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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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Mar 3, 2017; Mexico City, MEX; Mackenzie Hughes plays his shot from the seventh tee during the second round of the WGC – Mexico Championship golf tournament at Club de Golf Chapultepec. Mandatory Credit: Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports /

No. 12 Mackenzie Hughes

Canada is well-represented in the 2017 Masters field with fellow first-timer Adam Hadwin and 2003 champ, Mike Weir. The three plan to play a practice round together. Hughes and Hadwin are hoping Weir is in a chatty mood.

“I’m going to try to pick up 15 years of knowledge in four or five hours,” Hughes told the Hamilton Spectator.

The 26-year-old is in the field for his first major championship courtesy of winning a five-man playoff spanning two days at November’s RSM Classic in his fifth PGA Tour start.

Entering the Shell Houston Open, Hughes made six of nine cuts after his win with one top-10.

Hughes is 28th on the PGA Tour in strokes gained putting and a perfect 454 for 454 on putts inside three feet. If he’s rolling the rock well and sinking the patented Augusta knee-knockers, he could hang in contention.

Odds to win: +40000

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