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The favorites for the 2023 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club are obvious and will be discussed often throughout the week. Everybody knows Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm have a good chance to capture the first major of the year. What you might not know is who could sneak past them and swipe the green jacket if one of the superstars of the sport stumbles.
These are players who have been playing terrific golf throughout the year (remember, most Masters champions come into the week striking the hell out of the ball in the months leading in) but may be flying under the radar because they aren’t big names or people haven’t been paying much attention to them down the stretch.
Their odds may be deflated compared to their actual opportunity to win the biggest tournament of the year to date, and there are several of them. Here are some that stand out to me heading into Masters week. Odds via Caesars Sportsbook
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2023 Masters sleepers
Jason Day (33-1): Day has arguably been the fifth-best player in the world so far in 2023, but I bet most folks haven’t noticed that. He (narrowly) qualifies for our “nine of the last 11 Masters winners have been at 1.70 strokes gained tee to green or better in the three months prior to the Masters” statistic, and Day’s history at Augusta National is excellent. Has everything — five top 10s in his last six starts — been building toward a run at the Masters? At 33-1, it’s worth finding out.
Corey Conners (75-1): There have only been two players who have finished in the top 10 at each of the last three Masters. One is 14-1 to win…
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