The Masters gets underway on Thursday as the best golfers from around the world come to Augusta National Golf Club for the first major championship of the season. With so many players from both the PGA TOUR and LIV Golf ready to take a shot at the green jacket, DraftKings Sportsbook has a wide range of specialty props including a set based on nationality. In this post, I’ll take a swing at my three best bets from the Nationality props for the Masters Tournament.
Looking at this week’s options, here are my three golf best bets:
Top Korean: Byeong Hun An (+200)
Since there are just three players in the mix of this prop this week, it basically is a tournament trio like we focus on in my weekly 3-ball picks. Of the three, I love getting An at +200, especially with the other two golfers’ lack of recent form.
An is coming to Augusta after making three straight cuts with a T8 at Bay Hill and a T16 at Innisbrook sandwiched around a T52 at TPC Sawgrass. Im finished just behind him with a T19 at Bay Hill but finished T60 at TPC Sawgrass and 60th in Houston during his last two tournaments. Before that, he missed the cut at Torrey Pines and PGA National, despite a long track record of success. Kim hasn’t fared much better lately, missing the cut at Bay Hill and TPC San Antonio with uninspiring finshes at the Valspar (T36) and THE PLAYERS (T42).
An also has some favorable history at Augusta as well. He made the cut and finished in the top 35 in 2024 and 2017, the last two times he played the event in its typical spring spot in the calendar.
Im definitely has more history and his results have been slightly better with a runner-up finish back in 2020 and three top-20 finishes in his last five appearances. However, he missed the cut last year and his recent form scares me off.
Kim has also made the cut in the last two years finishing T16 and T30. It wouldn’t surprise me if he makes the cut again this year, and he could even contend if he’s at his best. However, I’ll take An in these Nationality props for the Masters Tournament since his approach game should be a better fit for Augusta National and his recent form is so much sharper. I love getting him at +200 in this spot.
Top Canadian: Corey Conners (+100)
Conners is even money to be the top Canadian in the field in what is basically another trio with Nick Taylor (+280) and Taylor Pendrith (+220). Former champ Mike Weir (+5000) is in the mix as well but has not been a factor for a while.
I highlighted Conners as one of my best cash plays of the week. He has made the cut in five of the last six years with three top-10 finishes in 2020, 2021 and 2022. He did well in the majors last year, making the cut in all four with top-26 finishes at the PGA Championship, the U.S. Open and The Open Championship.
He comes to this year’s with excellent recent form with top-10 finishes at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, THE PLAYERS Championship, and the Valspar Championship before last week’s T18 at the Valero.
Pendrith is his closest competition and is coming off a T5 in Houston two weeks ago. This will be Pendrith’s first Masters, though, so its hard to expect too much. Nick Taylor did get a win earlier this year at the Sony but has missed the cut in his last two events. He also missed the cut last year in all four majors and in seven of the seven he played over the last two seasons.
Top South American: Joaquin Niemann (-175)
This feels like a pretty safe place to take Niemann since the other three options are all very long shots. It could even be mixed in with other props to sweeten a parlay.
I laid the case out for Niemann in my pivot plays for this week.
Vegas has a little course history, but his current form is shaky. He missed the cut at the Valspar and the Houston Open after rough first rounds of 78 and 76, respectively. He made the cut by a narrow margin at PGA National and TPC Sawgrass but finished outside the top 50. Overall, he has missed the cut in three of his seven events this season with zero finishes in the top 35.
Echavarria won the ZOZO Championship last fall in a strong field but will be making his Masters debut. He missed the cut at PGA National and THE PLAYERS but did bounce back with a T16 at the Valspar and a T32 in Houston. He’s the closest challenger to Niemann, but he doesn’t have as high a ceiling or as high a floor as the Chilean from LIV Golf.
