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>Tiger Woods was on the range at Augusta National Golf Club on Tuesday and he'll begin his 2024 Masters at 1:24 p.m. ET on Thursday. Woods is paired with Jason Day and Max Homa for the first two days of the 88th Masters and the game's biggest superstar playing with two affable talents should make for must-see TV. Can Woods overcome his injury history to get into contention at the Masters 2024? Woods has made the cut the last 23 times that he's played at Augusta, but he's a 100-1 longshot in the 2024 Masters odds after being forced to withdraw from three of his last six full-field events because of injury or illness.<br>Meanwhile, Scottie Scheffler is the 13-4 favorite, followed by Rory McIlroy (10-1), Brooks Koepka (11-1) and Jon Rahm (12-1) among the 2024 Masters contenders. 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 is 0-for-14 at the Masters, which remains the lone major the 34-year-old has failed to win. Last year was a new low for McIlroy, who missed the cut at the Masters for just the second time at Augusta National. But McIlroy has struggled to make the cut line more than you would expect for someone with the second-lowest odds in the 2024 Masters field, missing the cut six times in majors since 2016.<br>McIlroy has 10-1 odds to win the 2024 Masters as the second-favorite behind Scheffler. Nejad doesn't see value in including McIlroy in 2024 Masters bets at those odds since McIlroy has failed to win any of his last 32 major tournaments. McIlroy dominated majors in 2014 with winning the PGA Championship and Open Championship, but he hasn't won a major tournament since.<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. 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