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The wait is almost over for arguably the biggest golf tournament in the world – the 2019 Masters.

August National hosts the 83^rd running from Thursday and all the leading players in the game have their eyes firmly set on winning the famous Green Jacket and etching their names into the history books.

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McIlroy heads the field in Grand Slam hunt

The one Major championship that has so far alluded the Northern Irishman is the Masters.

A younger and inexperienced McIlroy imploded when having a four-shot lead at the 2011 tournament, and the closest he has come since is a fifth-place finish back in 2015.

A win at The Players Championship just a few weeks ago shows he is in the form of his life and this will be his best chance to add the Masters to The Open, US Open and US PGA Championship he has already won.

McIlroy heads the market at 7/1 and while I fancy his chances, he is simply too short to back, especially with the each-way market available for the top-seven finishers with Grosvenorsport.com.

Koepka to add Masters to major haul?

My first pick is an each-way bet on Brooks Koepka at 28/1.

The American rose to prominence with three Major championship wins inside 18 months after scooping two US Opens as well as the PGA Championship.

This year the 28-year-old won the CJ Cup at Nine Bridges as well as a second at the Honda Classic, while his Masters form is solid.

In 2017 he was tied 11^th, and although he missed last year’s event due through injury, the world number four has made the cut in all three of his Masters appearances and finished no worse than 33^rd.

Leishmann and Oosthuizen to go well at a price

Marc Leishmann may well not be a big name in the world of golf, but with his record here, along with his odds of45/1, he is worth an each-way bet.

The Australian played alongside compatriot Adam Scott when he won the event six years ago and has three top-five finishes in seven starts in 2019.

He had a strong start last year as well, which saw him in the final group on the Saturday alongside Reed, and couple that with the fact he has gone close twice, it may be a case of third time lucky for Leishmann.

Louis Oosthuizen is my other each-way pick at 40/1.

He is yet to win in America but has a Claret Jug to his name and also has four runners-up spots in Majors to back that up.

A good run at the Match Play a fortnight ago saw him eventually eliminated by winner Kevin Kisner in the quarter-finals was also backed up by a second in the Valspar Championship.

The South African has produced some consistent results at the Masters in recent years as well, with four top-25 finishes in his last five visits.

All that in my opinion points to a strong Masters and at 40/1 he represents great value.

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Contenders needing to make up ground in the Masters must be ready to attack No. 13, the easiest hole at Augusta National in the 2019 event.

No. 13 is a 510-yard par 5 that might be a par 5 in name alone. In reality, it might be bettered considered as more of a par 4 and a half. Last year it played more than half a stroke easier than par with a 4.47 average.

Historically, No. 13 had played to a 4.79 average before last year, which made it the second easiest hole in the Masters, trailing only No. 15 by 0.01 average strokes.

The 13th green during a practice round for the 2018 Masters at Augusta National (Michael Madrid/USA TODAY Sports)

There were 17 eagles, 158 birdies, 102 pars, 23 bogeys and four double bogeys or worse on No. 13 in 2019.

What that all means, really, is that the shortish hole named Azalea is a strategic masterpiece, regardless of what the par might be.

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Players are forced to work a ball around the corner off the tee, avoiding trees, bushes and a creek to the left. They also can’t just blast away, because tee shots that don’t curve left to catch the hillside can easily run through the fairway into a stand of tall pine trees. If they do manage to sling a ball around the dogleg, most modern players then face a long or mid-iron off an uneven lie – ball above their feet while sloping downhill – to a green guarded by the tributary to Rae’s Creek. No easy task.

Tiger Woods in 2018 plays from the pine trees that wait through the fairway on No. 13 at Augusta National. (Rob Schumacher/USA TODAY Sports

There’s concern that modern long hitters can bite off too much of the dogleg and leave themselves a wedge for a second shot – Bubba Watson, as just one example, was able to do that en route to his victory in 2014. If Bryson DeChambeau or any of several other power players take it over the trees to the left off the tee, they easily could be left with a wedge this year.

But that requires taking on a massive risk – miss by just a bit on that bold tee shot to the left, and double bogey or worse is lurking.

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Phil Mickelson walks past the tributary to Rae’s Creek along the left side of No. 13 at Augusta National. (Rob Schumacher/USA TODAY Sports)

One interesting factor for 2020 with the Masters being played in November: The 13th tees off to the north before curving northwest toward the green. If there is a cold front in November – a real possibility – brisk winds could blow directly into the players’ faces. That would greatly complicate any efforts to blast a drive over the trees to the left, as well as force players to take extra club into the green for any second shots. There will be a lot of math to consider on that tee and in that fairway.

And that’s what makes No. 13 at Augusta such a great hole, even with modern bombers firing away. It’s all about negotiating risk while trying to maximize reward.

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