Bookies Predict Scottie Scheffler Will Land His Third Masters Title
by Roy Brindley,
7 April 2026
Who will win Golf’s Masters in 2026? The bookies have narrowed it down to seven players – and they are normally right!
World number one Scottie Scheffler will seek his third Green Jacket in five years this week. ©Getty
Key Facts:
- Scottie Scheffler is the favourite to land the 2026 Masters.
- Bryson DeChambeau, with over $8m banked in three weeks, is the bookies’ second choice.
- Recent winner Cameron Young is one of just seven players quoted shorter than 20/1.
- Sky Sports promises wall-to-wall live tournament coverage of 2026’s first major.
Can Rory McIlroy become the first back-to-back Masters winner since Tiger Woods in 2021/22? The UK’s online betting sites quote the world number two on 12/1 odds to retain his Green Jacket. Only Scottie Scheffler, Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm shorter in the betting.
The first golfing major of 2026 will boast a $20 million+ purse with upwards of $4 million going to the winner. Masters’ winners also receive a lifetime invitation to the tournament, meaning 2003 winner Mike Weir, 2011 scorer Charl Schwartzel, and 2016 victor Danny Willett are in this year’s field.
These players are noteworthy because they were priced at 80/1 or greater to win the title. However, six of the past seven Masters winners have come from the top eight places in the betting. The stat suggests bookmakers’ odds can be considered a reliable guide to the outcome of this year’s event.
Scheffler and DeChambeau Have That Winning Habit
Scottie Scheffler, top-priced 6/1 with the William Hill online betting site, tops the Masters betting. The world number one is seeking his third Green Jacket in five years. He has won four majors over the previous four seasons.
In January, Scheffler won The American Express by four shots. It was Scheffler’s 20th PGA Tour victory, meaning he joined Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods as the only golfers to have 20 PGA Tour titles and four Majors before turning 30.
Bryson DeChambeau has also been in winning form this year. Playing on the LIV Golf League, the 2020 and 2024 US Open winner has banked over $8 million in winnings for taking the LIV Golf Singapore and LIV Golf South Africa during the past three weeks!
Tied for sixth in the 2024 Masters and tied fifth last year, DeChambeau shares second favouritism on 11/1 odds with fellow LIV player, Jon Rahm. The 31-year-old Spaniard won the Masters in 2022, but he has only tied for 45th and 14th since.
More Top-Five Finishes for McIlroy and Schauffele?
Rory McIlroy follows on the betting list. There were 10 seasons between his fourth major title and last season’s Masters victory, which will concern some punters. Still, he boasts five top-5 finishes in the Augusta competition over the past decade.
Xander Schauffele’s Masters record is equally impressive. He, too, boasts five top-10 finishes, but his streak began in 2019, when he tied for second. Eighth and tied-eighth the past two years, Schauffele is 14/1 to claim the title this time around.
Major success came his way in 2024 with glory in the PGA Championship and the Open Championship. And the American appears to be returning to his best with a tied-fourth in the Valspar Championship a fortnight ago and third in the 2026 Players Championship a week before that.
Young Builds as Ludvig Collapses
Ludvig Åberg and Cameron Young are the only other players trading under 20/1 in the 2026 Masters betting. The Swede has played this competition twice, finishing seventh last year and a stunning second on his debut in 2024. On both occasions, it could be argued that he threw away a winning chance.
That was the case on the final day of last month’s Players Championship when the Ryder Cup star squandered a three-shot lead on the back nine to finish tied for fifth. To a lesser extent, Åberg repeated the trick in the Valero Texas Open at the weekend, hinting that, right now, he is a risky proposition.
Cameron Young will have no confidence problems. At 26, he is the youngest (that’s not a joke) of the main protagonists, and he took full advantage of Åberg’s wayward antics at the 2026 Players Championship to take the biggest title of his career.
Young also won the Wyndham Championship last August. The tournament gave him his first PGA Tour victory after seven runner-up finishes. Fourth in the 2025 US Open meant his CV now impressively shows six top-10 finishes in majors. Three of these were top 4s.
Mindful that nine of the past 12 Augusta winners have won at least one tournament on the calendar in the buildup, and this will be the first time that Young will arrive at a major as a PGA Tour winner, this in-form player could make a mockery of his 20/1 odds.
The 2026 Masters Fact File
- Dates: 9-12 April 2026
- Venue: Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia, USA
- Course: Par 72, 7,565 yards
- Defending Champion: Rory McIlroy
- Course Record: 63 (Nick Price 1986, Greg Norman 1996)
- Lowest Winning Score: 268 Dustin Johnson (-20 in 2020)
- Most Wins: Jack Nicklaus (6), Tiger Woods (5), Arnold Palmer (4)
Previous Winners: Rory McIlroy (2025), Scottie Scheffler (2024), Jon Rahm (2023), Scottie Scheffler (2022), Hideki Matsuyama (2021), Dustin Johnson (2020), Tiger Woods (2019), Patrick Reed (2018), Sergio Garcia (2017), Danny Willett (2016), Jordan Spieth (2015).
How to Watch the 2026 Masters Tournament
Sky Sports owns the exclusive broadcast rights of the Masters in the UK and Ireland. In 2026, it is promising more coverage of the competition than ever before. The broadcaster will deliver live coverage of Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday’s practice rounds plus the traditional Masters Par-3 contest on the eve of the first round.
Wall-to-wall tournament coverage, starting on Thursday, April 9 at 2 pm, is promised. Featured group action and updates from around the course will be shown on Sky Sports Golf until the global broadcast window brings full live coverage from 6 pm over the first two days and 5 pm over the weekend.
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