Winner
Cameron Smith ($16)
Australia has a tremendous chance to claim its second green jacket with Cameron Smith a huge runner. Smith has been in outstanding form this year, highlighted by a win in The Players and a record-breaking victory in Hawaii. He leads the Tour in the key stat of Par 4: Birdie or Better as well as Putting Average while he ranks Top 10 in Strokes Gained: Putting, GIR, Bogey Avoidance and Strokes Gained: Approach. Smith has finished Top 10 in three of the last four at Augusta and enters this week playing the best golf of his life.
Boom-o-meter: 20%
Top 20
Billy Horschel ($2.80)
There aren’t too many golfers who look bigger overs than Billy Horschel. Horschel profiles delightfully for Augusta as a Top 30 player in the world with course experience and strong recent for,. Ranks Top 20 in GIR, Par 4 Birdie or Better, Strokes Gained: Putting and Bogey Avoidance.
Boom-o-meter: 70%
First Round Leader
Patrick Cantlay ($26)
Cantlay is a prime contender to win his first major according to many good judges and he normally sets up a good week with a big first round. He ranks 2nd in the field in strokes gained in the opening round while he is 8th in first round strokes gained on bent greens and 3rd in first rounds this year.
Boom-o-meter: 15%
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