Expert picks, best bets and props that can't miss for the 2022 Masters

All the attention leading into the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club revolved around the return of Tiger Woods. But there is so much more happening in the year's first major.

So we gathered our experts to pick the winner of this year's green jacket, identify betting value and props that stand out.

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Matt Barrie, ESPNWinner: Scottie SchefflerWhy he'll win: There is such a thing as momentum in golf. And no one has more than world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler. In January, Scheffler might have been a Masters sleeper at best. Now, he has to be the favorite. A winner at the WM Phoenix Open, Bay Invitational and WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, he has the confidence needed going to Augusta National. Golf right now belongs to Scottie Scheffler.

Elizabeth Baugh, ESPN.comWinner: Cameron SmithWhy he'll win: Smith is coming off a win at the Players and has contended in three out of the past four Masters, including a runner-up finish in 2020. He said it himself in his news conference: He's confident and his game is ready. His advantages? Creative play on a hilly Augusta course and a locked-in short game. He's going to chip and putt his way to a green jacket on Sunday.

Michael Collins, ESPN.com Winner: Brooks KoepkaWhy he'll win: Who's a highly ranked player no one is talking about with major championship experience and titles? Who also has played in atrocious weather and been successful, with a respectable record at Augusta already? Who might have a chip on his shoulder since his former bestie and now rival, Dustin Johnson, has a green jacket that this player doesn't have? Yeah, Brooks Koepka checks all the boxes.

Michael Eaves, ESPN Winner: Jon RahmWhy