The Memorial Golf Tournament .....odds and info

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As most of America celebrates another Memorial Day barbecuing with family and friends, the golfing community will turn its eyes to the annual Memorial Tournament at Ohio’s Muirfield Village Golf Club. Essentially the “House that Nicklaus built,” Muirfield has produced some of the most cherished moments in the sport, including Jon Rahm’s monumental win back in 2020 — a victory that catapulted him to No. 1 in the world for the first time.


This event has been a staple of late-May/early-June since its inception in 1974. In last year’s edition, 35-year-old Billy Horschel was the Memorial Tournament’s winner, boasting a score of 13-under. Behind Horschel was Aaron Wise, who trailed by four strokes at the end. In 2022 the winner’s share $2,160,000, but as this is now one of the 17 “elevated events” on the PGA TOUR, that increases to $3.6 million in 2023. A total of $20 million is on offer for the 132 players participating.


Here’s a look at the full slate of opening odds from DraftKings Sportsbook for the 2023 Memorial Tournament, which tees off Thursday, June 1 from Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio.

2023 Memorial Tournament Odds​

Golfer	Winner	Top 5
Scottie Scheffler	+650	+150
Jon Rahm	+700	+175
Patrick Cantlay	+1000	+240
Rory McIlroy	+1200	+280
Xander Schauffele	+1400	+330
Viktor Hovland	+1800	+400
Collin Morikawa	+2000	+450
Justin Thomas	+2500	+550
Jason Day	+2500	+550
Tyrrell Hatton	+2800	+600
Jordan Spieth	+2800	+600
Cameron Young	+2800	+600
Sungjae Im	+3500	+700
Matthew Fitzpatrick	+3500	+700
Hideki Matsuyama	+3500	+700
Sam Burns	+4000	+800
Rickie Fowler	+4000	+850
Corey Conners	+4000	+900
Shane Lowry	+4500	+900
Sahith Theegala	+4500	+1000
Wyndham Clark	+5000	+1100
Tom Kim	+5000	+1000
Adam Scott	+5500	+1100
Russell Henley	+6000	+1200
Si Woo Kim	+7000	+1400
Matt Kuchar	+7500	+1400
Keegan Bradley	+8000	+1400
Gary Woodland	+8000	+1600
Keith Mitchell	+9000	+1600
Emiliano Grillo	+9000	+1600
Denny McCarthy	+9000	+1600
Cam Davis	+9000	+1800
Billy Horschel	+9000	+1800
Harris English	+10000	+2000
Byeong Hun An	+10000	+2000
Brian Harman	+10000	+2000
Ryan Fox	+11000	+2200
Nicolai Hojgaard	+11000	+2200
Kurt Kitayama	+11000	+2000
Chris Kirk	+11000	+2000
Adam Hadwin	+11000	+2200
Tom Hoge	+13000	+2500
Thomas Detry	+13000	+2500
Taylor Montgomery	+13000	+2200
Stephan Jaeger	+13000	+2500
Seamus Power	+13000	+2200
Patrick Rodgers	+13000	+2200
Lucas Herbert	+13000	+2500
K.H. Lee	+13000	+2200
Christiaan Bezuidenhout	+13000	+2500
Adam Schenk	+15000	+3000
Justin Suh	+18000	+3500
Joseph Bramlett	+18000	+3500
J.T. Poston	+18000	+3500
Hayden Buckley	+18000	+3500
Davis Riley	+18000	+3500
Brendon Todd	+18000	+3500
Beau Hossler	+18000	+3500
Alex Smalley	+18000	+3500
Sepp Straka	+20000	+3500
Garrick Higgo	+20000	+3500
Eric Cole	+20000	+3500
Adam Svensson	+20000	+3500
Will Gordon	+25000	+4500
Taylor Pendrith	+25000	+4500
Seong-Hyeon Kim	+25000	+4000
Luke List	+25000	+4500
Kevin Streelman	+25000	+4500
J.J. Spaun	+25000	+4000
Brandon Wu	+25000	+4000
Alex Noren	+25000	+4000
Robby Shelton	+30000	+5500
Mackenzie Hughes	+30000	+5000
Joel Dahmen	+30000	+5500
Ben Griffin	+30000	+5000
Austin Eckroat	+30000	+5500
Andrew Putnam	+30000	+4500
Akshay Bhatia	+30000	+5000
Sam Stevens	+30000	+5000
Sam Ryder	+35000	+6500
Matthew NeSmith	+35000	+6000
Matt Wallace	+35000	+6000
Stewart Cink	+40000	+8000
Scott Stallings	+40000	+7000
Nick Hardy	+40000	+7000
Mark Hubbard	+40000	+6500
Lee Hodges	+40000	+7000
Francesco Molinari	+40000	+7000
Davis Thompson	+40000	+7000
Danny Willett	+40000	+7000
Sam Bennett	+50000	+9000
MJ Daffue	+50000	+9000
Lanto Griffin	+50000	+8000
David Lipsky	+50000	+9000
Christopher Gotterup	+50000	+9000
Chez Reavie	+50000	+8000
Chad Ramey	+50000	+9000
Peter Malnati	+60000	+11000
Lucas Glover	+60000	+11000
David Micheluzzi	+60000	+10000
Trey Mullinax	+80000	+13000
Thriston Lawrence	+80000	+15000
Kevin Kisner	+80000	+15000
Justin Lower	+80000	+13000
Brandt Snedeker	+80000	+15000
Ben Taylor	+80000	+13000
Aldrich Potgieter	+80000	+13000
Adam Long	+80000	+11000
Zach Johnson	+100000	+15000
Nicolas Echavarria	+100000	+18000
Luke Donald	+100000	+18000
Kazuki Higa	+100000	+20000
David Lingmerth	+100000	+18000
Troy Merritt	+150000	+25000
Dylan Frittelli	+150000	+25000
William McGirt	+250000	+40000
K.J. Choi	+250000	+40000
Jason Dufner	+250000	+40000
Bo Hoag	+250000	+40000

