Where to Bet on The Masters, 2023
“They call it golf because all the other four letter words were taken,” – Raymond Floyd
There are two kinds of people in this world. Those that enjoy life and all that it has to offer. These people are nice and calm. Maybe they have families and loved ones and know how to really have fun and not let the little things in life bother them and get under their skin.
And then there’s the rest of us. The ones that want to pay good money to go out onto the courses and take advantage of everything they offer just to go out and yell and scream at mother nature and physics for a while or maybe even just do that from the comfort of the couch.
It’s safe to say that if you fall into that latter, you’re a fan of golf!
All joking aside, there’s a pretty solid chance that those that are into golf know exactly what I’m talking about here. You already get it. For those of you that are not the biggest golf fans, you may not get it at first, but if you were to start playing the sport, more importantly, watching and paying attention, it wouldn’t be long at all before you started to get it as well. You see, I’m about to hit up a special time of the year here, the time when some will start foaming at the mouth, The Masters!
Now I could sit here and go on and on about the history of The Masters and turn this into a full “Everything You’ve Always Wanted to Know About Golf” page and all that that would entail but that really isn’t the point of this article, and let’s face it. There are already thousands of articles, pages, books, and volumes that do just that. If you ended up here, you want to know Where To Bet on The Masters.
That’s where I am going to go with this.
Sure, I’ll hit up a super fast history with a lot of missing stuff for the complete and total noob, but that’s it. I’ll talk about some of the history of some of the “sillier” traditions for the sake of some amusement, but for the most part I’m coming at you and just focusing on the “The Best Places to Bet” part of the game. Keep reading!
What are The Masters?
For those that are new to the sport or just new to watching the pros take on the courses, The Masters isn’t quite like the Super Bowl of golf, but it’s pretty close! You see, there are four major golfing championships that go on every year and The Masters starts it all off as opposed to being the finale if you will. Let’s go ahead and hit up a super quick history.
The whole shebang started off in 1934 as the “Augusta National Invitation Tournament” in (you guessed it) Augusta, Georgia. Originally a plant nursery, each hole was designed around and then named after the tree or shrub that it was originally associated with so it’s safe to say that this is a pretty nice place. The kind of place where us normal folk probably will not be visiting anytime soon, but that’s okay! It’s televised!
In the first Masters tournament Horton Smith won taking home a prize of $1500.00, which according to usinflationcalculator.com would be right at $33,676.12 in today’s money.
Since the beginning of it all, The Masters are still going strong as the head honcho of all the tournaments with changes to the course, changes to the pairings, the standings during play, and naturally with prize money getting larger and larger to keep up with the times. In 2021, Hideki Matsuyama became the first Japanese winner of the big Tourney and walked away the winner by one shot under Will Zalatoris.
Over the years, there have been many changes to the course and some to the tournament and the play itself, one of the few constants being that this particular tournament is always held at this course. Oddly enough, there are some traditions that have pretty much always been going on that you may already be aware of, such as the Championship Dinner and the coveted Green Jacket. Stuff that has nothing to do with playing the sport itself but some old guys started it years ago and they keep on doing it!
The Green Jacket and Other Awards:
This one you may already be familiar with, with the running joke throughout the movie Happy Gilmore. This one started in 1949.
By tradition the winner of the Tournament is given a green sports coat but said winner is not supposed to take it home. It’s actually not supposed to leave the grounds. There have been exceptions to this but it’s actually mostly by mistake. Well, so they say. I’m just saying that if I ever win the Green Jacket, I’m absolutely going to steal it!
This green jacket is the official attire worn by members of the Augusta National while they’re on the club grounds and each winner becomes an honorary member of the club. The jacket gets presented to the winner inside of the Butler Cabin on the grounds soon after the end of the tournament in a televised ceremony becoming a great big show in itself. The player being honored doesn’t even get to put it on themselves, someone will actually do it for him like James Brown and the American flag. One of the only exceptions was in 1966 when Jack Nicklaus was winning in consecutive years and just went ahead and put the jacket on himself.
Now, something they don’t put on TV is the fact that the winner of said jacket is to take off the jacket just to let it live there at the clubhouse. The more you look into it, the weirder the whole event becomes.
There are also other awards that are given to players who perform notable feats during the tourney. These include crystal vases that are given to those with the daily score, or large crystal bowls that are awarded to those that score a hole-in-one or a double eagle. With every eagle a player makes they will receive a pair of crystal goblets.
Along with all of the aforementioned goodies being handed out, there are also gold medals, silver medals, crystal vases, crystal bowls, and silver platters. Seriously, I’m not making this up!
Is That It?
Is that everything to know about The Masters? You know what? The answer is “just about”.
Golf has its rules of course, but surprisingly not very many. There are no umpires, refs, judges, anything of the sort. There are some “golf officials” but they aren’t even going to get out of their carts if they don’t have to.
So what is there to really know about golf?
- Take a club
- Whack a ball
- Get the ball in a cup that’s partially buried
- Do it with as few whacks as possible
- Don’t wreck the landscape
That’s the gist of the sport and the golfing world for the most part!
With all of that said, let’s get to the good part, The Best Places to Bet on The Masters!
As this is being typed The Masters is really close (today is May 28th) so you’re going to want to pay attention here! While you need to do your homework in deciding who you would like to bet on and place some smart wagers, you’re going to want to do so rather quickly!
BetOnline
Over at BetOnline the available golfing bets are naturally easy to find.
Clicking on “Golf” followed by “Majors” and finally “The Masters” will take you to a page with only 2 options showing up, they are:
Scheffler/McIlroy/Rahm at odds of +200, and The Field at odds of -244.
Now, clicking on “Golf” followed by “Futures” and then “Masters” will bring you to the page showing you the bet most people are going to be looking for, “Odds To Win The Masters Tournament“.
Of course all of the players are represented here. Just so that you know what you’re getting into, the current Top 5 according to BetOnline are:
- Scottie Scheffler +750/li>
- Rory McIlroy +800
- Jon Rahm +1000
- Jordan Spieth +1800
- Cameron Smith and Patrick Cantlay tied at +2000
And you know that there will be more listed so make sure that you keep going back to get updates!
BetOnline happens to be one of the more “friendly” to brand new players as there are plenty of free plays to be had over that way, just in case you would like to just try them out before you actually spend any money with them.
As far as those Free Bets go, you can claim a $25 Free Play by betting on one of the “Live Betting Games” which are going on quite often!
For the returning player there is also the Lifetime Bonus on all of your reloads with a 25% Bonus as long as you use the code LIFEBONUS.
SportsBetting
Now, I’m not going to spend a lot of time talking about SportsBetting here. Not that they are “bad” in any way at all, no! I absolutely love them and think you will as well!
I’m just not going to spend a lot of time talking about them because I have in a manner of sorts covered them already. You see, they’re owned by the same folks that own BetOnline, complete with the same list of current available wagers and set of promotions.
So why the need to talk about them at all? Because I have checked and double checked all of their rules and Terms and Conditions, and there isn’t a single word that says you cannot join both and claim the same promotions at each one! How’s that for doubling your money?
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Bovada
Many times Bovada will make the very top of these types of lists just because they’re not only my personal favorite US Sportsbook, but they’re quite often everyone’s favorite!
Here’s an update for anyone that’s been on this page in the last week. Since this was originally written, Bovada has put up odds and numbers for The Masters!
Now I’m going to ruin your day and tell you that I’m not going to list all of the different types of bets that are available just because there are so many of them!
Among the expected, you’ll be looking at (included, their current top three of each):
- Outright Winner
- Scottie Scheffler +700
- Rory McIlroy +750
- Jon Rahm +900
- 2 Chances
- Scottie Scheffler / Rory McIlroy +340
- Scottie Scheffler / Jon Rahm +360
- Rory McIlroy / Jon Rahm +375
And that list goes on and on.
From Bovada there will be match ups, best of X countries, props, top former winners…
If you can think of it, there’s a pretty good chance that Bovada will end up carrying it as we get closer to the actual dates.
Are you into the careers of Charlie Woods or Rickie Fowler? Bovada sure is!
You can also find a page of “em>specials” bets that can be placed just dedicated to them! So until we get some Masters information from them, you can see that there is still stuff going on as far as that little white ball goes!
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BookMaker
Like Bovada, this is an update since the article was originally written. Since that time BookMaker has put up some odds for Outright Winner of The Masters. As of today, BookMaker and Bovada seem to be agreeing on their individual top 3 picks for the overall winner of The Masters albeit with slightly different odds. This is why you always want to join more than one sportsbook and shop around to make sure you’re getting the best odds on your picks!
Over at BookMaker you’ll be looking at:
- Scottie Scheffler +775
- Rory McIlroy +810
- Jon Rahm +975
As you can see, the two sportsbooks in question are very similar, but if you want to place any of those bets in particular, you’ll just flat out be getting better odds at Bovada. So what would you want to do in that case? Probably look around at promotions, bonuses, features, etc of each site so that you could make an informed choice as to which is ultimately better for you.
And speaking of promotions, while you’re over there at BookMaker, make sure to take a look at their promotions as there are some pretty sweet ones there. One of my favorites is for the new player where they can claim a 15% Cash Welcome Bonus to the Sportsbook up to $600 as well as a 50% Casino Welcome Bonus up to $1000 giving you a grand total of $1600 just for joining!
MyBookie
MyBookie is one of my personal favorites! Over at MyBookie you’ll find one of the more “varied” amount of events that you can bet on. To go along with your sports wagering, you’ll also find bets on the weather, politics, religion, entertainment, just some of the most random items you’re going to find in the world of Online Sports Betting.
When looking up The Masters right now you’ll find the same types of bets that have been mentioned for these other sites as well, but once again, the odds are different so you’re going to want to make sure that you’re checking them out as well!
As for the world of Golf as a whole, MyBookie is currently offering up action for:
- The Valero Texas Open
- PGA First Round Leader
- Tournament Matchups
- Group Betting
- To Make the Cut
- Top Player By Region
- Props
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And on and on! MyBookie currently has the most varied types of bets listed, so if you’re looking to place more than just “Masters Winner” bets you’ll definitely want to head on over that way.
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Everygame
Returning readers may feel that Everygame looks a little familiar. That’s because Everygame is Intertops. We worked with Intertops many, many years and know that they’re among the best. In late 2021 they decided to change their name to Everygame. No worries, that’s the only thing that’s different! You’ll still find the same great bonuses, action, and promotions that have always been there!
Over at Everygame you’re going to (admittedly) find a lot of the same types of bets that are offered up by the other sportsbooks in this list.
Among the matches as this is being written you’ll see that they’re taking bets on outright winners on the ‘next games’ and that looks like that’s about it. However, you’ll also find some of the best “Live Betting” you’ll find anywhere.
Everygame has been around since pretty much the beginning of Online Sportsbooks, having been going for over 20 years now. We here at GoodSportsBooks have been with them almost for that amount of time and have been one of the more honest, trustworthy, while holding onto that reputation the whole time.
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Cloudbet
And lastly, an honorable mention is going to go to Cloudbet.
Cloudbet is mainly for our Candian friends, sorry, US folks just aren’t allowed over at Cloudbet.
Now, Cloudbet is just an honorable mention because if you want to do some gambling on The Masters, you don’t want to go over to Cloudbet. They’re not offering any action on it. However, they do have golfing action in general, so why aren’t they doing anything with The Masters? Your guess is just as good as ours!
As for the golfing action they are currently offering, you can find yourself some bets on:
- The LPGA Solheim Cup
- Presidents Cup
- Ryders Cup
- The 2022 US Open
Just no Masters.
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Conclusion>
And that’s what you need to know about the “where’s” to bet on The Masters this year.
The Masters are going to be taking place in just a few days as this is being typed. Once again, you’re going to want to make sure that you do your research to place smart wagers, but you’re also not going to want to wait too long and miss your shot!
Is it all going to be won by one one the yearly favorites, or are we going to see some history made like we did last year?
Either way, at this time it does seem as though all of the sportsbooks are starting to get a little more excited about it than they were at this time last year, and that’s a great thing for all of the players!
As always, do your research on your chosen players and wagers and good luck with all of your betting!
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