The Memorial Tournament 2026 Golf Preview And Picks

The Memorial Tournament 2026 PGA Signature Event is headlined by 2-time defending champion and world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who won the last two events at the Memorial with 278 and 280 scores, or -8 and -10 under par. An elite field of 72 golfers will take aim at Jack Nicklaus’ masterpiece at Muirfield Village Golf Club – a 7,569 yard Par 72 that features below average size bentgrass greens (5,000 sq. feet) surrounded by thicker rough, more tucked pins on undulating greens, and water hazards in play on 13 holes.

You can read more current coverage of the Memorial Tournament 2026 Signature Event at Off Shore Gaming Association, where I initially post my tournament previews and picks. Some of my past coverage of the Memorial Tournament in Forbes includes key stats and information you can bet on. For the Memorial Tournament 2026 event, I’ve included player odds, picks and props.

Additional details of the 2020 renovation by Nicklaus’ and his team at Muirfield Village Golf Club, and an aerial view of all 18 holes at Muirfield Village and hole-by-hole audio descriptions.

The Par 4’s at No. 18 and 10, along with the Par 3 at No. 16 are among the toughest scoring holes at Muirfield Village. Other golf stats and metrics to monitor (link) include the highest “Missed Fairway Penalty” and “Rough Penalty” on Tour, and among the tougher courses on Tour to gain Off the Tee, and tougher collection of Par 5’s since the 2020 renovation.

The Memorial at Muirfield Village GC
⛳️Par 72, 7,569 yds
⛳️Small field, Signature Event, 36-hole cut – top 50/ties/within 10 shots
⛳️Jack Nicklaus design, 2020 renovation
⛳️Seven par-4s 455+, 3 of 4 par-3s 200+, Four par 5s are 7th toughest on Tour
⛳️2nd most difficult non-major… pic.twitter.com/2sVU6eTcli

— Ron Klos (@PGASplits101) June 1, 2026

A number of players have multiple top 15 finishes at Muirfield since the renovation in 2020: Scheffler, McIlroy, Fitzpatrick, Schauffele, Spieth, Fowler, Cantlay, Horschel, Si Woo Kim, Sungjae Im, Sam Burns, Straka and Theegala.

I’ll update more stats and strokes gained leaders, including at Muirfield Village. Currently PGA stats show top golfers who are above-average players in terms of Stokes Gained Approach, Off the Tee, Around the Green and Par 5 scoring are Scheffler, McIlroy, Aberg, Young, Fitzpatrick, Cantlay, Spieth, Scott, and Smalley.

With just over 50% of approach shots coming from 175+ yards at Muirfield Village, top long-iron players to target include McIlroy, Aberg, Alex and Matt Fitzpatrick, Scott, Straka, Knapp, Yellamaraju, Sungjae Im, and Ryo Hisatsune.

Memorial Tournament 2026 Golf Odds

Leading favorites and contenders golf odds from BetOnline and leading online sportsbooks refresh periodically and are subject to change, including on props and live/in-game betting. Odds adjust during and following rounds.

+335: Scottie Scheffler
+1400: Rory McIlroy
+1600: Ludvig Aberg
+1900: Cameron Young
+2200: Xander Schauffele, Si Woo Kim, Russell Henley
+2500: Matt Fitzpatrick
+3300: Tommy Fleetwood
+3500: Justin Thomas, Patrick Cantlay
+4000: Hideki Matsuyama, Ben Griffin, JJ Spaun
+5000: Jordan Spieth, Min Woo Lee
+5500: Sepp Straka, Chris Gotterup, Alex Smalley
+7000: Robert MacIntyre, Rickie Fowler, Sam Burns
+7000: Adam Scott, Justin Rose
+8000: Maverick McNealy, Harris English, Akshay Bhatia
+8000: Kurt Kitayama, Nicolai Højgaard
+9000: Gary Woodland
+10000-13500: Rai, Lowry, Clark, Noren, N. Taylor, Hisatsune,
Gerard, Bradley, Reitan, Day, Bridgeman, Conners, Reitan

72-hole winning score: Over/Under 278.5 (Par 71)

Additional outright win betting odds are available without including Scheffler. So top players like McIlroy (+1000), Aberg (+1200), Young (+1400), Schauffele, Fitzpatrick, Henley and Si Woo Kim (+1800), Fleetwood (+2500), Canlay and Thomas (+2800) provide other betting opportunities.

Tournament Matchups And Props

See more tournament matchups in my coverage at OSGA.

Fairway’s Forecast and PGA tournament matchup picks started the year 3-0 and are now 18-9, including 9-7 in Majors and Signature Events posted at OSGA with a best week of 4-0 in the Cognizant Classic.

Memorial Tournament 2026 Picks

Fairway’s Favorites: Scheffler, Aberg, Fleetwood, Fitzpatrick
Fairway’s Longshots: Thomas, Griffin, Spieth, Smalley
Fairway’s Flyers: Burns, McNealy, Conners, Taylor

Tournament matchups: All at Bookmaker.eu.

• Aberg (-126) over M. Fitzpatrick
• Fleetwood (+121) over SW Kim
• Fowler (+103) over MacIntyre

Top 20: Fleetwood (+100)

Check back or updates on X @FairwayJay for any round-by-round matchups.

McIlroy, Fitzpatrick, Young, Schauffele, Cantlay Si Woo Kim and Henley rate out well in most models this week, along with the favorites I’ve chosen above.

Note: I don’t bet heavy favorites to win pre-tournament below 10/1 like Scheffler. Better to evaluate the odds round-by-round along with stats and other player comments from tournament play. Focus on the more profitable option of tournament and round-by-round matchups and other props including finishing position.

Next week it’s the Canadian Open followed by the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills and the final Signature Event of the year to close June at TPC River Highlands for the Travelers Championship. More golf betting opportunities and ways to win plus current form strokes gained stats plus player profiles ahead for more majors.

You can bet on it.

Golf Betting Notes and History from FairwayJay

My golf coverage and research includes use and references from sites at Data Golf along with Fantasy National, and others. I gain added information from handicappers, analysts, colleagues and media members while researching course stats and previews with previous weekly coverage in my PGA tournament updates in Forbes. That includes top golf insider Justin Ray Golf, who contributes to PGA Tour (dot com) and The Athletic with insightful stats. The site GolfStats has also has player performance charts and a player competitor tool plus added stats and previews.

I’ve added my own player profiles pieces for select majors and events including 2026 Masters, 2026 Players Championship,  2025 Masters, 2025 Players Championship and trends. You can review those alogn with others from 2024 in Forbes for The Player Championship and Masters top 9 and top 18 golfers plus 12 top golfers at the Open Championship at Royal Troon.