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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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No. 4 Tommy Fleetwood

Fleetwood endeared himself to global golf fans with his flowing hair and not-so-flowing high five with his caddy celebrating a long putt to claim runner-up honors at March’s WGC-Mexico Championship.

You’re late to the party if that’s the first you’ve seen of the No. 33 in the world. The 26-year-old Englishman won on the European Tour at the popular Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship in January, edging world No. 1 Dustin Johnson by one in the process.

The win culminated a 14-tournament made cut streak on the European Tour that featured six top-10s.

His record in the majors, five cuts in six starts, isn’t great. If form trumps the lack of positive experience in majors, or experience at all at Augusta, he might be OK. Fleetwood is hitting over 70 percent of fairways and driving the ball 303.1 yards off the tee on the European Tour in 2017 and is on another made-cut streak with four.

Odds to win: +6600

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