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2017 Masters: Ranking First-Time Competitors’ Chances to Win

By Mike Randleman

Mar 4, 2017; Mexico City, MEX; Thomas Pieters lines up a putt on the 16th green during the third round of the WGC - Mexico Championship golf tournament at Club de Golf Chapultepec. Mandatory Credit: Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 4, 2017; Mexico City, MEX; Thomas Pieters lines up a putt on the 16th green during the third round of the WGC - Mexico Championship golf tournament at Club de Golf Chapultepec. Mandatory Credit: Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jan 21, 2017; La Quinta, CA, USA; Adam Hadwin looks on from the 18th green during the third round of the CareerBuilder Challenge at La Quinta Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports /

No. 5 Adam Hadwin

If the weather is favorable, scores at Augusta tend to be pretty favorable and birdies are required to win. We all know Hadwin can go low after his 59 in January. His solid form didn’t end there. The 29-year-old Canadian didn’t win at the CareerBuilder where he broke 60, but it didn’t take long to pick up his first PGA Tour win five starts later at the Valspar in March.

A hot 2017 has Hadwin fifth in the FedEx Cup standings. The four ahead of him? All in the top 14 in the world.

Hadwin was No. 200 in the world after an MC at October’s Safeway Open. All he’s done since is make 11 straight cuts with four top-10s to climb to No. 46.

It’s obvious that experience and strategy trump fine form (only five Masters winners won the week prior, for example) at Augusta. With that said few are peaking at the right time like Hadwin.

Odds to win: +8000

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