Five most fascinating pairings for first two rounds of 2020 Masters

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The 2020 Masters is only a day away. On Tuesday, the pairings were announced. Here are the five most fascinating threesomes over the first 36 holes of the tournament.

5) Webb Simpson/Marc Leishman/Hideki Matsyuama–In this group we have Simpson, the 2012 United States Open champion, Leishman, the 26th ranked player in the world, and Matsuyama, the 18th ranked player in the world. Leishman, who is from Warrnambool, Australia, has reached the top 10 in five previous majors. Matsuyama has reached the top 10 in seven previous majors. Leishman is one of five Australians in the field, and is joined by 2013 Masters champion Adam Scott of Adelaide, 2015 PGA Championship winner Jason Day of Beaudesert, amateur Lukas Michel of Melbourne, and Cameron Smith of Brisbane.

4) Patrick Reed/Paul Casey/Tony Finau–Here we have three players ranked in the top 25 in the world. Reed, the 2018 Masters champion, is 11th in the world. Finau is 17th, and Casey is 22nd. Finau has reached the top 10 at majors seven times over the last three years. Casey meanwhile finished second to Collin Morikawa at the PGA Championship in August.

3) Jon Rahm/Bryson DeChambeau/Louis Oosthuizen–Here we have three players in the top 20 in the world. Rahm is second, Dechambeau is sixth, and Oosthuizen is 19th. DeChambeau and Oosthuizen are major champions. DeChambeau won the 2020 U.S. Open and Oosthuizen won the 2010 British Open. Rahm, who has won twice in 2020, is my pick to win the Masters this weekend.

2) Jordan Spieth/Gary Woodland/Ian Poulter–In this group, we have Spieth, the three-time major champion (2015 Masters, 2015 U.S. Open, and 2017 British Open), Woodland (2019 U.S. Open) and Poulter, the 12-time European Tour winner. Spieth will hope the Augusta greens will help him turn his game around. He is currently ranked 80th in the world.

1) Dustin Johnson/Rory McIlroy/Patrick Cantlay–This is by far the best threesome at the Masters, with three players ranked in the top 10. Here you have Johnson, the number one ranked player in the world and 2016 U.S. Open champion, McIlroy, the fifth ranked player in the world and four-time major winner (2011 U.S. Open, 2012 and 2014 PGA Championship, and 2014 British Open), and Cantlay, the 10th-ranked player in the world. Last month, Cantlay won his third career PGA event when he won the Zozo Championship in California.

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