7 best bets to miss the cut at the 2025 Masters (including Wyndham Clark!)

USA Today

08-04-2025

7 best bets to miss the cut at the 2025 Masters (including Wyndham Clark!)
While only one golfer will take home the green jacket at Augusta National this Sunday evening, there's $20 million up for grabs across the board at the 2025 Masters.
All the players in the field have to do to claim a share of it is make it to the weekend. That's much easier said than done, of course. After two rounds of play, the field will be trimmed down to the top 50 (and ties) on Friday evening. Everyone else goes home empty-handed after 36 holes.
We saw some big names miss the cut last year — including Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Viktor Hovland and Wyndham Clark — so we know even the most elite players on the course aren't immune from the cut line.
So which familiar faces might be headed home early this year? We've got seven names circled.
All odds via BetMGM
Max Homa
Make Cut: +125
+125 Miss Cut: -155
It's been a terrible, no good season for the 34-year-old who finished T3 at Augusta last year. After starting the season with a T26 at The Sentry, Homa has made just one cut and missed five consecutive — including last week's Valero Texas Open. After recently splitting with his long-time friend and caddie, Joe Griener, it may take some time before we can trust Homa again.
Matt Fitzpatrick
Make Cut: -160
-160 Miss Cut: +130
Fitzpatrick has also struggled quite a bit this season. And he's also changed caddies. That hasn't helped him quite yet, but again, give it time. For now, stay away from the Englishman who has back-to-back MCs in his last two outings.
Thomas Detry
Make Cut: -160
-160 Miss Cut: +130
Detry is a debutant, which already means he more than likely can't contend this year. But more concerning is the fact his Strokes Gained (-0.5) has cratered since winning the WM Phoenix Open. After back-to-back MCs at the Arnold Palmer Invitation and The Players, he bounced back with a T22 at the Valspar and T47 at the Houston Open. Considering what awaits him at Augusta, now is the time to fade Detry again.
Michael Kim
Make Cut: -175
-175 Miss Cut: +140
Kim had a few strong weeks with a T6 at the Cognizant setting up a fourth-place finish at the Arnold Palmer, but he missed the cut in his only other Masters appearance back in 2019. His True Strokes Gained at Augusta is an abysmal -4.38.
Wyndham Clark
Make Cut: -225
-225 Miss Cut: +180
Wyndham missed the cut at Augusta last year after stringing together rounds of 73 and 78 to reach seven-over par. It was bad. No other way to put it. He was -2.23 strokes gained vs. his expectation and -0.85 True Strokes gained over all, per DataGolf. If you want to bank on his recent form, go for it. But there's a big difference between Houston's Memorial Park and Augusta National.
Brian Harman
Make Cut: -175
-175 Miss Cut: +140
Congrats on the Texas Open win, Brian Harman, but we're still fading you this week. Harman has missed the cut in three straight Masters Tournaments after a T12 in 2021. His True Strokes gained is pretty negligible at -.10, but we're going to stay away regardless.
Billy Horschel
Make Cut: -160
-160 Miss Cut: +130
Horschel has missed the cut at every big event so far this season with the exception of The Players, which is held at TPC Sawgrass near his home in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. The Genesis Invitational, WM Phoenix Open and Arnold Palmer Invitational each saw Horschel make an early exit.