Eight Players You Should Avoid Betting On At The Masters At All Costs

If you’re still wondering who to place your money on this weekend at The Masters, now is 100 percent the time to stop and read this story.

Because while we can’t tell who is going to win Augusta National, or even finish in the top five or top 10, we can give you a strong idea of who not to place your money on at golf’s most legendary at course and event.

While it’s not a perfect metric, there’s a saying in golf that says that if you don’t have it by Wednesday, the day before the tournament starts, you’re not going to find it.

So, how do you know who does and doesn’t “have” it by Wednesday? Good question.

These Eight Players Were Peppering The Range At The Masters

A good indication that a player doesn’t have their game is how much work they’re putting in on the driving range. Thankfully, that data is publicly available via Golf Digest’s Jamie Kennedy.

Kennedy put together a list of which players hit the most range balls on Wednesday, and using that metric, you should 100 percent avoid placing your money on these eight players to take home the green jacket and give an interview in Butler Cabin on Sunday afternoon.

8) Max Homa – 161

This one is tough because Homa is a six-time PGA Tour winner, a fan favorite, and has played well at Augusta National in the past.

Homa finished tied for 12th a year ago after finishing tied for third and contending for the victory a year prior.

But it’s clear Homa’s game just isn’t where it needs to be coming into this weekend. Not only did he hit 161 balls on the range on Wednesday, the eighth most of any player, but he’s also coming off a missed cut at the Valero Texas Open.

7) Dustin Johnson – 168

Similar to Homa, Johnson would be a popular longshot play for a lot of bettors.

For one, he’s a former World No. 1 who is immensely popular and even has a victory at The Masters in 2020 (albeit in the Covid-altered Fall Masters).

But since moving to LIV Golf, Johnson has been a complete non-factor in major championships. He’s missed five of the last eight cuts and has a best finish of T23.

In his last event out, LIV South Africa, Johnson tied for 31st, 14 shots off the lead of winner Bryson DeChambeau.

6) Ben Griffin – 173

Ben Griffin had a stellar season in 2025, picking up three victories and making the Ryder Cup for the first time at the age of 29.

He also finished in the top 10 in both the PGA Championship and the U.S. Open. But he makes his Masters debut this year, and while that alone could be considered disqualifying, so is Griffin’s form.

Griffin missed the cut at the Valspar Championship and was only slightly better at the Houston Open, finishing in a tie for 27th. It’s clear he hasn’t quite found his game this year, and he’s probably not the horse you want to back this weekend.

5) Patrick Cantlay – 175

While he may not be as popular as a Johnson or a Homa when it comes to his personality, there’s no denying Patrick Cantlay is a household name among golf fans.

Cantlay has eight wins on the PGA Tour and has a top 10 in the Masters on his resume. But his best finish at Augusta is a tie for ninth, and that came all the way back in 2019.

In his last three appearances, he finished no better than a tie for 14th. This season, Cantlay’s game has been spotty. He’s coming off a tie for seventh at the Valspar Championship, his best finish of the year, but it’s clear Cantley isn’t exactly where he’d hope to be heading into the year’s first major.

4) Kristoffer Reitan – 176

If you were planning on betting on 28-year-old Norwegian Kristoffer Reitan at The Masters, you’re likely either a member of his friends or family, or you should stop reading this and call the hotline.

Reitan, who is actually the world’s 31st-ranked player entering the week, is a perfectly solid golfer who won twice last year on the DP World Tour.

But he’s never played in The Masters and only has two major championship appearances, a missed cut in the 2018 PGA Championship, and a tie for 30th at the 2025 British Open.

Showing up to Augusta for the first time and expecting to play well is tough on anyone. But especially for Reitan, who clearly doesn’t have his game where he needs it to be after missing the cut at the Houston Open, although he did bounce back with a tie for 10th at the Valero Texas Open.

T2) Wyndham Clark – 177

Despite winning the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club, Wyndham Clark is far from a popular figure in the world of golf, and he only really has himself to blame.

But beyond that, Clark has never been able to recapture the form he had at the 2023 U.S. Open, which was, admittedly, one of the easier U.S. Open setups you’ll ever see.

Clark has missed the cut in four of the nine major championships he’s played since that point and has just one finish inside the top 30, a tie for fourth at last year’s British Open.

This season, Clark’s game has been far from where he’d want it, with back-to-back missed cuts at the Valspar and the Houston Open entering The Masters.

T2) Chris Gotterup – 177

When Ben Griffin made the 2025 U.S. Ryder Cup team, it came at the expense of Gotterup, who many believed could be the last pick for captain Keegan Bradley after a strong 2025 season on the PGA Tour.

Gotterup won the Scottish Open last year and has come back this season with a pair of wins at the Sony Open and Phoenix Open against two strong fields.

But his game went a bit wayward after that, with a best finish of a tie for 18th in his next four starts. Gotterup may well have found something two weeks ago when he tied for sixth at the Houston Open, including two rounds of 65 over the weekend.

This will be his first start in the Masters, so it would be a tall task to expect him to win it. But even despite all the range work, he may actually be a sneaky bet to backdoor a top 10 finish.

1) Sungjae Im – 221

Sungjae Im is notorious for his relentless work on the range, so this number isn’t exactly surprising. And he even has three top-10 finishes at The Masters on his resume, with a tie for second in 2020 and a tie for fifth just last year.

But the South Korean star, who’s ranked No. 16 in the world right now, is coming off a tie for 60th in the Houston Open two weeks ago. The start before that, however, he led the Valspar Championship through three rounds before shooting three over on Sunday and finishing in the tie for fourth.

It’s hard to get a great read of where Im is at right now, and we’d be hesitant to bet on him to win – after all, he has just two career PGA Tour wins and none since 2021 – but if the odds are right, perhaps you like him to finish in the top 10 or even the top five, like Gotterup.