounds and after four straight finishes in the Top 35. Moreover, he finished T12 at The Masters a year ago.
This is a course that he’s proven he can win at before and that he obviously knows well. With his recent uptick in form, giving him more than 200/1 odds is completely disrespectful and he should be looked at as a live sleeper this week to pop up on the leaderboard.