The Memorial Tournament presented by Workday

Muirfield Village Golf Club

Dublin, Ohio

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Host Course	Muirfield Village Golf Club
Yards (per official scorecard):	7,569 yards.
Par:	72 (36-36).
Greens:	L93-007 Bentgrass; 5,000 square feet.
Stimpmeter:	13 feet and up.
Rough:	Kentucky Bluegrass, Ryegrass, and fescue at 4 inches and growing.
Bunkers/Water Hazards/In-Play	68/13/13.
Architect(s):	Jack Nicklaus and Desmond  Muirhead (1974); Jack Nicklaus (2020).
Defending Champion (event):	Scottie Scheffler (-10).
Multiple Champion(s) Entered:	Scheffler (2024-25); Patrick Cantlay (2021, 2019).
Course Record (latest):	61; John Huston (1996)
72 Hole Tournament Record:	268; Tom Lehman (1994).
Fact of the Week:	Hideki Matsuyama (2014) is the only player to win this event on debut (minus the first edition in 1976).

Notes:

• Field of 72 players.
• 18 of the top 20 OWGR.
• Top FIFTY and ties play the weekend.
• $20 million – $4 million – 700 FedExCup Points

Recent Winners – Memorial Tournament

Italics – not entered this week.

Year	Winner	Notes
2025	Scottie Scheffler (-10)	Became the first player since Tiger Woods to successfully defend. Won by four (Ben Griffin).
2024	Scottie Scheffler (-8)	Defeated Collin Morikawa (not entered) by a shot.
2023	Viktor Hovland (-7)*	Needed a playoff to beat Denny McCarthy. Scheffler missed the playoff by a shot.
2022	Billy Horschel (-13)	Won by four shots to become the oldest winner (35) in the last eight events. All the other winners in their 20s.
2021	Patrick Cantlay (-13)	Knocked out Morikawa in a playoff to win for the second time.

Recent Winners

2026 Season Winners

Event	Winner
The Sentry	No Event
Sony Open in Hawaii	Chris Gotterup
The American Express	Scottie Scheffler
Farmers Insurance Open	Justin Rose
WM Phoenix Open	Chris Gotterup (2)
AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am	Collin Morikawa
Cognizant Classic	Nico Echavarria
Arnold Palmer Invitational	Akshay Bhatia
THE PLAYERS Championship	Cameron Young
Valspar Championship	Matt Fitzpatrick
Houston Open	Gary Woodland
Valero Texas Open	J.J. Spaun
Masters Tournament	Rory McIlroy
RBC Heritage	Matt Fitzpatrick (2)
Zurich Classic	Matt Fitzpatrick (3); Alex Fitzpatrick
Cadillac Championship	Cameron Young (2)
Truist Championship	Kristoffer Reitan (first-time winner)
108th PGA Championship	Aaron Rai
THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson	Wyndham Clark
Charles Schwab Challenge	Russell Henley

2025 Season Winners

Event	Winner
The Sentry	Hideki Matsuyama
Sony Open in Hawaii	Nick Taylor
The American Express	Sepp Straka
Farmers Insurance Open	Harris English
AT&T Pebble Beach	Rory McIlroy
WM Phoenix Open	Thomas Detry (LIV)
The Genesis Invitational	Ludvig Aberg
Mexico Open at Vidanta	Brian Campbell (first time)
Cognizant Classic	Joe Highsmith (first time)
Arnold Palmer Invitational	Russell Henley
Puerto Rico Open	Karl Vilips (first time)
THE PLAYERS Championship	Rory McIlroy
Valspar Championship	Viktor Hovland
Texas Children’s Houston Open	Min Woo Lee (first time)
Valero Texas Open	Brian Harman
88th Masters Tournament	Rory McIlroy (career grand slam)
RBC Heritage	Justin Thomas
Zurich Classic	Ben Griffin & Andrew Novak (first-time winners)
THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson	Scottie Scheffler
Truist Championship	Sepp Straka (2)
Mrytle Beach One Flight	Ryan Fox
106th PGA Championship	Scottie Scheffler (2)
Charles Schwab Challenge	Ben Griffin (2)
The 50th Memorial Tournament	Scottie Scheffler (3)
RBC Canadian Open	Ryan Fox (2)
124th United States Open	J.J. Spaun
Travelers Championship	Keegan Bradley
Rocket Mortgage Classic	Aldrich Potgieter (first time)
John Deere Classic	Brian Campbell (2)
Genesis Scottish Open	Chris Gotterup
ISCO Championship	William Mouw (first time)
152nd Open Championship	Scottie Scheffler (4)
Barracuda Championship	Ryan Gerard (first time)
3M Open	Kurt Kitayama
Wyndham Championship	Cameron Young (first time)
FedEx St. Jude Championship	Justin Rose
BMW Championship	Scottie Scheffler (5)
The TOUR Championship	Tommy Fleetwood (first time)
FedEx Cup Fall
Procore Championship	Scottie Scheffler (6)
Sanderson Farms Championship	Steven Fisk (first time)
Black Desert Championship	Michael Brennan (first time)
Baycurrent Championship	Xander Schauffele
World Wide Technology Champ	Ben Griffin (3)
Butterfield Bermuda Champ	Adam Schenk (first time)
The RSM Classic	Sami Valimaki (first time)

