Curtis Strange predicts the player who is going to win The Masters this year
The Masters is right around the corner, and expert picks are flying in! We are less than two weeks away from the first major of the year at Augusta National, and this year’s event feels more open than ever. Reigning champion Rory McIlroy is recovering from a back injury and hasn’t teed off since The Players.
Photo by A. Messerschmidt/Getty Images The Masters is right around the corner, and expert picks are flying in! We are less than two weeks away from the first major of the year at Augusta National, and this year’s event feels more open than ever.
Reigning champion Rory McIlroy is recovering from a back injury and hasn’t teed off since The Players. Neither has Scottie Scheffler, who withdrew from the Houston Open as he and his wife were expecting the birth of their child. Meanwhile, both Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau are in top form on LIV Golf, and both enter The Masters with high expectations.
Matt Fitzpatrick has a win and a second-place finish in his last two events, and Cameron Young won The Players. It feels like there are 20 likely candidates to win The Masters this year, but two-time US Open winner Curtis Strange somehow narrowed it down to the one player that he’s picking this year. Curtis Strange thinks Xander Schauffele will win The Masters Among the many names who have been in top form in the build-up to The Masters is Xander Schauffele , who has found his swing after a down year in 2025.
Schauffele was in contention to win The Players , finished in T4 at the Valspar Championship and T7 at the Genesis Invitational. All that’s missing is a win, and that’s what Strange thinks he’ll do at The Masters. He said, “I have picked Xander Schauffele because if you followed me the last years, I don’t go with the normal guy.