2022 Memorial Tournament Updated Odds: Jon Rahm Favored at Muirfield Village

2022 Memorial Tournament Odds

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Rory McIlroy opened at FanDuel as the slight betting favorite over Jon Rahm for the Memorial Tournament.

Nine of the world’s top-12 golfers and 13 of the top 17 are in this week’s field, according to the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR) on Sunday.

Rahm won this tournament in 2020 and was cruising toward going back-to-back last year. He had a six-shot lead after the third round, but he was told immediately after his round ended that he had tested positive for COVID-19.

Because of that, Patrick Cantlay and Colin Morikawa went to a playoff, which was won by Cantlay. Both of those players are in the field again this week.

Also in the field this week are PLAYERS Championship winner Cameron Smith, Viktor Hovland and Jordan Spieth, all of whom enter this week in the OWGR's top 10.

Max Homa and Hideki Matsuyama have each won twice this season on the PGA TOUR and will be in action this week, as will Xander Schauffele and Joaquin Niemann.

Mito Pereira bounced back from his PGA Championship heartbreak with a strong showing last week at the Charles Schwab Challenge. He’s in the field this week, as is the runner-up from Southern Hills in Will Zalatoris.

This could also be the week we see Bryson DeChambeau back in action on the PGA TOUR. DeChambeau was last seen at the Masters, where he missed the cut after two subpar rounds. He played the WGC-Dell Match Play and Texas Open before that, having not been in action since late January before that. A wrist injury is the reason for his absence, although he has been a late withdrawal the past two weeks, which indicates he has been close to returning.

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Past Winners

In recent years, only the elite have won this tournament. Cantlay won last year and back in 2019, while Rahm won in 2020 and DeChambeau in 2018.

The three years before DeChambeau saw David Lingmerth, William McGirt and Jason Dufner all win.

Before them, though, it was big names only. From 2009-14, Tiger Woods won twice, while Justin Rose, Steve Stricker, Matt Kuchar and Matsuyama were victorious.

Course Preview

Muirfield Village measures just short of 7,400 yards and plays as a par-72. It’s a Jack Nicklaus design, which means players will be tested.

Nicklaus did a big redesign of the course before last year’s tournament. Cantlay won at 13-under, although Rahm was 18-under through three rounds before his positive COVID test.

Prior to that, Rahm won at 9-under in 2020 and Cantlay 19-under in ’19. Prior to that, scores were in the mid-teens, with DeChambeau, McGirt and Lingmerth all winning at 15-under.

Expect the rough to be especially penalizing this week, and the greens faster than the usual stops on TOUR. The par 5s will be reachable in two shots for most players, assuming they keep their drives in the fairway, but there are four difficult par 4s between 450-500 yards.

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