Ernie Els 40/1 Els is coming off a good week at the Shell Houston open coming t-14 after a first round of 75 following it up with a 66 71 70 in very windy conditions. Els finished t-5 in the Match Play event earlier in the year and hasnt missed a cut on the Pga Tour this year. Els has a lot of experience at Augusta and a good track record there. He has missed the cut the last 2 years but has finished 2nd twice along with a t-5 two t-6s and a t-8. 22/1 without Tiger or Phil.
Mike Weir 66/1 Weir has had a solid year even though he hasnt played in many events coming in 2nd at Pebble Beach and a T-3 in the Bob Hope. He has made 4/5 cuts this year and has experience at the Masters. Weir has only missed the cut once in the Masters and has won there in 2003 and has had solid performances in 2005 with a T-5 and 2006 with a T-11. 35/1 Without Tiger or Phil.
Paul Casey 35/1 Casey has been having a good year so far coming 2nd in the Match Play and Last weeks win in the Shell Houston Open, He should be feeling confident going into Augusta where he has had some good finishes T-11 in 2008 with a 79 in the last round as well as a T-10 in 07 and a T-6 in 04. 18/1 without Tiger or Phil.
Lee Westwood 60/1 Westwood played last week in the Shell Houston Open finishing a solid T-11. He is very experienced playing in the Masters playing there 9 times making the cut in 6 of them with his best finishes T-11 Last year and a T-6 in 99. 33/1 without Tiger or Phil.
Robert Karlsson 50/1 Karlsson also played in Last Weeks Shell Houston Open finishing T-14. Karlsson has only played in the Masters twice but making the cut both times and finishing t-8 a year ago. 28/1 without Tiger or Phil.
Tim Clark 90/1 Tim Clark is my sleeper in the tournament. He has played fairly well this year with solid finishes coming T-5 at the Bob Hope and T-9 at the Match Play beating Tiger(coming off the injury) but he beat Tiger. Tim Clark has had some good finishes at the Masters coming 2nd in 2006 and T-13 in 03 and 07. 55/1 without Tiger or Phil.