Of the 12 golf players in competition in the 2025 MastersSeven of them slipped on the green jacket.
Four of the last eight champions of the masters are now competing on LIV golf, and this week has marked the first time since the Olympic Games that the best players in the world are again in competition on the same scene.
Some of those who play for Liv enter the first major of the year in good shape. Others probably just hope to do the weekend and play the four laps.
Let’s classify the golf players liv entering the masters, of those who are the least likely to face those who have a great chance of winning.
Golf power classification at 2025 Masters
12. Bubba Watson
Yes, Bubba is a double winner of the masters. There is always a chance that he finds magic, but he was relegated from Liv Golf last year and did not find his shape in 2025.
11. Charl Schwartzel
It is difficult to put as low Schwartzel, since it finished second at Liv Golf Miami last weekend, but the 2011 masters champion was a wonder in Augusta National.
10. Patrick Reed
Reed had a golf year on Liv, and he has not missed the Masters Cup since he won in 2018. He equaled the seventh in Doral last week, so maybe he finds his groove in the direction of Augusta National.
7. Dustin Johnson
Another player who feels far too low on the list, but Johnson did not have a good start for 2025. He slowly faded, equaling fifth place in Hong Kong last month, but his best finish is otherwise T-27 at Doral. He has also missed the Masters cut two of the last four years.
8. Cameron Smith
Smith knows how to play Augusta National, ending in the top 10 in the past five years. But he finds it difficult to enter the masters. Maybe this week is when it turns around (because it’s criminal to have it so low).
7. Tyrrell Hatton
Hatton was in the middle of the road on Liv Golf this year. He won in Dubai to start the year but did not finish better than T-19 in his last four departures. He has the talent to face, but he has not played well when leading the masters.
6. Phil Mickelson
Listen to me: Lefty plays the good golf course in front of Augusta National. If he has one more race in him, it could be this weekend. A pair of six tops ends on Liv Golf in his last two departures, and Mickelson knows how to play Augusta National, where he is the winner of all time of the tournament.
5. Koepka Brooks
If there is almost a guarantee in recent years, it is that Koepka will face the majors. It is a mixed bag of results this season, but he has a finalist in Singapore, and knowing that the Masters are at the top of the priorities, you can almost guarantee that Koepka will be in the lead at some point.
4. Sergio Garcia
The 2017 masters champion has played an incredible golf course in recent months. He is 19th in the classification of golf data, which classifies the golf players PGA Tour and LIV, and he made a large argument that he should be part of the European Ryder Cup team. Putting yourself in the running this week would be another reason to do exactly that.
3. Bryson Dechambeau
The Champion of the US Open 2024 has not won since his triumph in Pinehurst n ° 2, but Dechambeau understood a little more last year, holding the advance of 36 holes before disappearing slowly over the weekend. He knows how to do it in the majors, and with a little more experience in Augusta National, he may be closer to sliding on the green jacket.
2. Joaquin Niemann
No, he is not the best player in the world, nor the n ° 1 on this list. Niemann did not finish better than 16th in major, and it could change this week. He has two victories on Liv Golf this year, but tied in 33rd in Miami. There is a lot of pressure on Niemann to perform this week, which could help his case launching into the United States in June, the only major where he is not currently planned to do so.
1. Jon Rahm
Rahm has been incredible, even if you can’t hear it as much. He has still not finished outside the top 10 since he joined Liv Golf, and the Champion of Masters 2023 remains one of the best players in the world. He did not perform well in the majors in 2024, including by missing the Cup at Augusta National, but if there can be a guarantee, it is that Rahm will be motivated to bounce back to the Masters.
