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The Masters Tournament kicks off Thursday from Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia. The season's first major has produced four different winners over the past four years and hasn't yielded a back-to-back champion since Tiger Woods in and That's a troublesome trend for reigning champion Danny Willett, who edged Jordan Spieth and Lee Westwood by three strokes to win the edition of the event.
Meanwhile, Woods' chances of recapturing his past glory continue to fade as he remains sidelined with back problems. That's followed by a closer look at the top contenders based on the current betting odds, courtesy of OddsShark. For a complete breakdown of prize money for the entire field, visit Golf News Net.
Johnson, who suffered a back injury Wednesday, is otherwise on a roll heading into the Masters.
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He's won three consecutive starts—the Genesis Open, WGC: Mexico Championship and WGC: Match Play—and hasn't finished worse than third since missing the cut at the Farmers Insurance Open in January. The year-old South Carolina native has also showcased better form at Augusta in recent years.
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He finished tied for sixth in and tied for fourth in after failing the register a single top result in his first five appearances in the tournament. Allen Terrell, the director of the Dustin Johnson Golf School, told Tom Cunneff of Golf Digest it took awhile for a rising star from the Southeast to balance the personal and professional demands of the event:.
He won't admit this, but because it's close to home, he's got everybody wanting a piece of his time, hitting him up for tickets.
I always felt like the Masters would be the hardest tournament for him to win because he wants to be polite and help everyone. He's doing a better job now of isolating himself the last couple of years. One crucial key this week aside from his health will be how he plays the final two holes.
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His cumulative score on No. If he can avoid those sluggish finishes, he should be in great shape come Sunday afternoon.
Although the competition atop the sport is fierce right now between Johnson, McIlroy, Jason Day, Jordan Spieth and Hideki Matsuyama, the Northern Irishman still owns the highest peak. Nobody can match him when he gets scorching hot for five-or-six hole stretches. McIlroy doesn't own a win yet in , but he's finished no worse than seventh in four worldwide starts in stroke-play events. The only tournament where he didn't post a round of 66 or better was the European Tour's BMW SA Open, where his worst score was a The problem has been his hot streaks have often been offset by three or four bad holes that put him in a pit he can't quite get out of in time to win.
That's dangerous heading into the always tricky Masters, the only major title he's never won. Ewan Murray of The Guardian pointed out McIlroy isn't shying away from how important getting a win at Augusta is in the grand scheme of his otherwise brilliant career:. I'd love to give you an answer and say my life is already fulfilled with everything that's happened and everything that's going to happen in the future, by starting a family and all that.
But if I didn't have a Green Jacket there would be a tiny piece that would just be missing. It really would be. I wouldn't be fulfilled if I didn't get it. He's earned three straight top finishes in the Masters, including a career-best fourth-place result in , so the last piece of his career Grand Slam is within reach.
Avoiding those occasional round-destroying holes over the course of four days is essential, though. Spieth's form has been trending in the wrong direction heading into the major schedule. He's finished no better than 12th in his last four outings, though.
The year-old American missed the cut in the Shell Houston Open last week after posting a five-over 77 in the second round.
While that doesn't mean he can't turn things around and win this week, it does raise the level of uncertainty for the Masters champ. Data Golf listed him as the fourth choice at Augusta, and noted nobody has a better than 9 percent chance of winning the Green Jacket, making for a wide-open tournament:. While Spieth's recent play isn't overly encouraging, his Masters performance paints a different story about his chances of contention.
He's finished no worse than tied for second over the past three years, so nobody should be shocked if he's in the mix again this time around. NBA NFL World Football MLB NHL MMA WWE CFB CBB NASCAR Golf Tennis Boxing More Trending Mag Tickets Get The App. About Advertise Blog Contact Us Careers Community Guidelines Press Privacy Terms Of Use Tickets AdChoices.