The seventh Signature Event of the PGA Tour season will be played at Muirfield Village Golf Club this week, as World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler headlines the 2025 Memorial Tournament field. Rory McIlroy is absent from the field with the U.S. Open just two weeks away, as he plans to play in the RBC Canadian Open next week. Scheffler won the Memorial last year and is the +280 favorite (risk $100 to win $280) in the 2025 Memorial Tournament odds. With McIlroy skipping the event, should you back Scheffler with your 2025 Memorial Tournament bets?
Other 2025 Memorial Tournament contenders include Xander Schauffele (14-1), Collin Morikawa (16-1) and Justin Thomas (18-1). Viktor Hovland won the event in 2023, and he is a 30-1 longshot on the PGA odds board. Before making any 2025 Memorial Tournament picks, you need to see the 2025 Memorial Tournament predictions and best bets from golf expert Eric Cohen.
The host of Tuesday’s Early Wedge Best Bets Show on SportsLine’s YouTube page, Cohen is an avid golf bettor who correctly predicted the pre-tournament outright winner in eight tournaments over the last three seasons. He correctly identified Justin Thomas to win the 2025 RBC Heritage (+1800) last month and Ben Griffin to win the 2025 Charles Schwab Challenge (+4500 w/o Scheffler) last week.
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Now, Cohen has focused his attention on the 2025 Memorial Tournament field and locked in his best bets and top longshot sleepers. You can only see them here. You can also get a 2025 Memorial Tournament projected leaderboard from the computer model that’s nailed 15 majors, including four straight Masters.
Top 2025 Memorial Tournament expert picks
One surprise: Cohen is completely fading Xander Schauffele, even though he is a two-time major champion and nine-time winner on the PGA Tour. Schauffele broke through with two major victories last year, but he is still trying to regain that form this year after missing several months due to an injury. He only has one top-10 finish in eight events this season, so he does not provide value at the top of the non-Scheffler odds.
“While his finishes in Dublin, OH have been solid, a T8 here in 2024 is Xander’s best in seven Memorial starts. While I do believe he’ll win at least once this summer, this is far from the ideal spot for that to happen. He’s a fade at the top of the non-Scheffler market for me,” Cohen told SportsLine. See who else to fade here.
Meanwhile, Cohen loves the value of Hideki Matsuyama at +2800 (risk $100 to win $2,800) in the winner without Scottie Scheffler market at DraftKings this week. Matsuyama won the Sentry in January to open his season, and he has added six top-25 finishes since then. He ranks third on the PGA Tour in scrambling and second in sand save percentage, so he is a strong fit at Muirfield Village.
“This is a good number on a streaky player who has been fairly successful here in the past. Matsuyama gained strokes in all major categories and finished T8 last year, but won at Jack’s place in 2014, finished T5 in 2015, and solo 6th in 2019,” Cohen said. “He’s one of the best in the world around the greens, which is paramount at a tricky course like this one. I’ll take a shot with Matsuyama this week as the ultimate boom-or-bust candidate.” See who else to back here.
How to make 2025 Memorial Tournament picks
Cohen has locked in his best bets for the 2025 Memorial Tournament and has also selected an epic longshot who’s priced over 125-1. This golfer has previously won at a course designed by Jack Nicklaus. You can only see the picks at SportsLine.
So which golfers should you target for the 2025 Memorial Tournament, and which longshot could bring a huge payday of more than 125-1? Check out the 2025 Memorial Tournament odds below, then visit SportsLine to see Eric Cohen’s top picks for the 2025 Memorial Tournament, all from the expert who already nailed Justin Thomas in the RBC Heritage and Ben Griffin in the Charles Schwab Challenge.
2025 Memorial Tournament odds, field
See the full Memorial Tournament picks, best bets and predictions here.
Scottie Scheffler +280
Xander Schauffele +1400
Collin Morikawa +1600
Justin Thomas +1800
Patrick Cantlay +2000
Ludvig Åberg +2200
Viktor Hovland +3000
Corey Conners +3300
Tommy Fleetwood +3300
Hideki Matsuyama +3500
Jordan Spieth +3500
Sepp Straka +4000
Si Woo Kim +4000
Shane Lowry +4000
Daniel Berger +4500
Denny McCarthy +4500
Tony Finau +5000
Sam Burns +5000
Russell Henley +5000
Sungjae Im +5000
Matt Fitzpatrick +5000
Keegan Bradley +5500
Maverick McNealy +6000
Harris English +6000
Ben Griffin +6000
Robert MacIntyre +6500
Max Homa +7000
Adam Scott +7500
J.J. Spaun +8000
J.T. Poston +8000
Rickie Fowler +8000
Aaron Rai +8000
Akshay Bhatia +8000
Wyndham Clark +8000
Byeong Hun An +8000
Alex Noren +8000
Sahith Theegala +8000
Min Woo Lee +9000
Taylor Pendrith +9000
Mackenzie Hughes +9000
Andrew Novak +10000
Davis Thompson +10000
Michael Kim +11000
Justin Rose +11000
Sam Stevens +11000
Brian Harman +11000
Stephan Jaeger +12000
Ryan Gerard +12000
Eric Cole +12000
Matt Kuchar +12000
Max Greyserman +12000
Thomas Detry +12000
Ryan Fox +12000
Christiaan Bezuidenhout +12000
Kevin Yu +12000
Cameron Young +12000
Jhonattan Vegas +15000
Jacob Bridgeman +15000
Matti Schmid +15000
Alex Smalley +15000