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Betting tips for the Masters: Xander Schauffele is ready to wear coveted Green Jacket

Xander Schauffele is all smiles

For golf fans, the arrival of spring means the return of the Masters at Augusta National, and Tipstrr golf expert Brendan Skilling has been weighing up who might be wearing the Green Jacket on Sunday.

An elite field of 88 golfers will harbour dreams of slipping on the famous Green Jacket at the climax of one of the most highly anticipated sports events of the year, which perhaps takes on even more significance this time round with a number of intriguing narratives forming.

World number one Scottie Scheffler is aiming to become only the fourth man to win consecutive Green Jackets, Rory McIlroy once again looks to seal the career Grand Slam that has eluded him for nine years, while the ongoing PGA Tour vs LIV Tour off-course battle moves to the fairways and greens as the rival tours' players go head to head for the first time this year.

The world's top three have been jostling for favouritism in the ante post market but this week has seen Jon Rahm drift slightly, which means he makes the most appeal price-wise.
With McIlroy chasing the Grand Slam, defending champion Scheffler attempting to go back-to-back and the LIV Golf contingent taking up most of the media's attention, the big Spaniard could be in a position to fly slightly under the radar here.

Behind the Big three are 10 golfers in the 16/1 - 30/1 price range and of those, Cameron Young and Xander Schauffele make the most appeal.

Suggested bet: Xander Schauffele each-way in the US Masters

Young is a supreme driver of the ball with two top-five Major finishes in his debut season on tour last year. He arrives here after finishing runner-up at the World Matchplay a fortnight ago and looks a real threat.

Schauffele meanwhile has finished both second and third at Augusta in his last four starts which adds to a Major Championship record that has seen him finish in the top 10 in nine of his 18 starts.

It's highly likely that the top of the leader board will be stacked with the game's elite but with eight places available on each-way bets this week, it could pay to look further down the market.
Showing some form whilst he chases a Ryder Cup place and with a pair of runners-up places amongst his seven top 10 career finishes at Augusta is Justin Rose who could very well threaten from the middle of the pack.

At even bigger odds are the pair of Mito Periera and Kurt Kitayama. Periera was leading the USPGA Championship until disaster struck at the 72nd hole and has been showing some nice form on the LIV Tour including a fifth place position in last week's Orlando event.

Suggested bet: Kurt Kitayama each-way in the US Masters

Kitayama meanwhile is perhaps undervalued at his three-figure odds. He held off an elite field to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational last month alongside a quarter-final finish at the World Matchplay last time out. A strong Major Championship showing seems the logical next step for the American.
All of these golfers will see their game tested by the course designed by the legendary pairing of Bobby Jones and Alister MacKenzie.
IImmaculately conditioned with closely cropped expanses of Bent grass and Ryegrass, dotted with tall pines and flashes of white sand alongside the blue of the creeks and ponds which lurk ominously on five of the 18 holes.
For this year's tournament, 30 yards have been added to the par-5 13thm bringing the total yardage to over 7,500 although it's likely to play around 300 yards longer than this with damp conditions forecast alongside the habit of mowing the fairways back towards the tee which can significantly lessen ball rollout.
Therefore, length off the tee will be vital this week and it's hard to imagine any shorter hitters following in the footsteps of 2013 winner Zach Johnson.
The notoriously quick and undulating greens will once again cause problems for the world's best, although you don't have to be a great putter to win round here as Sergio Garcia and Hideki Matsuyama have proven. Instead, an all-round short game or Scrambling metric is preferred.

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