Masters props: Targeting Lowry, Conners in the top-20 market

We're less than 24 hours away from the opening tee ball being hit at Augusta National to kick off the 2025 Masters Tournament.

We covered our outright selections in the main betting preview, but with so many markets available for the Masters, we couldn't stop at just three picks.

Let's get to our 10 favorite prop bets for the season's first major.

Schauffele: To finish top 20 (-120)

The thesis behind backing Xander Schauffele in the outright market and the top-20 market is the same: He's undervalued based on an injury that no longer impacts his game.

The winner of two majors in 2024 is being treated as a worse golfer than Ludvig Aberg, who has played in four career majors and missed two of those cuts, and the same as Justin Thomas, who hasn't won since 2022 and missed back-to-back cuts at Augusta.

Schauffele has finished inside the top 20 in 11 straight major championships and a whopping 23 of the 30 career majors he's played. This is stealing at -120 odds.

Lowry: To finish top 20 (+110)

The 2019 Open Champion is in form to earn a second major victory. Shane Lowry ranks fourth on DataGolf's adjusted strokes gained: tee-to-green rating, behind only Collin Morikawa, Rory McIlroy, and Scottie Scheffler. He's collected five top-20s in his last six starts, recorded two top-10s in majors last season, and finished T3 at the 2022 Masters.

Conners: To finish top 20 (+150)

Corey Conners is one of the best ball strikers in the world, a reputation he's proven through his strong performances at Augusta over his career. In six starts as a professional, he's recorded three top-10s and missed only one cut. Conners has finished inside the top 20 in four straight PGA TOUR starts and should carry his elite tee-to-green form into the Masters.

MacIntyre: To finish top 20 (+150)

Robert MacIntyre ranks fifth on DataGolf's adjusted strokes gained: tee-to-green rating. He placed T12 and T23 in two career starts at Augusta, and that was before he elevated his game. Since then, he's won two marquee events (the Canadian Open and the Scottish Open) to become a top-20 player in the world. Left-handed golfers have always found success around the iconic Masters layout. MacIntyre could be in the mix to become another lefty to don the green jacket.

Zalatoris: To finish top 20 (+160)

Will Zalatoris' worst finish in three starts at the Masters is a T9. We're only asking him to finish in the top 20 and getting +160 odds. Zalatoris has been a model of consistency over his past 10 PGA TOUR starts, with no finish worse than T47. His incredible iron play will allow him to separate from the field at Augusta more than any other venue, and a top-20 result shouldn't be an issue.

Hoge: To finish top 40 (+110)

Tom Hoge finished T3 at the Players Championship and T5 at the Valero Texas Open in the run-up to the Masters, and it'd be hard to find many golfers with better lead-in form at comparable odds. He's a great iron player and came T39 in his Masters debut two years ago.

Straka: Top continental European (+800)

We waxed poetic about Sepp Straka in the main betting preview, so it would make sense that we like the Austrian in prop markets. Here, Straka is mainly competing against Jon Rahm, Ludvig Aberg, Viktor Hovland, and Sergio Garcia. Straka is in the best form out of anyone in this category. If we like his chances to win the green jacket, he's an easy golfer to back against players surrounded by question marks.

MacIntyre: Top left-handed golfer (+200)

For the same reasons listed above, backing MacIntyre in the top lefty market is another way to get exposure to the Scot. There's a record eight lefties teeing it up this week, but none in better form than MacIntyre. Akshay Bhatia is his toughest competition, but we'll trust the more experienced major competitor to take down this market as the favorite.

Reed: Top LIV golfer (+1100)

Patrick Reed's short game remains one of the best in the world and is always a factor at Augusta. This isn't a knock at his other LIV compadres' chances; Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau, or Brooks Koepka can all win this week. But at +1100, Reed should be in the mix for the top LIV player. The 2018 champ has finished inside the top 12 in four of his last five Masters starts, which could be good enough to win this bet.

Hovland: To miss the cut (+180)

Viktor Hovland is one of the few players in the Masters who won in their last start. While that may suggest he's in good form, his comments after the Valspar Championship victory indicate he's not overly confident in his game.

"Some of the shots that I'm hitting, it's going to make it really difficult for me to be in contention at Augusta if I don't rectify that problem," Hovland said, according to ASAP Sports.

We're going to bank on him not being able to correct the problem that plagued him before his win when he missed three straight cuts.