After Thursday’s first round of the Masters Tournament, one golfer sits atop the leaderboard, and his name is Justin Rose ($7,200; 61 FPTS).
Rose got out of the gates smoking hot, notching birdies on the first three holes. He finished the front nine with two more birdies. On the back nine, he racked up another birdie on the first hole then drained two more. Unfortunately, a bogey on the final hole prohibited the unblemished round.
Rose finished -7 and is three strokes on top of the field.
In the $4M Fantasy Golf Millionaire tournament, Rose is rostered on 4.89% of teams.
DK Sportsbook has Rose at +750 to win it all, the fourth-lowest odds.
The current favorite at +200 is Scottie Scheffler ($12,400; 42 FPTS). Scheffler is three strokes back after shooting a -4. It was a bogey-free round with three birdies on the front nine and one on the back nine. Scheffler is rostered on 24.31% of teams.
The most rostered golfer is Rory McIlroy ($11,100; 19 FPTS) at 26.79%. McIlroy shot an even-par on Thursday and is seven strokes back. The front nine was fine, as McIlroy drained three birdies. After racking up another birdie on the back nine, McIlroy’s day was decimated with two double-bogeys on Holes 15 and 17. McIlroy is +1200 to win it all, the fifth-lowest odds.
Data Golf has a +3 cut line with the highest probability at 39.5%. Here are the golfers rostered on at least 10% of teams that could be in danger of missing the weekend:
Russell Henley ($8,400; 2.5 FPTS) is rostered on 19.84% of teams. Henley is in a heap of trouble after racking up two bogeys on the front nine, three more on the back nine and a double-bogey for good measure. He did not drain a single birdie. He finished the day +7 and has a 7.4% chance of making the cut.
Lucas Glover ($6,600; 3.5 FPTS) is rostered on 11.03% of teams. He has a 9.2% chance of making the weekend after shooting a +6 on Thursday. The front nine was brutal for Glover, as he had three bogeys and a double-bogey. He then bogeyed the first hole of the back nine before “settling down.”
Sepp Straka ($7,600; 9.5 FPTS) is rostered on 21.17% of teams, the fourth-most. He also shot a +6 on Thursday and has an 11.5% chance of making the cut. Straka bogeyed the first hole of the round, then racked up another two holes later. He got a stroke back with a birdie but closed out the front nine with a double-bogey. Two holes into the back nine, Straka racked up another double-bogey. He birdied the next hole but then closed out the round with two more bogeys sandwiched around a birdie.
