2024 Masters picks, odds: One key stat has helped crown seven of the last nine green jacket winners
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Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas are doing this one thing well going into Masters
The ceremonial tee shots at the 2024 Masters are less than 50 days away, and there is one particularly intriguing statistic to follow as it relates to who's going to win this year at Augusta National Golf Club. As a means of prognostication, we need to look back at the last decade of play at Augusta. 1 Scottie Scheffler 2.96 2 Xander Schauffele 2.43 3 Tony Finau 2.08 4 Justin Thomas 2.07 5 Jason Day 1.81 6 Rory McIlroy 1.72 7 Collin Morikawa 1.71
Traditionally, ball-striking wins the day at the Masters. This should not be a surprise, of course. While you could putt your way to a win on the famed course, it almost never happens. It's the iron players who wear jackets, and it's the players who put themselves in good positions off the tee who have a better chance of being the best iron players.
In other words, great ball-striking matters most at Augusta. And to that end, one of the best tells for who will strike the ball at Augusta ... is finding who is striking the ball best going into Augusta.
