The PGA Tour is preparing for another event this weekend when some of the PGA Tour’s top players will descend on Muirfield Village for the the next tournament of the year, the Memorial. It is time to talk about who might be victorious this weekend and claim victory.

With this being just two weeks before the third major of the calendar year, who will we see with this signature event, or will Scottie Scheffler repeat again in 2025?

Who will claim victory at the Memorial in 2025?

When it comes to making predictions/picks for golf, there is a method to my madness. The first step in the process is to take a look at the course, and past winners. Let’s see what the Memorial has in store for fans this weekend:

The Memorial

Muirfield Village, Par 72, 7,569 yards

Past Winners

2024: Scottie Scheffler

2023: Viktor Hovland

2022: Billy Horschel

2021: Patrick Cantlay

2020: Jon Rahm

From this point, we have to take a look at who the odds-on favorites are to win the tournament. Here are the Top 5 favorites to win, and these odds are courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook:

Top 5 Odds

• Scottie Scheffler (+280)
• Collin Morikawa (+1600)
• Xander Schauffele (+1600)
• Justin Thomas (+1800)
• Patrick Cantlay (+2200)

My Picks

Every time I produce picks, I break them down in the a variety of picks. You don’t have to make these plays, but this is where I’m leaning in this week’s contest. My favorite picks are players who are less than +2000 odds, with the long shot picks greater than +2000 odds. For this week’s event, here are my Favorite and Long Shot picks:

Favorite: Scottie Scheffler (+280)

Long Shot: Ludvig Aberg (+2200)

The next phase of my picks are players who are slated to finish within a certain area on the leaderboard. The Top 5, 10, 20 picks also include ties, so if a player finished T-20 and you had them as a Top 20 pick, you win. Here are my plays, and the odds, for this week’s signature event:

Top 5

Justin Thomas (+320)

Xander Schauffele (+280)

Top 10

Shane Lowry (+260)

Collin Morikawa (+130)

Top 20

Andrew Novak (+160)

Sepp Straka (+110)

BONUS PICKS

Betting on golf is multi-faceted, and you can increase your odds on winning outside of the outright winner bet with different types of bonus bets. This would include the Double and Triple bets, but also different bets which can still get you plus odds. There are other specials plays, but we’ll save those for the big tournaments on the schedule. Here are my bonus plays for this week:

Double: Scottie Scheffler or Xander Schauffele Top 5 (+500)

Triple: Justin Thomas, Ludvig Aberg, Patrick Cantlay Top 20 (+370)

Winning Margin: 2 shots (+400)

Jeff Hartman is the host of the Fairways & Dreams podcast, and a complete breakdown of the above picks can be heard in the podcast player below: