The Memorial: Odds, best bets and predictions
Patrick Cantlay is the defending champion of the Memorial Tournament. Jon Rahm was forced to withdraw from the 2021 tournament after testing positive for COVID-19. Cantlay won the tournament last year after Rahr withdrew. The course at Muirfield Village has been made over in 2020. The approach play will be key. Collin Morikawa's putting woes have me concerned. Sam Burns is sitting in the clubhouse at -9. Scottie Scheffler never made a birdie on Sunday. Justin Thomas won at the PGA Championship. He came back from seven strokes down on the final day. I'm going to stick with a tried-and-true formula of ball strikers.
Patrick Cantlay is the returning champion at the Memorial. Max Homa and Sam Burns were splitting hairs when I put in my bets and picked my DFS Teams last week. Cameron Young is running full speed and is on the way to a win. Seamus Power is back to his good form after a poor PGA Championship. Davis Riley lost in a playoff to Sam Burn earlier this year. He has no course history at The Memorial, but that doesn't concern him. The odds are good for him this week, too. His last two tournaments have been very good. he has gained 14.1 strokes on approach in his last 2 tournaments.
Aaron Wise is 10th in the field in strokes gained on approach and 14th on strokes gain tee to green. Brendan Steele is 3rd in terms of strokes Gained off the tee and 11th for strokes Gain Ball-striking. Adam Scott is priced too long to ignore.
Matt Kuchar is 1st in the field in strokes gained short game and 7th in total strokes gain over his last 24 rounds. Chris Kirk followed up his fifth-place finish at the PGA Championship with a 15th place finish in Charles Schwab Challenge. Alex Noren had a bad round at Pga Championship and is forgotten. Matt Jones, $6,700 played well last week but still couldn't make a putt when he needed to. C.T. Pan, who has made the cut three straight times, is 16th on strokes Gained on approach over last his 24 round. Harris English, $7,100, looks like he is in this week's field.
Lucas Glover has made five straight cuts at the Memorial and has gained more than 7 strokes on approach in each of his last two tournaments.
This week I'm going for Cameron Young.
