Play Now <br> <a href="https://picks.cbssports.com/college-basketball/ncaa-tournament/bracket" class="">Men's Brackets</a> <br> Play Now <br> <a href="https://picks.cbssports.com/college-basketball/ncaaw-tournament/bracket" class="">Women's Brackets</a> <br> <a href="/podcasts/the-early-edge-a-daily-sportsline-betting-podcast/" class="">A Daily SportsLine Betting Podcast</a> <br> <a href="/podcasts/fantasy-football-today-podcast/" class="">NFL Draft is coming up!</a> <br>The first round of the 2024 Masters Tournament will begin at 10:30 a.m. ET on Thursday, two-and-a-half hours later than planned due to storms. Brooks Koepka and Brian Harman are paired together for the first two rounds of the 2024 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club. Koepka was vocal about playing behind a "brutally slow" pairing in the final round of the Masters last year and Koepka struggled, shooting a 3-over-par to finish second after entering the day with a two-stroke lead. Harman is known as one of the slower-paced players on the PGA Tour, so should this pairing affect your strategy when making 2024 Masters picks?<br>Koepka has the third-shortest 2024 Masters odds to win at 11-1, but if he becomes frustrated by slow play in his own pairing, it could derail his week. Could Koepka's potential annoyance be enough to keep him out of your 2024 Masters predictions? Scottie Scheffler is the 13-4 favorite in the latest Masters odds 2024 after his dominant March. Before locking in any 2024 Masters picks, make sure you <a href="https://www.sportsline.com/insiders/2024-masters-odds-predictions-picks-golf-insider-reveals-best-bets-for-the-pga-tours-first-major-of-the-year/#ttag=03202024_agg_cbssports_picks_golf_pgatour_sianejad_Masters2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">see the PGA Tour predictions and best bets from golf betting and fantasy expert Sia Nejad</a>.<br>Nejad specializes in betting and DFS in golf, among other sports. He's had incredible success in the outright and first-round leader markets as well as betting head-to-head matchups. He's been profitable with his head-to-head matchups since last year's Charles Schwab Challenge, going 35-21-2 and returning 10.00 units. That's a $1,000 profit for $100 bettors since May 2023.<br>Nejad also nailed 75-1 longshot Wyndham Clark as the outright winner at the Wells Fargo Championship. In 2023, SportsLine debuted "The Early Wedge," and in the first three months of the show, he hit two first-round leaders and three outright winners.<br>Now, Nejad has focused his attention on the 2024 Masters field and has locked in his best bets, top sleepers and favorites to avoid. <a href="https://www.sportsline.com/insiders/2024-masters-odds-predictions-picks-golf-insider-reveals-best-bets-for-the-pga-tours-first-major-of-the-year/#ttag=03202024_agg_cbssports_picks_golf_pgatour_sianejad_Masters2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See who they are at SportsLine</a>.<br>One surprise: Nejad is completely fading Rory McIlroy, even though he's a four-time major champion and one of the top favorites in the 2024 Masters odds. McIlroy joined Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods as the only three golfers to win four majors by the age of 25, but he has gone winless at majors since the 2014 PGA Championship. The Masters is the only major that McIlroy has not won, so the pressure on him is even greater at Augusta National.<br>He has missed the cut in two of his last three attempts to complete the career grand slam after stringing together seven consecutive top-21 finishes at the Masters. The 34-year-old is off to a slow start this season, posting just one top-15 finish in his first six tournaments. He leads the PGA Tour in total driving, but he ranks outside the top 70 in strokes gained from putting and he has not shown enough recent form this season or at Augusta National to justify his current odds to win the event.<br>Instead, Nejad is high on the chances of Hideki Matsuyama, even though he's a +2000 longshot. The 32-year-old Japanese star has already piled up nine PGA Tour wins and 18 wins around the world professionally. That includes a one-shot victory at the 2021 Masters over Will Zalatoris in which he used a brilliant 65 on Saturday to open up a four-shot lead before closing it out on Sunday.