A record 8 left handed golfers in 2025 Masters Tournament
The Masters is “A tradition unlike any other”, and the 89th Masters Tournament will set a record with eight left-handed golfers playing in the 2025 event. That includes Masters champions Phil Mickelson (3), Bubba Watson (2) and Mike Weir (1), who have won a combined six green jackets between them from 2003-2014.
Another major champion, 2023 Open Championship big longshot winner Brian Harman, is playing in his seventh Masters with a best finish of T21 in 2021. Harman won the 2025 Valero Texas Open last week, and he’ll try to improve his 2025 Masters odds after missing the cut each of the past three years.
The favorite to be the top left-handed player with the best finish in the 2025 Masters is Robert MacIntyre, who is playing in his third Masters with a best finish of T12 on debut in 2021. The 28-year-old Scottish pro is slightly favored over 23-year-old Akshay Bhatia, who finished T35 in his Masters debut last year with no rounds under par.
Two former West Coast Conference college golfers and PGA Korn Ferry Tour graduates make their Masters debut this week. Matt McCarty played at Santa Clara and started 2024 on the Korn Ferry Tour. The 27-year-old won the inaugural Black Desert Championship in October in his third PGA Tour start to earn an invitation to the 2025 Masters Tournament.
Lefty Joe Highsmith won the 2025 Cognizant Classic on March 2, and the 24-year-old Washington native and former Pepperdine golfer will join one of his mentors Fred Couples along with Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay for a practice round over the back 9 at Augusta National on Wed., April 9.
Highsmith’s press conference Tuesday shared some of the emotions of making it to Augusta to play in The Masters, and the atmosphere with so many fans even for the practice rounds.
“This is the tournament that every golfer wants to play in since they pick up the game,” Highsmith said. “To be here and kind of just see the atmosphere and be inside the ropes this time is pretty special.”
Left-Handed Golfers Masters Odds
Masters odds are taking more action at the leading online sportsbooks, and the top golfers are drawing more watch and wager interest as they prepare for the speed and slopes at Augusta National. That includes the 12 top golfers who are the leading win contenders in the 2025 Masters Tournament.
The eight left-handed golfers odds to win the Masters are all at least +5000, or 50/1 or greater. But top online sportsbook BetOnline offers Masters Props and specials with group betting options on golfers by country, former Masters champions, top LIV Golfer along with top left-handed golfer, with odds below along with (odds) to win the Masters.
Golf odds from BetOnline and leading online sportsbooks refresh periodically and are subject to change, including on futures, props and live betting.
- +200: MacIntyre (+5000)
- +300: Bhatia (+9000)
- +450: Mickelson (+13500)
- +500: Harman (+15000)
- +700: Highsmith (+35000)
- +1200: McCarty (+60000)
- +1400: Watson (+60000)
- +15000: Weir (+500000)
As hundreds of thousands of people placed bets on the Super Bowl, including on popular player props, analysts say Georgia missed out on millions they could get from legalizing and taxing sports betting. With no regulated sports betting in Georgia, fans in the Peach state and other visitors to Augusta for the Masters will be unable to place bets at top U.S. sportsbooks.
The cybersecurity group GeoComply estimates Georgia could be getting nearly $120 million annually from legalizing sports betting.
But fans still have other options as they watch and wager on The Masters and understand the golf rules when betting on match-ups, futures and favorite players while also following the adjusted golf odds and placing live bets during the tournament.
Panama-based BetOnline has been a market leader in providing more betting options for fans, and especially those political and sports-crazed fans in Georgia and the three most populated states that currently don’t offer betting at U.S. online sportsbooks – California, Texas and Florida. So fans can get in the game and enjoy watch and wager entertainment with BetOnline for The Masters, and also next week’s RBC Heritage Signature Event in South Carolina, where there is also no regulated U.S. sports betting. Scottie Scheffler won the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town last year one week after capturing his second green jacket and winning The Masters.
Tee Times
As fans follow their favorite golfers and left-handers including Phil Mickelson, check out their tee times Thursday off hole No. 1 along with playing partners. All times Eastern.
- 8:02 am: Mike Weir, Michael Kim, Cameron Young
- 8:13 am: Joe Highsmith, Zach Johnson, Chris Kirk
- 9:14 am: Brian Harman, Corey Conners, Stephan Jaeger
- 9;36 am: Robert MacIntyre, Billy Horschel, Nick Dunlap
- 9:58 am: Phil Mickelson, Jason Day, Keegan Bradley
- 11:21 am: Bubba Watson, Matthieu Pavon, Evan Beck (a)
- 11:38 am: Matt McCarty, Tom Hoge, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
- 1:12 pm: Akshay Bhatia, Rory McIlroy, Ludvig Aberg
Follow The Masters and golfers betting odds with tips and trends as the left-handers try to make history again at Augusta.
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