The Masters: When it starts, how to watch, betting odds for golf’s first major of 2026

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AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rory McIlroy might have set the tone for the 90th edition of the Masters shortly after he finally won that coveted green jacket. “What are we all going to talk about next year?” he said.

Next year arrives on April 9, and McIlroy will be relieved of questions that constantly dogged him about when he was ever going to conquer Augusta National. Now that burden falls to those who have managed to get only one arm in the fabled jacket, a list that includes Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau and Xander Schauffele.

Scottie Scheffler remains the betting favorite because he already has won the Masters twice and he has been No. 1 in the world for nearly three straight years. He won in his season debut and has gone quiet by his standards the last month…

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