9 underdogs to watch at the 2025 Masters

The contented dissimilar immoderate different is back.

Augusta National volition play big to 95 of the apical golfers connected the satellite this weekend, and lone 1 volition don the celebrated greenish overgarment aboriginal Sunday evening.

All eyes are connected reigning champion Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and two-time large winners Jon Rahm and Xander Schauffele and a mates of different household names.

But we're present to archer you astir the 9 golfers you whitethorn not beryllium acquainted with who whitethorn marque immoderate sound successful Georgia this weekend.

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The Augusta National Golf Club, featuring the Crow's Nest connected the 2nd floor, successful Augusta, Ga., March 13, 2008. (Chris Thelen/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Shane Lowry

Shane Lowry is nary alien to large tourney success. He has finished successful the apical 4 successful each major, including a triumph astatine the 2019 Open Championship and a second-place decorativeness successful the 2022 Masters.

Last twelvemonth was up and down, but helium managed sixth-place finishes successful some the PGA Championship and Open Championship. This year, he’s disconnected to a blistery start.

In 7 events, helium has 3 top-10 finishes, including a runner-up down his buddy Rory McIlroy astatine Pebble Beach. The lone clip he’s finished extracurricular the apical 20 was erstwhile helium missed the chopped arsenic the Farmers Insurance, and helium finished tied for 39th astatine The Genesis.

Since then, he’s finished tied for 11th, seventh, tied for 20th and tied for eighth. He ranks successful respective important analytics that are cardinal for Augusta: 4th successful shots gained tee-to-green, sixth successful shots-gained attack the greenish and 24th successful SG astir the green.

Russell Henley

Augusta National hasn’t typically been benignant to Russell Henley. Outside of his fourth-place necktie successful 2023, he’s finished extracurricular the apical 20 successful 5 of his different 8 times astatine the course.

But helium ended the majors blistery past year, finishing tied for seventh astatine the U.S. Open and 5th astatine the Open Championship. His show was bully capable for a Presidents Cup appearance, and helium carried it implicit with an unthinkable triumph astatine the Arnold Palmer Invitational with the assistance of a hole-out eagle from the trap connected 16.

Henley has made the chopped successful each 7 of his tournaments this twelvemonth and has 4 top-10 finishes. He ranks 16th successful SG tee-to-green and astir the greenish and 22nd successful SG attack the green.

Russell Henley hits from the 3rd tee during a signifier circular for the Masters astatine Augusta National Golf Club.  (Michael Madrid/Imagn Images)

J.J. Spaun

J.J. Spaun conscionable went toed to toed with Rory McIlroy astatine the Players Championship, and though the playoff didn’t spell his way, it was rather an effort.

Spaun has different runner-up this play arsenic the Cognizant and tied for 3rd astatine the Sony Open successful Hawaii. His different events person not gone excessively well, but it’s nary concealed helium tin find himself adjacent the apical if helium gets it going.

Spaun ranks 2nd successful SG attack the greenish (behind lone Collin Morikawa) and seventh successful SG tee-to-green. He’s a sneaky prime and 1 to support an oculus on.

Robert McIntyre

Robert McIntyre is riding high. His past 4 finishes person gone tied for sixth, missed cut, tied for 11th and ninth. He ranks 5th successful SG tee-to-green, with the apical 4 of Morikawa, McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler and Lowry combining for 9 large championships. 

He besides ranks eighth successful SG disconnected the tee, 21st successful SG attack the green, and sixth successful greens successful regularisation percentage.

It would beryllium a stunner if helium were to triumph it each due to the fact that his putter isn’t excessively friendly, but his operator and robust crippled could get him hovering astir moving day.

Will Zalatoris 

Should Zalatoris truly beryllium considered a sleeper if he’s competed 3 times astatine the Masters and finished successful the apical 10 successful each of them?

At a people similar Augusta National, which eats up immoderate of the champion golfers successful the world, Zalatoris intelligibly knows however to tame it. However, helium hasn’t had the champion commencement to the 2025 play by his standards, though he’s been a top-50 finisher successful each lawsuit he’s played frankincense far.

Will Zalatoris waves to the assemblage connected the 18th greenish during the 3rd circular of the Genesis Invitational astatine Riviera Country Club Feb. 17, 2024, successful the Pacific Palisades country of Los Angeles.  (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

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Corey Conners

Conners is riding precocious heading into Masters week, finishing with 3 top-10 finishes successful his caller events. And fixed the necessity to onslaught the shot good astatine Augusta, Conners is 1 of those players who could ascent the leaderboard close distant successful this year’s archetypal major.

Through his 7 Masters, Conners has finished successful the apical 10 successful 3 of them.

Akshay Bhatia

The sweet-swinging lefty is rapidly becoming a superstar connected the PGA Tour, and helium could cement that rubric if helium makes a tally astatine the greenish overgarment this week. Last year, Bhatia tied for 35th successful his archetypal Masters tournament, and fixed his top-10 finishes astatine The Players (tied for 3rd), Genesis Invitational (tied for 9th) and Mexico Open (9th), he’s playing large play astatine the infinitesimal connected a people that should beryllium brushed this week for easier scoring.

Sepp Straka

Making his 4th Masters commencement this week, Straka, the 13th-ranked golfer successful the world, had his champion decorativeness past twelvemonth erstwhile helium came successful 16th. But his past 3 tournaments person seen him decorativeness 11th, 5th and 14th, respectively. He besides won The American Express this year, truthful he’s playing large play heading into the week.

Sepp Straka of Austria walks connected the 18th greenish during the last circular of the John Deere Classic play tourney July 9, 2023, astatine TPC Deere Run successful Silvis, Ill.  (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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Tom Kim

Kim is not playing his champion play close now, missing the chopped successful 2 of his past 4 tournaments, including the Valero Texas Open. In the 2 cuts helium did make, helium finished tied for 36th and tied for 42nd.

However, Kim has done good astatine Augusta National successful his 2 tournaments. He finished tied for 16th successful his debut successful 2023, and tied for 30th successful 2024. And his last circular past twelvemonth saw a 66, which was the debased people of the time by 2 strokes.

If helium tin chopped down connected attack mistakes, Kim has a accidental to contend Sunday.

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