2024 Masters: Experts' picks and betting tips - ESPN

The first golf major of the year is here with the 2024 Masters Tournament from Augusta National in Georgia.

Again this year, we will see PGA Tour and LIV Golf League golfers competing. 2022 Masters champion Scottie Scheffler enters the tournament as the favorite (+450), followed by Rory McIlroy, 2023 winner Jon Rahm, Xander Schauffele and a field of past champions such as Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson and Jordan Spieth.

Where is the betting value? Will the favorites prevail? ESPN's golf and betting experts break down everything thing you need to know to bet the 2024 Masters.

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Experts' picks to win | Betting roundtable

Matt Barrie
Winner --Hideki Matsuyama: I get it. It's Scottie Scheffler vs. the field. But what fun would that be? Matsuyama knows how to win at Augusta (2021), and he's finally healthy again. He comes to the Masters in form. A winner at Genesis, followed by finishing T12, T6, T7.

Tory Barron
Winner --Brooks Koepka: Eat, sleep, win majors. Koepka should have received a nice confidence boost (not that he needed one) after last year's second-place finish in Augusta. «Big-game Brooks,» who has finished in the top 11 in each of his past four Masters starts in which he was healthy, is going to do what he does best and take home his sixth major title.

Elizabeth Baugh
Winner --Rory McIlroy: Never mind that he missed the cut last year — it's impossible to rule out the No. 2 golfer in the world. This year there's added pressure of this being his 10th attempt to complete the career Grand Slam. On top of that, he'll be playing with a competitive grouping of Scheffler and Xander Schauffele. The stage is set for him to lock in and finally get the elusive green jacket.

Michael Collins
Winn