One and Done – Spotter’s Game

Whatever.

Event	Selection	Place	Earnings
Sony Open in Hawaii	Robert MacIntyre	T4	409,500
The American Express	Ben Griffin	T24	81,420
Farmers Insurance	Jason Day	T38	41,760
WM Phoenix Open	Sahith Theegala	T18	122,720
AT&T Pebble Beach	Patrick Cantlay	T14	342,500
The Genesis Invitational	Tommy Fleetwood	T7	603,200
Cognizant Classic	Daniel Berger	T32	54,816
Arnold Palmer Invitational	Scottie Scheffler	T24	157,000
THE PLAYERS	Shane Lowry	mc	0
Valspar Championship	Jacob Bridgeman	T14	161,525
Houston Open	Chris Gotterup	T6	322,987
Valero Texas Open	Sudarshan Yellamaraju	T14	159,250
Masters	Jon Rahm	T38	101,250
RBC Heritage	Russell Henley	T30	142,750
Zurich Classic	Alex Fitzpatrick	WIN	1,375,000
Cadillac Championship	Gary Woodland	T38	72,182
Truist Championship	Rory McIlroy	T19	242,100
108th PGA Championship	Bryson DeChambeau	MC	0
THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson	Si Woo Kim	2nd	1,122,700
Charles Schwab	J.J. Spaun	T3	322,987

Last WEEK – Charles Schwab Challenge

The Pick – J.J. Spaun – T3

He had an excellent week hitting it while fighting the putter. Back-to-back podium finishes and I’m still going nowhere. Sad!

This Week – Memorial Tournament

The Pick – Jordan Spieth

This time of year, I start glancing at the calendar to see what is left.

After this week, you will get the U.S. Open, Travelers, Scottish, The Open and two FedExCup Playoff events. Plus, you gotta save somebody for The TOUR Championship, right?

Others to consider if you are chasing:

$4 million first place = It’s biggest winner’s check left, you know what to do.

