A marquee Signature Event this week in the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village should provide a strong test for the limited field of 72 top golfers ahead of next week’s U.S. Open. The top 50 players plus ties make the cut, and players odds, profiles, matchups, tee times and featured groups are provided and updated as leading online sportsbooks and analysts provide more information by Wednesday.
Known as Jack's Place, the Nicklaus-designed masterpiece at Muirfield Village has been a regular stop on Tour since 1976. This is the 49th edition and fourth since the second course renovation in 2020, which included rebuilding of all 18 greens, relocation of several greens, contour changes on bentgrass greens, rebuilding bunkers, relocating, leveling and seeding tees, and renovating and seeding bentgrass fairways.
Hole-By-Hole Course Description And Overview
- The Memorial Tournament - June 6-9
- Muirfield Village Golf Club - Dublin, Ohio
- 7,569 yards, Par 72
- Purse: $20 million, $4 million to the winner
The course conditions and scoring have toughened since the 2020 renovation.
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The Memorial Tournament 2024 Odds
Leading favorites and contenders golf odds from FanDuel Sportsbook refresh periodically and are subject to change, including on props and live betting.
Odds leaders: 28 of the top 30 in the Official World Golf Ranking are in the field.
- +360: Scottie Scheffler (Round 1 leader +1200)
- +850: Rory McIlroy (Round 1 leader +1800)
- +900: Xander Schauffele (Round 1 leader +1800)
- +1400: Collin Morikawa (Round 1 leader +2200)
- +1800: Viktor Hovland (Round 1 leader +2500)
- +2200: Ludvig Aberg (+220 top 10)
- +2500: Patrick Cantlay (+230 top 10)
- +3000: Justin Thomas (+240 top 10)
- +3500: Tommy Fleetwood (down from +4500, and +240 top 10)
- +4500: Hideki Matsuyama (+320 top 10)
- +5000: Wyndham Clark, Tom Kim, Russell Henley
- +5500: Jordan Spieth, Sahith Theegala, Matt Fitzpatrick
- +5500: Sam Burns, Corey Conners, Max Homa, Byeong Hun An
- +6000: Sungjae Im, Alex Noren, Si Woo Kim
- +6500: Tony Finau
- +7000: Billy Horschel, Sepp Straka, Keegan Bradley, Cameron Young
- +7500: Will Zalatoris, Shane Lowry
- +8000: Jason Day, Denny McCarthy
- +9000: Brian Harman, Tom Hoge
- +10000: Harris English
72-Hole Winning Score: Over/Under 276.5 (Par 72)
Power rankings and player profiles and performances are included as golfers take aim at a prestigious title at the Memorial.
The Memorial Tournament is presented by Workday, whose PGA Tour Ambassadors include Rory McIlroy, Matt Fitzpatrick Matt Kuchar and Brandt Snedeker.
Types Of Bets And How To Read The Odds
Review the results and top players performances at the 2024 PGA Championship, won by Xander Schauffele. The course at Valhalla in Louisville plays similar length to Muirfield Village with bentrass greens and similar size, averaging 5,000 square feet.
Key Stats
Approach play stats are still more significant than driving stats at Muirfield Village when evaluating strokes gained data. Longer approach shots for proximity to hole stats are worth identifying on golfers as they also sharpen their Around the Green game with more rough around the smaller greens at Muirfield and limited runoff areas making hitting greens more difficult.
Missing the fairway’s has resulted in Muirfield having the second-lowest birdie percentage from the rough of any course on the PGA Tour.
- SG: Around the Green (fast)
- SG: Approach and Ball Striking
- SG: Putting (on bentgrass)
- SG: Tee-to-Green
- Par-4 Scoring (focus 450-500 yards)
- Proximity to Hole (150-200+ yards)
In the 2023 tournament at Muirfield, 51% of approach shots came from beyond 175 yards.
Making birdies on Par 5’s is where scoring is made for your player picks at Muirfield. The four par 5s are the only holes which feature a scoring average below par. The SG: Par 5 leaders over their last 36 rounds on bentgrass greens and diffucult courses include Rory McIlroy, Sam Burns, Andrew Novak, Shane Lowry and Sahith Theegala.
