The Masters: A Fantasy Guide for Augusta National
By Derek Helm
Xander Schauffele ($9,000)
Xander missed the cut last year at the Masters but has had some close calls in the past. He came 3rd in 2021 and 2nd back in 2019 when Tiger Woods won.
His 2023 started off with a 3rd place finish at the American Express, a 13th at the Farmers, and a 10th at the Waste Management. He’s cooled off a bit since then and has lost strokes off the tee in his last two tournaments.
Tony Finau ($8,900)
Finau has two 5th place finishes, a 10th place, 38th place, and a 35th place result last year, throughout his career at the Masters so far.
Finau has been great with his irons gaining strokes on approach in eight straight tournaments. He’s 3rd in strokes gained approach over the last 24 rounds.
He’s finished no worse than 24th so far this year and a 7th place finish at the Sentry TOC was his best finish in 2023 to date.
Dustin Johnson ($8,800)
DJ has missed two cuts in 13 appearances at Augusta. He won back in 2020 and has come top 10 four other times. He came 12th here last year.
He just finished 13th at the LIV event in Tucson and came 35th at Mayakoba. He finished out last year with some good finishes including winning in Boston, coming 2nd in Chicago, 15th in Bangkok, and 5th at the Jeddah Invitational.
He shot four under in the first round at LIV Orlando this past weekend.
Jason Day ($8,700)
Day has missed the cut the last two times he played the Masters. He previously had success at Augusta making the cut in eight straight appearances. He’s had three top 5 finishes over that span.
Day is in much better health compared to the last two times he played Augusta and he has played well recently.
He’s finished top 20 in all six of his tournaments this year and has gained strokes off the tee in all but one of them.