The Masters 2025 Power Rankings: Reigning champion Scottie Scheffler edges past Rory McIlroy to top the PGA Tour list

Modified Apr 08, 2025 11:30 GMT

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Scottie Scheffler is leading the Power Ranking of the Masters 2025, edging over Rory McIlroy. The current World No. 1 has won the Major in 2024 and will return to defend the title this year.

On Monday, the PGA Tour released the Power Ranking for the event, with Scheffler leading over McIlroy and Collin Morikawa. The list also features several LIV Golfers. Notably, a total of 12 Saudi league players are playing this week.

LIV Golfers Jon Rahm, the 2023 Masters winner, is fourth in the Power Ranking followed by last year's US Open winner and the captain of LIV's Crushers GC Bryson DeChambeau. Two-time Major winner Justin Thomas settled in sixth followed by Russell Henley.

Here are the Power Rankings for the Masters 2025 (via PGA Tour):

#1 Scottie Scheffler
#2 Rory McIlroy
#3 Collin Morikawa
#4 Jon Rahm
#5 Bryson DeChambeau
#6 Justin Thomas
#7 Russell Henley
#8 Shane Lowry
#9 Brooks Koepka
#10 Patrick Reed
#11 Xander Schauffele
#12 Joaquin Niemann
#13 Robert MacInytre
#14 Tommy Fleetwood
#15 Cameron Smith

Scottie Scheffler is coming to the Masters after his remarkable outing at the Texas Children's Houston Open, where he settled for second place for the second straight year.

This season on the PGA Tour, Scheffler started with a T9 finish at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, where he carded the four rounds of 67, 70, 69, and 67, followed by his T25 place finish at the WM Phoenix Open and then T3 at the Genesis Invitational. Out of the six events he played, the American has three finishes in the top 10.

Meanwhile, Rory McIlroy has been phenomenal with his game ahead of the Masters on the PGA Tour in 2025. He has played in five events so far and has had two victories, including the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the Players Championship.

What are Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy's odds for the Masters 2025?

Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy are the top favorites to win the Masters 2025, with odds of +450 and +650 respectively via CBS Sports. Jon Rahm is another big name who could clinch the trophy this week and has the odds of +1400.

Below are the odds for the 2025 Masters (via CBS Sports):

Scottie Scheffler +450
Rory McIlroy +650
Jon Rahm +1400
Collin Morikawa +1600
Ludvig Åberg +1800
Xander Schauffele +2000
Bryson DeChambeau +2000
Justin Thomas +2200
Joaquin Niemann +2800
Hideki Matsuyama +2800
Brooks Koepka +3000
Jordan Spieth +3300
Tommy Fleetwood +3500
Shane Lowry +3500
Viktor Hovland +3500
Patrick Cantlay +3500
Tyrrell Hatton +4000
Robert MacIntyre +5500
Russell Henley +5500
Min Woo Lee +5500
Will Zalatoris +5500
Cameron Smith +6000
Akshay Bhatia +6500
Corey Conners +7500
Tony Finau +7500
Jason Day +8000
Sepp Straka +8000
Wyndham Clark +8000
Dustin Johnson +8000

The Masters is scheduled to take place at the Augusta National from April 10 to 13.

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