Tiger Woods has already completed one stunning comeback at the Masters when he won the tournament in 2019. He has a chance to top that accomplishment at the 2022 Masters, telling the media on Tuesday he plans to play. Woods has won the Masters five times and is a 15-time major champion. He is a 50-1 Masters long shot in the latest 2022 Masters odds at Caesars Sportsbook.
Woods will compete with the likes of Jon Rahm (10-1), Justin Thomas (14-1) and Scottie Scheffler (16-1), who are currently among the 2022 Masters favorites. Cameron Smith and Dustin Johnson, both 16-1, are both expected to contend for the green jacket as well in the 2022 Masters field. Before locking in your 2022 Masters picks or locking in any PGS DFS picks on sites like DraftKings and FanDuel, be sure to see the golf predictions and projected leaderboard from the proven computer model at SportsLine.
SportsLine’s proprietary model, built by DFS pro Mike McClure, has been red-hot since the PGA Tour resumed in June 2020. In fact, it’s up over $8,000 on its best bets since that point, nailing tournament after tournament.
At the 2021 Open Championship, McClure’s best bets included Collin Morikawa winning outright even though he was listed as a massive 40-1 long shot. In addition, McClure’s model was all over Jon Rahm’s (10-1) first career major championship victory at the 2021 U.S. Open. Rahm was two strokes off the lead heading into the weekend, but the model still projected him as the winner.
This same model has also nailed a whopping seven majors entering the weekend. Anyone who has followed it has seen massive returns.
Now that the Masters 2022 field is set, SportsLine simulated the event 10,000 times, and the results were surprising. Head to SportsLine now to see the projected 2022 Masters leaderboard.
Model’s top 2022 Masters predictions
One huge shocker the model is calling for at the Masters 2022: McIlroy, a 20-time PGA Tour champion and one of the top favorites, stumbles at Augusta and finishes outside the top 10. The Masters is the only missing piece from completing his career grand slam for McIlroy, whose best finish at Augusta National was fourth place in 2015. However, the Irishman has struggled in recent visits to Augusta, missing the cut last year and finishing outside the top 20 in 2019.
McIlroy’s recent tour events have him trending in the wrong direction approaching the Masters. He had a top 10 finish in February’s Genesis Invitational, but his finish has gotten worse in his three ensuing events. McIlroy’s putting is his biggest concern since he ranks outside the top 150 in three-putt avoidance (3.09 percent), while putting woes have often derailed him at previous Masters.
The model has also examined Tiger Woods’ chances of playing in the 2022 Masters. On Tuesday, Woods said, “As of right now, I feel like I am going to play.” He played practice rounds on Sunday and Monday leading up to the first 2022 Masters tee times on Thursday.
The 46-year-old has not competed in a PGA Tour event since the 2020 Masters. Woods snapped an 11-year personal major championship drought when he won at Augusta National in 2019. He has also recorded wins at the Masters in 1997, 2001, 2002 and 2005. Woods suffered multiple fractures in his right leg when he was involved in a car wreck in February of 2021, but he has been able to practice this week, drawing praise from fellow golfers including Fred Couples and Justin Thomas. The model just locked in its Tiger Woods Masters picks here.
How to make 2022 Masters picks
The model is also targeting four other golfers with odds of 20-1 or longer who will make surprising runs. Anyone who backs these long shots could hit it big. You can only see them here.
So who will win the 2022 Masters, which long shots will stun the golfing world, and where will Tiger Woods finish? Check out the odds below and then visit SportsLine to see the projected Masters 2022 leaderboard, all from the model that has nailed seven golf majors and is up over $8,000 since the restart.
2022 Masters odds
Jon Rahm +1000
Justin Thomas +1400
Dustin Johnson +1600
Cameron Smith +1600
Scottie Scheffler +1600
Rory McIlroy +1800
Brooks Koepka +2000
Patrick Cantlay +2000
Jordan Spieth +2000
Viktor Hovland +2000
Collin Morikawa +2000
Xander Schauffele +2200
Will Zalatoris +2800
Bryson DeChambeau +3500
Sam Burns +3500
Shane Lowry +3500
Matthew Fitzpatrick +4000
Hideki Matsuyama +4000
Corey Conners +4000
Tyrrell Hatton +4000
Daniel Berger +4000
Louis Oosthuizen +4000
Joaquin Niemann +4500
Paul Casey +5000
Tiger Woods +5000
Adam Scott +5000
Russell Henley +5000
Sungjae Im +5000
Marc Leishman +5000
Tony Finau +5000
Tommy Fleetwood +5500
Billy Horschel +5500
Si-Woo Kim +6500
Justin Rose +6500
Bubba Watson +6500
Patrick Reed +6500
Abraham Ancer +6500
Sergio Garcia +6500
Gary Woodland +7000
Seamus Power +8000
Max Homa +8000
Jason Kokrak +10000
Webb Simpson +10000
Talor Gooch +10000
Brian Harman +10000
Robert Macintyre +10000
Kevin Kisner +10000
Thomas Pieters +10000
Cameron Young +12500
Matthew Wolff +12500
Tom Hoge +12500
Cameron Champ +12500
Christiaan Bezuidenhout +12500
Kevin Na +12500
Francesco Molinari +12500
Luke List +12500
Lee Westwood +12500
Erik van Rooyen +15000
Harold Varner+15000
Sepp Straka +15000
Lucas Herbert +20000
Cam Davis +20000
Mackenzie Hughes +20000
Ryan Palmer +20000
Kyoung-Hoon Lee +20000
Danny Willett +20000
Stewart Cink +20000
J.J. Spaun +20000
Padraig Harrington +25000
Takumi Kanaya +25000
Garrick Higgo +25000
Min Woo Lee +25000
Zach Johnson +25000
Keita Nakajima +30000
Charl Schwartzel +30000
Harry Higgs +30000
Lucas Glover +30000
Guido Migliozzi +40000
Hudson Swafford +40000
Bernhard Langer +75000
Aaron Jarvis +100000
James Piot +100000
Stewart Hagestad +100000
Fred Couples +100000
Vijay Singh +100000
Austin Greaser +100000
Mike Weir +100000
Jose Maria Olazabal +200000
Laird Shepherd +200000
Larry Mize +250000
Sandy Lyle +250000
