The Action Network Podcast.

Welcome to the Action Network podcast. This is our Best Betts episode for the 2025 Masters teeing off this week at Augusta National.

I'm your host, Mike Calabry, and joined today by a very special returning guest.

He's a golf betting expert, a two-time fantasy sport writers association golf writer of the year,

a senior PGA analyst at Rhodo Baller, and co-host of the new draft cast spinoff called King of the Draft.

You can find them online at T-Off Sports. Welcome back to the program, Spencer Aguard.

Michael, it's always an absolute pleasure to do this show with you. Anything that I do over at Action Network is some of my favorite content that I put out every week. So I look forward to running through this board with you today.

Well, we're set to head up Magnolia Lane with you. We're going to discuss the course,

this field, and of course, consult your model all in pursuit of delivering the biggest betting edges

to our audience and what you're seeing this week at Augusta. Before we dive into those, though,

there's probably a lot of listeners who may not bet golf on a regular basis.

So let me ask you two questions right off the top.

What makes the Masters such a unique tournament from a golf modeling and gambling perspective?

And why do you just love this tournament?

I think my favorite thing about the Masters is that whether you are a casual golf fan, somebody who maybe favors, you know, all the other sports, or you're a diehard who eats sleeps and breeds this sport weekly, Augusta National really doesn't need that much of an introduction just because it's the most iconic venue in the world.

I feel like people growing up have seen Augusta.

You've seen the azalea flowers. You've heard about the pimento cheese sandwiches and you know

about the green jacket. It's the one major that every single year takes place at the same venue.

So there's a lot of history that takes place here. You have wide open fairways that are nearly 20 yards

in width. That's going to present

this feel of a long driver's paradise. However, the one thing I want to note on this show is that

that aspect will only take you so far because of the massive undulation of the surface here

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