Good question. Here is my handicapping of the entire field. Top 20 are listed in projected order with last three finishes and comment:
Player 2011 2010 2009 Comment
1. Phil Mickelson T-27 Win 5 Lefty’s risks are rewarded at Augusta
2. Hunter Mahan Cut T-8 T-10 Will DFW have No.1 player?
3. Rory McIlroy T-15 DNP T-20 Led after 1st, 2nd, 3rd rounds last year
4. Tiger Woods T-4 T-4 T-6 No wins since 2005 but 7 top-10s
5. Lee Westwood T-11 2 43 Only 2 top-10s in 12 Masters
6. Luke Donald T-4 Cut T-38 World No. 1 overdue for major win
7. Keegan Bradley DNP DNP DNP Nine top-25s, 3 top-10s in 2012
8. Jason Day T-2 DNP DNP Two-time major runner-up last year
9. Justin Rose T-11 DNP T-20 Best finish T-5 in 2007
10. Matt Kuchar T-27 T-24 DNP Top-10s in last three Tour starts
11. Adam Scott T-2 T-18 Cut Shot 67 in final 2 rounds to contend last year
12. Charl Schwartzel Win T-30 DNP Birdied final 4 holes to win last year
13. Steve Stricker T-11 T-30 T-6 Top-25s in all 4 majors in 2011
14. Graeme McDowell Cut Cut T-17 Former U.S. Open champ 2nd at Bay Hill
15. Sergio Garcia T-45 T-35 T-38 Only 2 top-10s in 13 starts
16. Bo Van Pelt T-8 DNP DNP Finished T-8 in 4 of last 25 Tour starts
17. Bill Haas T-42 T-26 DNP Win, T-4 in last 6 Tour starts
18. Webb Simpson DNP DNP DNP First Masters after breakout season
19. Martin Kaymer Cut Cut Cut Ten wins worldwide since 2006
20. Jason Dufner T-30 DNP DNP Top-15 in 4 of 8 starts this year
IN THE HUNT
Aaron Baddeley
Sang-moon Bae
Thomas Bjorn
Jonathan Byrd
Angel Cabrera
Paul Casey
K.J. Choi
Fred Couples
Rickie Fowler
Jim Furyk
Robert Garrigus
Peter Hanson
Charles Howell III
Trevor Immelman
Miguel Angel Jimenez
Zach Johnson
Martin Laird
Francesco Molinari
Kevin Na
Ryan Palmer
Ian Poulter
John Senden
Brandt Snedeker
Henrik Stenson
David Toms
Johnson Wagner
Nick Watney
Mark Wilson
Gary Woodland
WATCH OUT FOR
Kevin Chappell
Ben Crane
Harrison Frazar
Lucas Glover
Padraig Harrington
Ryo Ishikawa
Fredrik Jacobson
Robert Karlsson
Geoff Ogilvy
Sean O'Hair
Louis Oosthuizen
Alvaro Quiros
Chez Reavie
Rory Sabbatini
Vijay Singh
Kyle Stanley
Brendan Steele
Scott Verplank
Y.E. Yang
Bubba Watson
IN THE ROUGH
Patrick Cantlay
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano
Stewart Cink
Tim Clark
Darren Clarke
Simon Dyson
Ross Fisher
Anders Hansen
Kyung-Tae Kim
Kelly Kraft
Paul Lawrie
Randal Lewis
Bryden Macpherson
Hideki Matsuyama
Corbin Mills
Jose Maria Olazabal
Mark O'Meara
Craig Stadler
Scott Stallings
Mike Weir
Ian Woosnam
CINDERELLA STORY
Ben Crenshaw
Bernhard Langer
Sandy Lyle
Larry Mize
Tom Watson
Photos: Masters.com
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