Another high-profile tournament means another strong PGA Tour field, and the 2023 Memorial Tournament brings all the top names back into the fold this week. The tournament tees off Thursday at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, and the tough Jack Nicklaus layout — and the designated event payday — have attracted the stars. The Memorial Tournament 2023 field features the top five players in the world, with No. 1 Scottie Scheffler coming off a top-five finish at the Charles Schwab Challenge. Second-ranked Jon Rahm won the Memorial in 2020 and was poised to win again in 2021 but had to withdraw. Instead, fourth-ranked Patrick Cantlay went on to win and is the lone two-time champion in the Memorial 2023 field. He also won in 2019. Billy Horschel, who went 13 under par last year, will play as the defending champion.
Scheffler is the 6-1 favorite, followed closely by Rahm (7-1), in Caesars Sportsbook’s latest 2023 Memorial Tournament odds. Five other golfers are shorter than 30-1, led by Cantlay (10-1), third-ranked Rory McIlroy (12-1) and world No. 5 Xander Schauffele (14-1). Viktor Hovland (20-1) and Collin Morikawa (22-1) also are near the top of the Memorial Tournament 2023 odds board. Before making any 2023 Memorial Tournament picks, be sure you check out the PGA Tour predictions and best bets from SportsLine golf insider Sia Nejad.
Nejad specializes in betting and DFS in golf, among other sports. He’s had incredible success in the outright and first-round leader markets and betting head-to-head matchups. At the Wells Fargo, he had Wyndham Clark among his longshot outrights, backing the 75-1 shot before he dominated at Quail Hollow for his first PGA Tour victory.
In 2022, Nejad hit six first-round leaders in a 12-week span while peppering in tournament outrights throughout the year. In 2023, Sportsline debuted “The Early Wedge,” and in the first three months of the show, he hit two…
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