Horses for Courses

OWGR	Cuts Made	Notes
72 players	Events
bold – sponsor’s exemptions
01 Scottie Scheffler	5/5	WIN-WIN-3RD; 3rd L4 apps
02 Rory McIlroy	11/13	T15-T7-T18-T18 L4 apps
03 Cameron Young	3/4	T25 2025 best and only top 50
04 Matt Fitzpatrick	5/7	T31-T5-T9-MC-MC L5
05 Justin Rose	11/16	T44-MC last 2; 2010 winner
no Collin Morikawa
no Viktor Hovland
07 Tommy Fleetwood	2/4	T16-T20 Last 2 years; others pre-2018
08 Xander Schauffele	7/8	7/8 T25; T8 2024 best
09 JJ Spaun	1/4	T30 2023; MC 2025
10 Chris Gotterup	0/2	Best is 73 twice
12 Russell Henley	6/9	T5-T27-T16 L3Y
13 Ludvig Aberg	2/2	T16-T5 L2Y
14 Aaron Rai	1/3	T26 2022; MC last 2
15 Robert MacIntyre	1/1	T20 debut 2025; 71 best
16 Justin Thomas	7/11	12 straight appearance; T31 best in L4Y
17 Ben Griffin	1/3	Solo second last year; 1 round of 10 in red
18 Sepp Straka	5/6	TRENDING BEAUTIFULLY 3rd-T5-T16-T45
19 Si Woo Kim	9/10	8 straight; 4th 2023 best
20 Hideki Matsuyama	10/12	38th-T16-T8 last 3; only debut winner
21 Alex Noren	5/7	T39-T22-T52 L3Y
22 Harris English	5/7	T12 last year; 2 of last 4 MC
24 Jacob Bridgeman	1/1	T31 debut 2025; 71 best
25 Kristoffer Reitan
26 Akshay Bhatia	2/3	T16-T22-mc; T16 with an 80 last year
28 Nicolai Hojgaard	0/1	77-75 mc
29 Kurt Kitayama	0/3	5 of 6 rounds 75 or WORSE
30 Min Woo Lee	1/2	T49-mc; 71 best
33 Patrick Cantlay	8/9	2x winner; 4 top 4s;
34 Maverick McNealy	1/2	T5 2025; 3 round under par
35 Keegan Bradley	10/15	T7 2025 best; 4 straight
36 Sam Burns	5/6	t12-T15-T16-T50 last 4; TRENDING
37 Ryan Gerard	1/1	T23 2025
38 Rickie Fowler	11/16	T7-MC-T9 last 3; T11 or better 3 of last 5
39 Jake Knapp	0/1	78-72 has not played on TOUR in a while
40 Shane Lowry	7/9	5 straight
41 Alex Smalley	0/2	73 best
42 Jason Day	10/15	only 2 top 25s on home course
43 Daniel Berger	3/5	T5 2022; 81-72 mc 2025
44 Wyndham Clark	3/6	T12 2023 only top 35
46 Jordan Spieth	11/13	9 top 25; 2017 T18 or better when make cut
47 Gary Woodland	9/13	First app since 2023;
48 Michael Kim	1/4	T44 2025 best; 71 best
49 Matt McCarty
50 Adam Scott	15/16	11 straight
51 Nico Echavarria	0/1	mc 2023 78-72
52 Sam Stevens	2/2	T31-T41; 4 of 8 rounds par or better
53 Corey Conners	6/7	T25-T20-mc-T13 last 4; 4 top 25s
54 Andrew Novak	1/1	T51 2025 debut; 3 rounds 75 or worse
55 Brian Harman	7/11	T18 2022 only top 25
57 Ryan Fox	2/3	T20, T30 L2V
59 Ryo Hisatsune
61 Nick Taylor	4/6	4th last year; T27-T42 2 before TRENDING
63 Harry Hall
67 Bud Cauley	7/8	T39 in his return 2025; 3 straight
68 Sungjae Im	5/7	4 straight; T16-T8-T41-T10
77 Patrick Rodgers	5/9	It’s his US Open; sponsor’s exemption
79 Sahith Theegala	4/5	T32 or better in four of five
82 Alex Fitzpatrick
85 JT Poston	5/7	3 of 24 rounds in the 60s
87 Taylor Pendrith	3/3	T12-T33-T60; Trending
98 Lucas Glover	12/21	MC last 3; 1 top 25 in 21 years
99 Denny McCarthy	5/6	T5 2022, P2 2023; 4 straight
100 Tom Hoge	4/7	T7-T45-65th last 3 years
103 Tony Finau	8/9	T31-T8-T32-8th-MC
111 Brian Campbell
114 Mark Hubbard	3/4	T30 best
130 Billy Horschel	8/11	6 top 25; 4 top 15 in his last 6
131 Johnny Vegas
133 Brandt Snedeker
Last 4 In
Eric Cole	3/3	HEATER
Pierceson Coody
Matt Kuchar	17/20	2011 winner, former 2nd place; 7 top 10s
Mac Meissner

The Memorial Tournament, played annually at Jack Nicklaus’ Muirfield Village Golf Club outside Columbus, Ohio, is the seventh of eight Signature Events in the 2026 season. It is the final Signature Event featuring a 36-hole cut. There are multiple markets to attack the field of 72 players at DraftKings Sportsbook. Let’s dive in!

Winners Without Scottie Scheffler

Scheffler won his opening tournament of the season, The American Express, but has not won in 10 subsequent starts. He returns to Muirfield Village as the two-time defending champion who has been beaten by a total of FOUR PLAYERS in his previous four events outside the Ohio capital city. If there is an event where the No. 1 player in the OWGR is going to find his way back to the winner’s circle, this may be the place. I’m buying insurance this week!