 

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A couple to consider

Rickie Fowler to Win (+3500)​

Fowler continued his impressive season last week at the Charles Schwab Challenge with a T6 finish. It marked the 10th time in 15 starts where Fowler has finished inside the top 20, with five of those being top-fives. The best part about the season Fowler is having is that he’s getting it done in all areas. Some weeks he putts well, some weeks he crushes with his irons and some weeks his around-the-green play carries him. One of these weeks he’s going to do all three of those things well at the same time and hoist his first PGA TOUR trophy since 2019.


Fowler has also taken a serious liking to Muirfield Village over the years, posting four top-15 finishes (including two top-eight finishes) across his past six starts. He’s always gotten up for big events throughout his career, and I expect him to contend this week at a course he loves.

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Sahith Theegala to Win (+5000)​

Theegala is going to win on the PGA TOUR, it’s only a matter of time. I love to target him on courses with wide fairways such as Muirfield, being that the biggest snafu in his game at the moment is his off-the-tee play. Most of his high finishes this year have come when he gained strokes off-the-tee. He can get scoring hot with his irons when he’s on, and he’s one of the better putters on the PGA TOUR.


It’s no surprise to see that he’s had success at the Memorial in the past, most notably with a T5 here last year. In his two career starts at Jack’s Place, Theegala has averaged 1.47 SG: Tee-to-Green per round, while gaining strokes on the greens as well. So far this season Theegala has posted a T4 at the Farmers, T6 at Genesis, ninth at the Masters and T5 at the RBC Heritage, which was an elevated event. The point is, he comes to play in elite field events and at tough tracks, and at 50/1 I love chancing him this week.

 

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I like betting these 1st round leaders......the only aspect of golf betting that I might be ahead on .....lol

