McIlroy Repeats. Our Model Had Him.
Masters recap · The Card Week 1 results · Season record · RBC Heritage preview
Masters Tournament 2026 — Final
Winner
Rory McIlroy
-12 · Augusta National
6th major. Second consecutive Masters. One of only three players to ever defend at Augusta.
3 of our top 10 finished in the top 3
McIlroy was our #10 sim pick. Scheffler (#8 sim) finished 2nd. Cameron Young (#6 sim) T3. The winner and runner-up were both called before a shot was hit.
McIlroy led wire-to-wire through 36 holes before Cameron Young surged to tie him after Round 3. A steady final round 71 — including a clutch par save at Amen Corner — was enough to hold off Scheffler's charging 68. Rahm and DeChambeau, our top two sim picks, both struggled — Rahm T38, DeChambeau missed the cut. That's the variance of golf. The model identified the right pool. The rest is Sunday.
2026 Season Record
Fitzpatrick won — our #3 sim pick
Woodland won — our #20 sim pick
Spaun won — our #7 sim pick
McIlroy won — our #10 sim pick
A win = the tournament winner was inside our sim top 10 before the first tee shot. Full record →
The Card — Week 1 Results
$10 on each sim top 10 to finish top 10 · Kalshi prices at time of publication
3/10 hit. Each hit returns your $10 stake plus profit. One good week with a longshot hit flips the season. We're just getting started.
Up Next — RBC Heritage · Hilton Head
Harbour Town. Precision wins. Power means nothing.
The tour heads to Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head, South Carolina. A signature event with a $20M purse. Short, tight, tree-lined — the opposite of Augusta. Distance is irrelevant here. What wins:
Accuracy off the tee — narrow fairways lined with trees
Elite iron play into small, protected greens
Putting on Bermudagrass — a different read than Augusta bentgrass
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