The 50th Memorial Tournament runs June 4-7 at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, a par 72 course measuring 7,569 yards and designed by Jack Nicklaus [1, 2, 3, 4]. Two-time defending champion Scottie Scheffler is the betting favorite with odds around +310 (3-1) to win the $20 million purse event [1, 2, 5, 6]. He won the tournament in 2024 and 2025 and attempts to become the first player since 2011 to win the same PGA Tour event three years in a row [1, 5, 6]. Only 17 players have ever achieved a three-peat in PGA Tour history, and Scheffler seeks to be the 18th [1].
Scheffler holds the best historical scoring average at the Memorial among players with at least 20 rounds, a 70.4, and has gained the most strokes tee-to-green in his last three appearances [5]. "Scheffler has won this event the past two seasons, and it is hard to bet against him at this juncture of the season," said Forbes reporter Jeff Hartman [2].
Rory McIlroy returns to the Memorial after skipping the 2025 tournament. McIlroy has never won at Muirfield Village but has five top-10 finishes. He is the second betting favorite with odds near 9-1 to 10-1 [1, 3, 6].
Other notable multiple past winners in the field include Patrick Cantlay, Hideki Matsuyama, and Justin Rose [1, 3, 6]. Viktor Hovland, the 2023 Memorial champion, withdrew this year for unspecified reasons [1, 3].
The tournament features a 72-player field cut to the top 50 and those within 10 strokes after 36 holes. The winner’s prize is $4 million, part of the PGA Tour’s signature events series and the penultimate such event before the U.S. Open [1, 2, 4]. Mike Fore of Forbes noted, "With the PGA Tour’s new emphasis on signature events in the past few years, the winner of the Memorial Tournament will take home a hefty check for $4,000,000." [4]
Coverage and tee times are scheduled June 4-7 on Golf Channel, CBS, Paramount+, and online platforms [3].
