The 2026 Memorial Tournament gets underway on Thursday, June 4, from Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. The Dispatch’s Rob Oller and Golfweek staffers have locked in our best picks to win this weekend. Here’s who we expect to sit atop the leaderboard when play ends on Sunday.
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The Memorial Tournament outright winner
Rob Oller (Columbus Dispatch): Scottie Scheffler (+300)
Scheffler is the most dominant golfer since Tiger Woods, so it only makes sense that he would be the one to match Woods’ run of three consecutive Memorial titles (1999-2001). The 29-year-old Texan won last year’s tournament by four strokes. Safe to say he likes Jack’s Place.
Cameron Jourdan (Golfweek): Scottie Scheffler (+300)
Winning a tournament three times in a row seems improbable in this day and age. Scheffler has a chance to do so at Jack’s Place, and I’m picking him to do just that because he is well overdue for win No. 2 in 2026, and his game has been trending. It’s time for another win.
Todd Kelly (Golfweek): Hideki Matsuyama (+4500)
Hideki Matsuyama is having too good a year not to have won yet. He’s 13-for-13 cuts made, one of only a handful of golfers with a perfect make-the-weekend mark in 2026, and, he has seven top 25s, including a second. His affinity for wearing yellow on Sunday will match perfectly at Jack’s Place.
David Dusek (Golfweek): Cameron Young (+1400)
Why pick Cameron Young … tell me why NOT to pick him? He ranks in the top 20 in both Strokes Gained: Off the Tee and Approach the Green, is top 50 in Strokes Gained: Putting and has two PGA Tour wins this season, along with a T-3 finish at the Masters. His run up to serious U.S. Open consideration starts this week at Jack’s Place.
Tim Schmitt (Golfweek): Si Woo Kim (+2200)
I mean, it’s just got to happen at some point, right? Kim has been so good this entire season, including storming back to runner-up at the Byron Nelson with a Sunday 65, that he’ll break through soon. Guessing it’s this week.
Nick Stavas (Golfweek): Ludvig Aberg (+1600)
After a slow start to 2026, Ludvig Aberg is quietly putting together an excellent season, with five top-5 finishes in his last eight starts. In two starts at the Memorial, he’s placed T-5 and T-16. The young Swede has proven he has the goods to be a star on Tour for years to come, and I think this is the week he reminds everyone.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Rob Oller, Golfweek experts reveal their picks for the PGA Tour’s Memorial
Reporting by Tim Schmitt, Golfweek / Golfweek
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