Five Sleepers Who Could Pull Off a Win at the Masters

Brandt Snedeker

Brandt Snedeker won the Farmers Insurance Open earlier this season and he did so in very difficult conditions. He and Dufner also shared a win at the Franklin Templton Shootout. Snedeker has yet to win a major but with four top 10 finishes in 11 starts and a total of eight PGA Tour wins, he’s a proven veteran.

Last Five Masters Finishes

2015 – CUT
2014 – T37
2013 – T6
2012 – T19
2011 – T15

Odds – 50/1

Paul Casey

Paul Casey isn’t exactly a name that jumps to mind when you think of the Masters, but the Englishman is in his 16th PGA Tour season and had a solid outing at Augusta National last year. He is coming off of a month in which he had two top 10 performances and a disappointing showing at the WGC-Dell Match Play.

Last Five Masters Finishes

2015 – T6
2014 – DNP
2013 – DNP
2012 – CUT
2011 – T38

Odds – 65/1

Jason Dufner

Jason Dufner hadn’t won a PGA Tour event since the 2013 PGA Championship until earlier this year. Dufner won the CareerBuilder Challenge after holding off David Lingmerth in a playoff. He is currently ranked 12th in the FedExCup standings and has four top 10 finishes this year, albeit they all came early in the season. At 27th in strokes gained tee-to-green Dufner has shown he can give himself scoring opportunities, but he ranks 127th in strokes gained putting. If he wants to put on a green jacket, he’s going to have to make everything he looks at.

Last Five Masters Finishes

2015 – T49
2014 – CUT
2013 – T20
2012 – T24
2011 – DNP

Odds – 110/1

Bill Haas

Bill Haas winning the Masters would be pretty spectacular. Haas has four top 10 finishes – not including the Hero World Challenge – this season. He’s a likable guy who anchored the US President’s Cup team. His dad, Jay Haas, had nine PGA Tour wins but his highest finish at Augusta is a tie for third. If Bill could walk away with a green jacket, it would be a pretty sweet scene.

Last Five Masters Finishes

2015 – T12
2014 – T20
2013 – T20
2012 – T37
2011 – T42

Odds – 110/1

Justin Thomas

Justin Thomas won his first PGA Tour event, the CIMB Classic, way back in November 2015. Since then his results have been up and down, but his T3 performance at The Honda Classic shows that he isn’t far from where he needs to be. Thomas is currently 35th in strokes gained tee-to-green but 129th in strokes gained putting. A green jacket this early in his PGA Tour career would go a long way for Thomas, who appears to have all the tools to follow his buddy Jordan Spieth.

This is Thomas’s first Masters appearance.

Odds – 110/1