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Jeremy’s selections
Scottie Scheffler @ 7-1
Tony Finau @ 25-1
Jordan Spieth @ 14-1
Jon Rahm @ 9-1
Cameron Young @ 25-1
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Scottie Scheffler
Always a good idea to have the world No. 1 on your side, especially as he is course-proven as 2022 champion. This was third of Scottie’s quartet of titles in the first part of last year that lifted him from nowhere man to top dog. Could history repeat itself?
Dallas-based Scheffler has already picked up two, the Phoenix Open and Players Championship. Form figures this year: 7-11-1-12-4-1-4. Pick the bones out of that! No Masters is easy and winning back-to-back Masters has only happened three times but he’s so laid back he made last year look like a stroll in the park. His length off the tee an asset on long, hilly Augusta; his par-saving ability round the green just as key.
Tony Finau
Gentle giant was another multiple winner last year when he finally found a putting stroke that worked under pressure. Has many of Scheffler’s attributes, particularly the long, straight driving and the equable temperament.
He’s finished in the top 25 every start this year and boasts three top-tens from five Masters starts. Fifth place to Tiger in 2019 his best to date. Emphatic back-to-back PGA Tour victories last July have given the big man from Salt Lake City the impetus for a Majors breakthrough.
Jordan Spieth
The golfer who understands Augusta best. Almost won a Green Jacket on debut in 2014, got it done the following year, just failed to make a successful defence in 2016 and looked the most likely winner going into the final day in 2021, only to be betrayed by his favourite club, the putter.
At least 15 yards longer now than when he won eight years ago, the course’s added length won’t be a problem. Misses more five-footers these days but makes up for that with straighter driving. Iron play as imperious as ever and knows which side of the Augusta pins to put the ball with his approach play.
Jon Rahm
Burly Spaniard who burst out of the traps with some spellbinding golf to kick-start his year, winning the Tournament of Champions in a breeze at Kapalua, then following up at the American Express and Riviera to regain the No. 1 spot on the world rankings, only to lose it again when the Scheffler express came thundering by.
Never won at Augusta but solid 4-9-7-5-27 in five attempts since turning pro. Last year’s relative flop when his around-the-green brilliance deserted him can be forgiven and he’s worked hard on his once-suspect temperament. Sure to be in the mix – but that’s what we said last year!
Cameron Young
Big hitting New Yorker who has yet to win but it’s only a question of time. Beaten finalist in last month’s Match Play not his only big-occasion near miss. Before that, runner-up again in the Saudi International, the Asian Tour’s marquee tournament. Finished top three in two Majors last year, his first on the main circuit.
It took Cameron Smith at his best to beat him in last year’s Open Championship. Only 25, the best is yet to come. True, he missed the Augusta cut by a country mile on debut but has come on a bunch since and he looks the pick of the newer kids on the block.
Tie-breaker selection
Patrick Reed
The man they love to hate and the last one the powers-that-be want to see on the podium on Sunday afternoon. One of 18 LIV defectors in the Masters field in the first confrontation on US soil between the rebels and the loyalists.
Reed is one of six breakaway past Masters winners entitled to be there, the others being Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Sergio Garcia, Charl Schwartzel and Bubba Watson. Not the longest, not the straightest but a miracle worker around the greens. Twice a top-ten finisher since his 2018 victory.
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