<br>Matsuyama is No. 12 in the Official World Golf Ranking and been top 12 in his last four PGA Tour starts, including a seventh-place finish last week in Texas, a sixth at the Players Championship and a win at the Genesis Invitational. Matsuyama shot a final-round 62 to win at Riviera, and it's that go-low potential that has Nejad believing that he'll be a factor yet again at Augusta, where he's been top-20 in eight of his last nine appearances. <a href="https://www.sportsline.com/insiders/2024-masters-odds-predictions-picks-golf-insider-reveals-best-bets-for-the-pga-tours-first-major-of-the-year/#ttag=03202024_agg_cbssports_picks_golf_pgatour_sianejad_Masters2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See who else to back at SportsLine</a>.<br>Nejad has locked in his early best bets for the 2024 Masters and is backing several longshots, including one priced at more than 150-1. This player "has been playing well in 2024 and has a decent track record at the Masters." <a href="https://www.sportsline.com/insiders/2024-masters-odds-predictions-picks-golf-insider-reveals-best-bets-for-the-pga-tours-first-major-of-the-year/#ttag=03202024_agg_cbssports_picks_golf_pgatour_sianejad_Masters2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">You can see Nejad's PGA Tour picks only at SportsLine</a>.<br><strong>So, which players should you target or avoid for the 2024 Masters, and which player in the Masters 2024 field could bring a huge payday at more than 150-1? Check out the odds below, then <a href="https://www.sportsline.com/insiders/2024-masters-odds-predictions-picks-golf-insider-reveals-best-bets-for-the-pga-tours-first-major-of-the-year/#ttag=03202024_agg_cbssports_picks_golf_pgatour_sianejad_Masters2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">visit SportsLine to see Sia Nejad's top picks for the 2024 Masters, all from the expert who is 35-21 on golf head-to-head picks</a>.</strong><br><a href="https://www.sportsline.com/insiders/2024-masters-odds-predictions-picks-golf-insider-reveals-best-bets-for-the-pga-tours-first-major-of-the-year/#ttag=03202024_agg_cbssports_picks_golf_pgatour_sianejad_Masters2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See Nejad's picks, best bets and predictions here</a><br>Scottie Scheffler +325<br>Rory McIlroy +1000<br>Brooks Koepka +1100<br>Jon Rahm +1200<br>Wyndham Clark +1500<br>Xander Schauffele +1800<br>Will Zalatoris +2000<br>Hideki Matsuyama +2000<br>Jordan Spieth +2000<br>Viktor Hovland +2200<br>Ludvig Aberg +2500<br>Joaquin Niemann +2500<br>Cameron Smith +2800<br>Justin Thomas +2800<br>Patrick Cantlay +2800<br>Collin Morikawa +3000<br>Dustin Johnson +3300<br>Tony Finau +3500<br>Bryson DeChambeau +3500<br>Brian Harman +3500<br>Shane Lowry +4000<br>Max Homa +4000<br>Cameron Young +4000<br>Jason Day +4000<br>Matt Fitzpatrick +4000<br>Min Woo Lee +5000<br>Sam Burns +5000<br>Sahith Theegala +5000<br>Tommy Fleetwood +5500<br>Sergio Garcio +6000<br>Tyrrell Hatton +6000<br>Byeong-hun An +6500<br>Chris Kirk +7000<br>Tom Kim +7000<br>Russell Henley +7000<br>Patrick Reed +7000<br>Rickie Fowler +7500<br>Akshay Bhatia +7500<br>Corey Conners +7500<br>Sungjae Im +7500<br>Si Woo Kim +8000<br>Denny McCarthy +9000<br>Adam Scott +9000<br>Justin Rose +9000<br>Phil Mickelson +10000<br>Tiger Woods +10000<br>Stephen Jaeger +12500<br>Sepp Straka +12500<br>Nick Taylor +12500<br>Erik Van Rooyen +15000<br>Eric Cole +15000<br>Adrian Meronk +15000<br>Jake Knapp +15000<br>Keegan Bradley +15000<br>Matthieu Pavon +15000<br>Nicolai Hojgaard +15000<br>J.T. Poston +15000<br>Emiliano Grillo +15000<br>Harris English +15000<br>Thorbjörn Olesen +17500<br>Lucas Glover +17500<br>Luke List +17500<br>Adam Hadwin +17500<br>Taylor Moore +20000<br>Ryan Fox +20000<br>Kurt Kitayama +20000<br>Bubba Watson +20000<br>Nick Dunlap +20000<br>Peter Malnati +20000<br>Cam Davis +20000<br>Austin Eckroat +22500<br>Ryo Hisatsune +25000<br>Lee Hodges +27500<br>Adan Schenk +30000<br>Danny Willett +35000<br>Charl Schwartzel +35000<br>Gary Woodland +50000<br>Grayson Murray +50000<br>Camilo Villegas +50000<br>Zach Johnson +75000<br>Christo Lamprecht +75000<br>Fred Couples +100000<br>Mike Weir +100000<br>Neal Shipley +150000<br>Vijay Singh +150000<br>Stewart Hagestad +150000<br>Jasper Stubbs +200000<br>Jose Maria Olazabal +200000<br>Santiago de la Fuente +250000<br>© 2004-2024 CBS Interactive. All Rights Reserved.<br>CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. 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