Scottie Scheffler will begin his green jacket defense when the 2025 Masters gets underway from Augusta National Golf Club tomorrow.
Scheffler, who finished four strokes ahead of Ludvig Åberg last year to record his second Masters victory, will try to become the first golfer to repeat as a green jacket winner since Tiger Woods accomplished the feat in 2001-02.
Scheffler will have to stave off many talented 2025 Masters contenders if he hopes to rewrite the history books, with Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas, Jon Rahm and Xander Schauffele among the big names chasing the coveted green jacket. Scheffler, the No. 1-ranked player in the world, is the +400 favorite (risk $100 to win $400) to repeat, according to the latest 2025 Masters odds, after climbing as high as +480 over the weekend.
Scheffler is also 135 to finish in the top five, -300 to make the top 10, and -800 to crack the top 20. He is -1450 to make the cut, while McIlroy is -1100.
Scheffler is followed by McIlroy (+650), Rahm (14-1), Collin Morikawa (16-1), Ludvig Aberg (18-1), Xander Schauffele (20-1), and Bryson DeChambeau (20-1) on the PGA odds board.
McIlroy is getting 14.8% of the handle at BetMGM, while Scheffler is getting 12.1% and DeChambeau is at 9.5%. DeChambeau is BetMGM’s biggest liability, followed by McIlroy and Aberg.
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