Ben Griffin (+3200) navigated a long, arduous Trump National Doral for a podium finish (solo third) to end April. Defending his championship last week at the Charles Schwab Challenge, he produced four rounds in the 60s, including 65 on Sunday to hit the podium (T3) again. Making his fourth start at Muirfield Village, he was the 18 and 36-hole leader in 2025 and played in the final group with Scheffler on Sunday before cashing solo second, four shots back.

Alex Smalley (+4800) made his first bogey of the week at Colonial on his 38^th hole. He added just three more and cashed T3, his fourth top-10 payday in his previous five starts on TOUR. He was co-runner-up at the PGA Championship at Aronimink three weeks ago. Quietly ranked 11^th in Strokes Gained: Total, his full bag and recent form makes him a perfect outsider this week in a field containing 18 of the 20 players in the OWGR.

Top 10 (including ties) – Same Game Parlay – (+650)

Russell Henley (+150) and Patrick Cantlay (+196)

Henley arrives smoldering after circling birdies on his final three holes to force, then win, a playoff Sunday at the Charles Schwab Challenge. In the 2025 event, he posted two-under 286 to share fifth and cash inside the top 30 for the third consecutive season at Muirfield Village. In April at the Masters, he picked up his first podium of the season, sharing third place.

Cantlay is one of two multiple winners in the field this week. The champion in 2021 and 2019 shared third in 2022 and was the 54-hole leader in 2018 before he cashed T4. Only Scheffler, Tiger Woods, and Jon Rahm (not eligible) have better career scoring averages at Muirfield Village.

Top 20 (including ties) – Same Game Parlay – (+480)

Scottie Scheffler (-850), Jordan Spieth (+124), and Sam Burns (+126)

Spieth enters Ohio on a run of 12 consecutive cuts made on TOUR, including four of his last six T19 or better. At Muirfield Village, the “Augusta of the North”, he qualified for the weekend 11 times in 13 attempts and signed for T19 or better a whopping nine times. His last three visits resulted in T7-MC-T5. He owns a career scoring average of 71.40.

Making his seventh start, Burns produced the best three results in his previous three visits. In 2023, his even-par total was good enough for T16. He shared 15^th place in 2024 on two-over. Last year, a second-round 65 tied for the lowest round of the week and helped to reach T12. He enters the week on seven consecutive cuts made, all T38 or better, and his previous top 10 was T7 at the Masters.

Top 30 – Familiar Territory – Same Game Parlay – (+400)

Veterans Si Woo Kim (-255), Shane Lowry (-102), and Adam Scott (-125) all have plenty of weekend experience at Muirfield Village. Kim owns nine paydays from 10 starts, including a current run of eight in a row. During his current run, seven results have paid T31 or better. The Korean was the 36 and 54-hole leader at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson before finishing third in his previous start on TOUR. Lowry has five consecutive cuts made with results T32 or better in four of his last five. Scott is also streaking with 11 weekends and counting, including a pair of top-10 paydays in his last five visits. He also cashed in 15 of 16 career visits. Before missing the weekend at the PGA Championship, the Australian rattled off four consecutive paydays of T24 or better. Lowry’s current form isn’t as bright, but he has played every weekend on his own ball since falling short at THE PLAYERS.

The Ladder – Top 5, Top 10, Top 20 (all including ties) – Same Game Parlay – (+2000)

Scottie Scheffler (-150) lost to FOUR PLAYERS at this event in his last four tournaments. That’s the list. Half of the list is not in the field this week. The two-time defending champion cashed solo third in 2023 and solo third in 2021.

Akshay Bhatia (+455) missed the weekend on his 2023 debut but earned T22 money the following season and cashed T16 in 2025 with an 80 on the card. The three-time winner on TOUR already knocked out a Signature Event win at a very demanding Arnold Palmer Invitational in March. He flashed 67-65 to open at the Charles Schwab Challenge last week before fading to T28.

Rickie Fowler (+116) racked up three consecutive top-10 paydays before fading on the weekend at Aronimink to T60. He missed the cut last week at Colonial Country Club, but six of his previous nine paydays at the Memorial are T14 or better, including T7-MC-T9 over the last three years.

Good Luck!