It’s always good for the PGA Tour when Tiger Woods is involved, and the Big Cat is back on the prowl ready to peg it up this week at the Memorial Tournament. Woods hasn’t taken a competitive shot since missing the cut at the PGA Championship, yet he moved up the ranking to his highest spot in five years. Woods leapfrogged Justin Thomas to take over No. 5 on the OWGR and is one of seven golfers ranked among the top-10 scheduled to compete. No. 4 Rory McIlroy opened as the betting favorite at BookMaker.eu with odds of +825 with Woods the second favorite at +1450. The invitation-only event is hosted by Muirfield Village Golf Club, AKA Jack’s Place.
Odds to Win Memorial Tournament at BookMaker.eu
Rory McIlroy +825
Tiger Woods +1450
Patrick Cantlay +1555
Justin Rose +1650
Matt Kuchar +1875
Justin Thomas +1885
Rickie Fowler +1900
Hideki Matsuyama +2225
Tony Finau +2250
Jason Day +2250
Xander Schauffele +2775
Jordan Spieth +3050
Bryson Dechambeau +3350
Adam Scott +3775
Gary Woodland +3775
Rory Sabbatini +6950
Louis Oosthuizen +6950
Henrik Stenson +7000
Emiliano Grillo +7050
Lucas Glover +7425
Tyrrell Hatton +7475
Kyle Stanley +8050
Jason Kokrak +8650
Marc Leishman +9000
Phil Mickelson +9500
Kevin Kisner +9525
Sung Kang +9525
Charley Hoffman +9550
Jim Furyk +9575
Russell Knox +9800
Peter Uihlein +9800
Matthew Fitzpatrick +9825
Keegan Bradley +9885
Byeong Hun An +10000
Joaquin Niemann +10000
Ryan Moore +10000
Billy Horschel +10000
Luke List +10000
Aaron Wise +10000
Andrew Putnam +10500
Haotong Li +10550
Jason Dufner +10550
Keith Mitchell +11000
Kevin Streelman +11000
J.B. Holmes +11500
Matt Every +11500
Rafa Cabrera Bello +11575
Charles Howell III +11575
Si Woo Kim +12000
Field - Any Other Player +250
Odds Analysis
Tiger Woods +1450
His strategy between the first two majors of the season didn’t pay off and Woods is ready to get some swings in before Pebble Beach. After winning The Masters, Woods didn’t compete again until the PGA Championship and he missed the cut. He’s feeling better and his track record at the Memorial speaks for itself. He’s won this event five times and has finished among the top-10 in half of his 16 starts. Woods has lost distance off the tee and Muirfield better suits his game than Bethpage Black, giving fans hope that Woods can tie Sam Snead’s record for PGA Tour wins this week.
Jordan Spieth +3050
Another solid showing last week has Spieth on the verge of his first Tour win since 2017. His putting was strong again leading the field in strokes gained, an area that was part of the problem leading to Spieth’s run of poor play. He will need to continue with the flat stick this week after a final round 72 knocked him down to T8 at Colonial. Still, there are encouraging signs with his game and it’s just a matter of time before he returns to the top of the leaderboard.
Matt Kuchar +1875
If you’re looking for a course fit, Kuchar is your guy. Nobody has gained more strokes over the field than Kuchar in his last nine starts at Muirfield and he has a win among his 10 top-15 finishes. Recent form is strong, too, putting him fifth on the current odds board. He has a pair of wins and two runner-up showings this season while leading the Tour in greens in regulation.
Rickie Fowler +1900
After shaky efforts with a T36 at Bethpage and MC at the Charles Schwab, Fowler might just be the sleeper pick in the field. He isn’t what you would call a longshot, but he slipped down the odds board after his last two starts. If he can reclaim past success at Muirfield, Fowler should be among the contenders. He was T2 and T8 in his last two starts here with a scoring average of 69.4. That’s solid work from a solid player.
Course: Muir field Village Golf Club – 7,392 yards, Par 72
Designed by Jack Nicklaus and affectionately known as Jack’s Place, Muirfield Village has generous fairways and fast greens. It plays nearly 7,400 yards at par-72, but strategically placed bunkers surrounding a number of greens leaves a lot of the field playing for a second shot. And that has been the winning formula over the years as opposed to bombing it off the tee. You don’t want to get caught on the beach with a success rate for sand saves below the Tour average. Most golfers concur that Muirfield is a second-shot layout that yields favorable scores with proper positioning off the tee.
TV Coverage: Golf Channel, CBS
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