2023 Memorial Round 1 Leader Odds​

Golfer	Odds
Scottie Scheffler	+1600
Jon Rahm	+1800
Patrick Cantlay	+2200
Xander Schauffele	+2500
Rory McIlroy	+2500
Viktor Hovland	+3000
Tyrrell Hatton	+3500
Justin Thomas	+3500
Jason Day	+3500
Collin Morikawa	+3500
Cameron Young	+3500
Sungjae Im	+4000
Sam Burns	+4000
Rickie Fowler	+4000
Matthew Fitzpatrick	+4000
Jordan Spieth	+4000
Hideki Matsuyama	+4000
Adam Scott	+4500
Wyndham Clark	+5000
Si Woo Kim	+5000
Shane Lowry	+5000
Sahith Theegala	+5000
Russell Henley	+5000
Corey Conners	+5000
Tom Kim	+5500
Keegan Bradley	+6000
Matt Kuchar	+6500
Gary Woodland	+7000
Cam Davis	+7000
Byeong Hun An	+7000
Kurt Kitayama	+7500
Keith Mitchell	+7500
Harris English	+7500
Emiliano Grillo	+7500
Stephan Jaeger	+8000
Ryan Fox	+8000
Lucas Herbert	+8000
K.H. Lee	+8000
Hayden Buckley	+8000
Denny McCarthy	+8000
Chris Kirk	+8000
Brian Harman	+8000
Billy Horschel	+8000
Beau Hossler	+8000
Adam Hadwin	+8000
Tom Hoge	+9000
Taylor Montgomery	+9000
Sepp Straka	+9000
Seamus Power	+9000
Patrick Rodgers	+9000
Justin Suh	+9000
Christiaan Bezuidenhout	+9000
Adam Svensson	+9000
Aaron Rai	+9000
Thomas Detry	+10000
Nicolai Hojgaard	+10000
Kevin Streelman	+10000
J.T. Poston	+10000
J.J. Spaun	+10000
Davis Riley	+10000
Brendon Todd	+10000
Alex Smalley	+10000
Adam Schenk	+10000
Will Gordon	+11000
Taylor Pendrith	+11000
Sam Stevens	+11000
Robby Shelton	+11000
Matthew NeSmith	+11000
Joseph Bramlett	+11000
Garrick Higgo	+11000
Eric Cole	+11000
Brandon Wu	+11000
Ben Griffin	+11000
Austin Eckroat	+11000
Andrew Putnam	+11000
Alex Noren	+11000
Akshay Bhatia	+11000
Stewart Cink	+13000
Seong-Hyeon Kim	+13000
Scott Stallings	+13000
Sam Ryder	+13000
Sam Bennett	+13000
Nick Hardy	+13000
Matt Wallace	+13000
Mark Hubbard	+13000
Mackenzie Hughes	+13000
Luke List	+13000
Lee Hodges	+13000
Lanto Griffin	+13000
Joel Dahmen	+13000
Francesco Molinari	+13000
Davis Thompson	+13000
Danny Willett	+13000
Christopher Gotterup	+13000
Chad Ramey	+13000
Trey Mullinax	+15000
Peter Malnati	+15000
MJ Daffue	+15000
Lucas Glover	+15000
David Micheluzzi	+15000
David Lipsky	+15000
Chez Reavie	+15000
Ben Taylor	+15000
Adam Long	+15000
Zach Johnson	+18000
Nicolas Echavarria	+18000
Justin Lower	+18000
David Lingmerth	+18000
Brandt Snedeker	+18000
Aldrich Potgieter	+18000
Troy Merritt	+20000
Thriston Lawrence	+20000
Luke Donald	+20000
Kevin Kisner	+20000
Dylan Frittelli	+20000
Kazuki Higa	+25000
Jason Dufner	+25000
William McGirt	+30000
K.J. Choi	+30000
Bo Hoag	+30000

 

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dude must be really hurt

Collin Morikawa withdraws from Memorial Tournament while in contention on Sunday​

Some back spasms have the two-time major winner pulling out just 11 days ahead of the U.S. Open.

 

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It would have been a steep climb for Collin Morikawa to win the 2023 Memorial Tournament, as he entered Sunday’s final round just two shots back of the -6 leaders in Rory McIlroy, Si Woo Kim, and David Lipsky. There was also the issue of five guys including Viktor Hovland and Wyndham Clark at -5.
But Morikawa will instead cash a minimum paycheck at the PGA TOUR elevated event this weekend, as he has withdrawn due to back spasms ahead of his scheduled 12:55 p.m. tee time.
With the U.S. Open coming to Morikawa’s native California at Los Angeles Country Club in just 11 days, let’s hope he’s just taking the cautious route and this isn’t something more serious like what has sidelined Will Zalatoris for most of this season.
Morikawa is currently +2000 to win the 2023 U.S. Open at DraftKings Sportsbook, and would be three-quarters of the way to a career grand slam with a victory.
A win at the Memorial would have been worth $3.6 million today, and a finish around T9 where he was scheduled to start today is likely worth a bit north of $500,000. Instead Morikawa will get the last-place spot in the weekend field of 66, and take home a smidge under $43,000.