The Memorial Tournament: Picks, Predictions and Odds

The penultimate Signature Event of the PGA Tour season takes place at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio this week, with a 74-strong field battling it out at The Memorial Tournament.

As this is also the third and final player-hosted Signature Event, there will be a 36-hole cut to the top 50 and ties plus any player within 10 shots of the lead.

World number one Scottie Scheffler is the defending champion and he is the firm +300 favorite to claim the spoils, with Xander Schauffele and Collin Morikawa next in the betting at +1700.

Justin Thomas, who returned to winning ways at the RBC Heritage in April, is +1900 to come out on top, while Tommy Fleetwood is +2700 to finally end his long wait for success on this side of the pond.

Played at the Jack Nicklaus-designed Muirfield Village, this par-72 measuring 7,569 yards offers generous fairways but with small, well-protected greens that are lightning quick, pinpoint accuracy and a solid short game are required for success.

The Memorial Tournament betting picks and predictions

Patrick Cantlay to win and each-way (+2400)

It is getting close to three years since Patrick Cantlay last tasted success but there have been plenty of positive signs this season to suggest a return to the winners' circle is not far away and where better to end this drought than Muirfield Village, a course he has thrived at.

The 33-year-old American is a two-time Memorial winner, triumphing in 2019 and 2021, while he has also posted two top-five finishes and one top 10 around this track.

Cantlay boasts the best cumulative strokes gained at this course over the past five years and his SG numbers make for solid reading this season, as he is 10th in approach, while he is second in greens in regulation.

Having had two top-fives and two top-15 finishes in four of the Signature Events this year, Cantlay seems to save his best for the biggest tournaments and he can make it a hat-trick of wins in Ohio.

Shane Lowry to win and each-way (+3500)

Another player that has performed well in the Signature Events this season is Shane Lowry, who was second at Pebble Beach, tied-second at the Truist Championship, seventh at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and T18 at the RBC Heritage.

The Irishman missed the cut at the PGA Championship last time out, a result that wasn't overly surprising given his heartache at missing out on the Truist title days earlier, but he should be refreshed after giving last week's Charles Schwab Challenge a miss

Lowry's approach play has been excellent and he ranks sixth in strokes gained approach, while a standing of second in SG tee-to-green is evidence of how well he is striking the ball.

Armed with one of the best short games in the world, Lowry, who is 20th in scrambling and 18th in SG around-the-green, can challenge in an event he recorded a tied-sixth finish in back in 2021.

Denny McCarthy to win and each-way (+5000)

If you want another short-game maestro on your side this week then look no further than Denny McCarthy, who is sixth in SG putting and 19th in scrambling on the US circuit.

The American's iron play has been trending in the right direction over the last few weeks and this was evident in his latest outing at the US PGA Championship, where he ended up in a tie for eighth.

Still yet to break his PGA Tour duck, the 32-year-old came close to winning this event in 2023 when losing out to Viktor Hovland in a playoff, that effort coming 12 months after he recorded a top-five finish at Muirfield.

McCarthy is getting closer to making that elusive breakthrough and it would be no surprise should he make it in elite company, with a $4million cheque and 700 FedEx Cup points a nice incentive for the winner.

The Memorial Tournament outright odds

Scottie Scheffler	+300
Xander Schauffele	+1700
Collin Morikawa	+1700
Justin Thomas	+1900
Patrick Cantlay	+2400
Tommy Fleetwood	+2700
Ludvig Aberg	+2700
Corey Conners	+3200
Viktor Hovland	+3200
Hideki Matsuyama	+3500
Si Woo Kim	+3500

This article was written by a partner sports writer via Spotlight Sports Group. All odds displayed on this page were correct at the time of writing and are subject to withdrawal or change at any time.