Books Rooting for Rahm to Win Masters

It's down to the wire with the final round of the 2023 Masters taking place on Sunday.  Ahead of the day's play, Brooks Koepka sat atop the leaderboard followed by Jon Rahm.  The later would be big for books if he were to pull off the victory.

Dave Mason of BetOnline explained why.

"Big time Rahm fans as he would be a XXXXXL Win for us. Koepka would be a large loss."

Rahm was actually among the favorites at around 3-1 odds to start the tournament.  Koepka was coming in at 6-1 odds.

Sam Bennett was 3rd atop the leaderboard.  He'd pay some lucky saps $25,000 on a $100 bet if he were to win.

Viktor Hovland would pay $3000.  Patrick Cantlay would pay out $1900.

Cantlay was actually the big public favorite of those in the top five early on.  He had been BetOnline's 6th biggest liability.  Late money began pouring in on Koepka to make him the 9th biggest liability.

Some of those with the longest odds that had enough backers to make their wins impactful on the books are now out of contention.

Early Masters Odds

Rot     Odds to Win US Masters 2023     Moneyline
1     Jon Rahm         +750
2     Justin Thomas         +1900
3     Rory McIlroy         +750
4     Cameron Smith         +1650
5     Scottie Scheffler         +650
6     Dustin Johnson         +2600
7     Collin Morikawa         +1700
8     Brooks Koepka         +6000
9     Patrick Cantlay         +1900
10     Jordan Spieth         +1600
11     Xander Schauffele         +2100
12     Viktor Hovland         +3000
13     Bryson DeChambeau         +8500
14     Hideki Matsuyama         +4000
15     Will Zalatoris         +2400
16     Shane Lowry         +5000
17     Corey Conners         +6600
19     Joaquin Niemann         +5500
20     Matthew Fitzpatrick         +4000
21     Sam Burns         +3500
22     Sungjae Im         +3500
23     Tiger Woods         +4500
24     Tony Finau         +2600
25     Tyrrell Hatton         +4500
26     Louis Oosthuizen         +7500
27     Paul Casey         +8500
28     Adam Scott         +7000
29     Bubba Watson         +12000
30     Marc Leishman         +9000
31     Patrick Reed         +6500
32     Russell Henley         +12000
33     Tommy Fleetwood         +6000
34     Abraham Ancer         +8000
35     Justin Rose         +5000
36     Sergio Garcia         +9000
37     Webb Simpson         +15000
38     Billy Horschel         +9500
39     Cameron Young         +2500
40     Gary Woodland         +11500
41     Jason Kokrak         +14000
42     Robert MacIntyre         +17500
43     Si Woo Kim         +9500
44     Thomas Pieters         +12500
45     Max Homa         +2000
46     Cameron Champ         +20000
47     Christiaan Bezuidenhout         +12500
48     Luke List         +17500
49     Brian Harman         +13000
50     Harold Varner III         +17500
51     Kevin Na         +20000
52     Seamus Power         +14000
53     Talor Gooch         +12000
54     Matthew Wolff         +12500
57     Min Woo Lee         +6000
58     Tom Hoge         +12500
59     Charl Schwartzel         +17500
60     Danny Willett         +14000
62     Kevin Kisner         +15000
63     Mackenzie Hughes         +17500
64     Sepp Straka         +20000
66     Guido Migliozzi         +20000
74     Harrison Crowe         +45000
75     Rickie Fowler         +6500
76     Jason Day         +2200

- Mary Montgomery, Gambling911.com