8. Jordan Spieth
It’s not been particularly smooth sailing for the world’s No. 6 golfer the past month and a half. But overall this year Spieth isn’t playing poorly. Not at all.
Though it’s a far cry from his monumental 2015 campaign, he’s won a tournament (at Pebble Beach, no less), has two third-place finishes and placed in the top 10 four times.
The thing that makes us wonder if he’ll flourish at Augusta or bomb is that he missed the cut at the Shell Houston Open, which was supposed to be his tune up for the Masters. The weekend before that saw him post an uninspiring tie for 30th at the match-play tournament in Austin.
Given the fact that Spieth has either won or finished in a tie for second the past three years at Augusta, we’re confident he’ll be in the mix again this weekend. Unless, of course, his meltdown last year at Amen Corner comes back to haunt him in a major way.