Note that 14 of the past 16 winners have ranked inside the top-10 of SG: Approach for the week at Muirfield. That includes past winners Viktor Hovland, Billy Horschel, Patrick Cantlay, Hideki Matsuyama, Matt Kuchar, and Justin Rose.
Titleist has also unveiled the new GT2, GT3 and GT4 drivers on the PGA Tour this week. According to the company, Titleist drivers have been the No. 1-played models on the PGA Tour for the last five years. No word yet on which players might be making the switchover.
Golf Picks
Leading golf analysts and contributors picks to win and top finishing position in the 2024 Memorial Tournament. Check back Tuesday and Wednesday as picks become available.
- Golf Digest:
- SportingLife: Tommy Fleetwood, Max Homa, Sam Burns and big longshots Rickie Fowler, Austin Eckroat
- Golf Bet: Scottie Scheffler, Collin Morikawa, Xander Schauffele and longshots Si Woo Kim and Will Zalatoris with top-10 finishes Patrick Cantlay, Sam Burns and Morikawa
- FanDuel: Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa and top 10/20 Russell Henley, Sepp Straka, Keegan Bradley
Golf.com also picks Denny McCarthy to win this week after just missing in a playoff last year to Viktor Hovland (-7) with Scottie Scheffler finishing T3, Si Wook Kim and Jordan Spieth (T4), Rory McIlroy and Adam Schenk (T7) and Matt Fitzpatrick, Adam Scott and Rickie Fowler finishing top-10. McCarthy is also the only top-1o finisher last year who also finished top 10 in the 2022 event at Muirfield Village when he was T5 behind winner Billy Horschel (-13). And Patrick Cantlay (-13) beat Collin Morikawa in a playoff to win the 2021 Memorial with Scheffler T3 and Shane Lowry, Max Homa, Si Woo Kim and Xander Schauffele all finishing top-11.
Tournament Matchups
Additional golf betting odds and matchups from FanDuel and leading online sportsbooks are updated and adjusted througout the tournament along with props and live betting.
The last two weeks tournament matchups are 3-0 on these pages in the RBC Canadian Open and Charles Schwab Challenge.
Check back Tuesday and Wednesday as matchups are posted by sportsbooks and others added.
- Schauffele (-130) vs. McIlroy (+110)
- Scheffler (-200) vs. McIlroy (+160) - Bet McIlroy
- Matsuyama (-120) vs. Theegala (+100)
- Schauffele (-130) vs. Morikawa (+105) - Bet Schauffele
- Lowry (-110) vs. Horschel (-110)
- Hovland (-125) vs. J. Thomas (+105)
- Sungjae Im (-110) vs. Sam Burns
- Conners (-130) vs. Clark (-105)
How To Watch The Memorial Tournament
All times Eastern. Tournament June 6-9 (estimated times, to be finalized)
- Thursday-Friday: 2-6 p.m. (Golf Channel/Peaco*ck)
- Saturday: 12:30-2:30 p.m. (Golf Channel/Peaco*ck), 2:30-6 (CBS)
- Sunday: 12:30-2:30 p.m. (GC), 2:30-7 (CBS)
Streaming coverage online available at PGA Tour Live on ESPN+, Peaco*ck and Paramount+.
Thursday and Friday pairings and tee times.
Featured Groups
Thursday PGA Tour Live on ESPN+
(Marquee groups ** showcase every shot from each player in the group)
- 8:55 am Hole #1: Shane Lowry, Matt Fitzpatrick
- 9:45 am Hole #1: Chris Kirk, Keegan Bradley
- 10:05 am Hole #1: Wyndham Clark, Patrick Cantlay **
- 10:20 am Hole #1: Xander Schauffele, Viktor Hovland **
- 10:30 am Hole #1: Scottie Scheffler, Ludvig Åberg
Friday
- 9:35 am Hole #1: Rickie Fowler, Max Homa
- 9:45 am Hole #1: Jason Day, Justin Rose
- 9:55 am Hole #1: Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas
- 10:05 am Hole #1: Brian Harman, Jordan Spieth **
- 10:20 am Hole #1: Hideki Matsuyama, Collin Morikawa **
Featured holes Par 3’s at No. 4, 12, 16 and Par 5 at No. 15
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