The Masters 3-Ball Matchups Parlay: First Round 2023

The biggest golf tournament of the year, The Masters, is set to go down this week, with sports fans all over the country looking to take in the action and win a bet or two. With four days of action at Augusta to come, we're looking at day one here, with a five-leg 3-ball Masters matchups parlay totalling massive odds of around +7500. This golf parlay, which you can also round robin bet, features a mix of PGA TOUR and LIV golfers, as we look to get the best week in golf off to a winning start.

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The Masters 3-Ball Parlay for Thursday

Our parlay for the 2023 Masters is here, with five legs totalling odds of +7563 with DraftKings. We also recommend placing a round robin bet on this, giving you a nice payout if only three or four of the legs end up winning.

LEG 1: Patrick Reed (+120)

The first of two LIV golfers to feature in this parlay, Patrick Reed is a former winner here and has a further two top 10 finishes. With Reed entering in decent form, we are picking him to finish round one ahead of his playing partners in Sahith Theegala and Adam Svensson. 

Reed is no stranger to the kind of noise surrounding the LIV golfers heading to Augusta National this week, and will be out to prove a point in the early stages of the tournament.

LEG 2: Xander Schauffele (+120)

Next up we have one of the feature groups for Thursday's play, with Xander Schauffele set to play alongside Viktor Hovland and Tiger Woods. 

Now, it may seem un-American to bet against Tiger at the Masters, but Xander himself has a very nice record here (and he's an Olympic gold medalist!).

Schauffele has two top three finishes in five attempts at The Masters, and after unfortunately missing the cut last year, we expect him to come out firing in the early rounds to ensure that doesn't happen again.

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LEG 3: Cameron Smith (+145)

Last year's Open Championship winner and one of the biggest names to leave for LIV golf is next, with Australian Cam Smith another guy who loves playing at this course.

Sung-Jae Im and Hideki Matsuyama both have a good history in this tournament, with Matsuyama of course winning the whole thing in 2021. 

But with Smith back against the best players in the world this week and seemingly being a guy who can easily avoid the off-course noise that is sure to come this week, we have opening the tournament with a strong score. 

Speaking of Smith, he is one of five guys that our model has detected edges on to win the tournament, with his odds currently at +3500 with DraftKings Sportsbook.

LEG 4: Tom Hoge (+135)

Our fourth leg for Thursday's action comes in the form of a man who Tiger Woods seemingly once confused for a sandwich when they were tied for the lead heading into the final day's play.

Tom Hoge though is a man in form, with his T3 at The Players (his last tournament) being his fourth top 10 of the young season.

Hoge is a guy who should suit this course well, with our model rating him as almost twice as likely to win the tournament as Si Woo Kim, and a whole lot more likely to do so than Phil Mickelson.

5 years ago at the Wyndham Championship, Tiger was asked if he would recognize Tom Hoge. Tiger responded 'No I wouldn't. What is it?' I think Tiger thought he was being asked about some kind of sandwich.

5 years later, Hoge could shoot 59 at the Wyndham Championship.

— Justin Ray (@JustinRayGolf) August 13, 2020

LEG 5: Corey Conners (+175)

Last but not least, we are taking Corey Conners to finish his opening round with a better score than both Dustin Johnson and Justin Rose. 

Conners comes into this week on the back of winning the Valero Texas Open, and with finishes of T10, T8 and T6 at the last three Masters tournaments. 

With Dustin Johnson's form hard to gauge, and Justin Rose having missed two cuts in his last four events, we are taking the underdog Conners to keep up his form on Thursday with the best score in his group.

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