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For the first time in a very long time, there is no clear and outstanding favorite to win The Masters this year.
However, Butch Harmon has put his neck on the line and predicted who he thinks will reign supreme this year at The Masters.
Excitement has reached fever pitch ahead of the 90th edition of The Masters at Augusta National.
There are numerous players who have a good chance of winning The Masters this week, but it’s very hard to nail down who the champion will be.
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The likes of Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy have not quite been at their best, while it’s hard to judge how ready Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm will be this week.
Butch Harmon is synonymous with Augusta National and he knows the place better than most. So who better to ask who this year’s champion will be?
Butch Harmon predicts who will win The Masters
Legendary golf coach Harmon was a guest in the Sky Sports studio on Wednesday night ahead of the first day of The Masters on Thursday.
And Harmon responded when asked who he believes will win The Masters this year.
“I think you just said it, I think it’s the most open Masters we’ve had in a long time,“ Harmon said.
“All the guys we talked about, you could say are the favourites.
“I’m going to go with DeChambeau. I think he’s ready to get it done.
“I’m not sure he’d be the most popular winner around here, or with the patrons or whatever, but I think he’s played so well on LIV, we know he’s won two majors.
“He knows how to win it. That’s the one I’m gonna pick.“
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DeChambeau is definitely one of the favorites to win The Masters this year.
Thanks to his prodigious power and incredible touch around the greens, the 32-year-old has all of the skills required to succeed at Augusta National.
However, he will have to tighten up his spin control with his wedges, if he is to get over the line and win his first green jacket this week.
Bryson DeChambeau’s wedge game crucial to his Masters chances
DeChambeau actually opened up on the work he has been putting in with his new wedges ahead of The Masters this year.
“South Africa, I was trying wedges,“ DeChambeau said
“So I was going quite a bit down a rabbit hole there and figured a couple cool things out. Hopefully it helps this week. Then I am working on irons, building irons, building a driver. So we’ll see where it goes, we’ll see where it takes me. All I could say now is, if I don’t put them in the bag, it’s my fault.
“Around the greens, the 60 degree is pretty much the same.
“Hopefully it stays the same this year. I would say from a 50 degree and 55 degree perspective, there’s a little more bounce on the wedge.
“So hopefully it glides through the turf a bit better. We’ll see how that works. They’re working well as of now. I played well in my last few events with them in soft conditions.
“So I hope that’s an attribute that will help me get to a better place with my wedging because everyone knows about my wedges.“
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