The 2020 Memorial Tournament is set to tee off Thursday with a star-studded field featuring 23 of the top 25 golfers in the Golfweek/Sagarin world rankings, including Tiger Woods. Below, we’ll look at the best prop bet offering at BetMGM and make our PGA Tour picks and best bets for the 2020 Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club.
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2020 Memorial Tournament: Matchup bets
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Jon Rahm vs. Collin Morikawa (-118)
Morikawa was victorious at this venue last week in the Workday Charity Open. The course is expected to undergo some minor alterations this week and will see faster greens and thicker rough. It won’t matter for Morikawa. Take him as only a modest favorite. Rahm tied for 27th last week and lost 0.25 strokes per round around the greens, according to Data Golf.
Rickie Fowler vs. Gary Woodland (-106)
Fowler and Woodland are both veterans of this event with multiple top-10 finishes each. Woodland fared better last week, finishing T-5 at 12-under par to Fowler’s T-22 at minus-8. Take the US Open champ with the conditions and field being more reminiscent of a major.
Webb Simpson (-118) vs. Xander Schauffele
Simpson was off last week while Schauffele finished T-14 at 10-under. Take the two-time winner in 2020 in a pick ’em. Simpson has 12 more career rounds played at Muirfield Village GC than Schauffele.
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2020 Memorial Tournament: Placing bets
Top 5: Patrick Cantlay (+375)
Cantlay tied for seventh last week on the back of a final-round, 7-under 65. The 2019 Memorial champ hasn’t finished outside the top 20 in a PGA Tour event since the Safeway Open and should improve on last week’s finish despite the stronger field.
Top 10: Abraham Ancer (+450)
Ancer ranks 11th on Tour this season in Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green and SG: Approach. He finished T-14, 2nd and T-11 in the first three events back before taking the last two weeks off. Expect the strong form to continue in his third appearance at this event.
Group B: Viktor Hovland (+400)
Hovland’s the biggest long shot in a group with Morikawa (+320), Rahm (+320), Simpson (+375) and Schauffele (+375). Hovland led the field in SG: Off the Tee and SG: Tee-to-Green last week and his third-place finish was his best result since play resumed.
Top Austrian: Bernd Wiesberger (+170)
Wiesberger has higher odds than Sepp Straka (+150), who finished T-14 last week at 10-under in his debut at Muirfield Village. Wiesberger won three times on the European Tour in 2019 and ranks 96 spots higher in the Golfweek rankings.
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2020 Memorial Tournament: First-round leader bet
Rory McIlroy (+2200)
McIlroy leads the PGA Tour with 1.883 SG: Tee-to-Green through 27 measured rounds this season. His Round 1 scoring average of 67.56 through nine events is also No. 1 on Tour. He has four top 10s here since 2010.
Adam Hadwin (+7000)
Hadwin sat second last week after an opening round of 6-under 66. He broke par in just one other round last week, but still managed to finish 35th.
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