🎯 Masters Long Shots & Sleeper Picks 2026: 3 Picks to Win Longer Than +5000

🎯 Masters long-shot picks

Here are our best long-shot golf picks for the 2026 Masters based on the odds from our best golf betting sites.

🔢 World ranking vs. Masters odds 

Reducing our pool of eligible Masters winners to the top 25 players in the OWGR as of this week, here are the latest world rankings and the best Masters odds for each player:

💰 Best Masters sleeper bet

Viktor Hovland (+5500)

Hovland's excelling in approaching the green from this week's key distance of 150-175 yards. He ranks ninth on the PGA Tour in that metric while averaging 0.84 strokes gained: approach per round since January 1.

He's making a sixth straight appearance at Augusta National Golf Course and seventh for his career. He had a top finish of T-7 three years ago. While the short game is typically the greatest weakness for Hovland, he has gained strokes on the difficult greens of ANGC in four of his last five Masters appearances. He also gained strokes around the greens in three of his last five trips to the Masters.

He's averaging 0.34 SG: around-the-greens this season and seems to have prioritized rounding out his game.

 🐎 Masters dark horse picks

Akshay Bhatia (+6600)

Bhatia has improved from 45th to 21st in the world rankings this calendar year, but his Masters odds aren't moving as quickly as his ranking. The winner of the Arnold Palmer Invitational has four other top-20 finishes and three missed cuts through eight events this year.

He ranks sixth in par-4 scoring this season, and he gained strokes on and around the greens of Augusta National in each of his first two Masters appearances.

A lefty hasn't won the Masters since Bubba Watson's second green jacket in 2014, but Bhatia will be my pick from this year's contingent. The top lefty market is one of my favorite Masters props each year.

Harris English (+10500)

Harris English would be the biggest Masters long shot since Angel Cabrera in 2009 (+12500). He enters the first major of the year at No. 20 in the OWGR and made the Ryder Cup team last fall. He's making a seventh career appearance at ANGC with last year's T-12 finish as his best result to date.

He ranks in the top 20 of both proximity and par-4 scoring, and he gained strokes putting in each of his last four Masters appearances. Last year's result was despite losing 0.48 strokes off the tee per round, and he's corrected that this season with 0.60 strokes gained per round.

💡 How I'm handicapping the Masters

Here are the stats I'm looking at for my Masters bets:

⛳ Masters tournament info

• When: Thursday, April 9 - Sunday, April 12
• Where: Augusta National Golf Course (Augusta, Ga.)
• Betting favorite: Scottie Scheffler (+550 via BetMGM)
• Defending champion: Rory McIlroy ($4.2 million prize)
• How to watch: CBS and ESPN
• Streaming: Paramount+ and Prime Video
• FedEx Cup points: +750

📊 Live Masters odds 2026

Here are the live 2026 Masters odds from our best sports betting sites. The odds update in real time to help with your golf picks:

💰 Masters betting history

Here is a look at recent Masters winners and their odds prior to Round 1:

Historical odds via Sports Odds History.