Memorial Tournament
June 2nd – 5th, 2016
Muirfield Village G.C.
Dubin, OH
Par: 72 / Yardage: 7,392
Purse: $8.5 million
with $1,530,000 to the winner
Defending Champion:
David Lingmerth

This week’s field includes:
The field includes 52 of the top 100 and 29 of the top 50 in the latest Official World Rankings, with six players from the top-ten: #1 Jason Day, #2 Jordan Spieth, #3 Rory McIlroy, #4 Bubba Watson, #5 Rickie Fowler and #8 Dustin Johnson. The other top 50 players are #12 Patrick Reed, #15 Hideki Matsuyama, #18 Matt Kuchar, #19 Phil Mickelson, #21 J.B. Holmes, #23 Charl Schwartzel, #24 Kevin Kisner, #25 Russell Knox, #26 Paul Casey, #27 Byeong Hun An, #28 Rafael Cabrera Bello, #29 Jim Furyk, #30 Justin Thomas, #31 Bill Haas, #32 Kevin Na, #36 Kevin Chappell, #39 Marc Leishman, #41 Danny Lee, #42 Soren Kjeldsen, #43 Daniel Berger, #44 Emiliano Grillo, #48 David Lingmerth and #50 Ryan Moore.
Last year this event had 21 top-50 players.
The field includes 18 of the top 25 on the FedEx point standings for 2016. Those players are #1 Jason Day, #3 Jordan Spieth, #4 Russell Knox, #6 Kevin Kisner, #7 Kevin Chappell, #8 Patrick Reed, #9 Justin Thomas, #10 Kevin Na, #11 Hideki Matsuyama, #13 Bubba Watson, #14 Jason Dufner, #15 Smylie Kaufman, #18 Dustin Johnson, #19 Rickie Fowler, #20 Matt Kuchar, #22 Phil Mickelson, #23 Fabian Gomez and #25 Charles Howell III.
The field includes 17 players in the top 25 on this year’s PGA Tour money list. Those players are #1 Jason Day, #3 Jordan Spieth, #4 Russell Knox, #5 Kevin Chappell, #7 Justin Thomas, #8 Hideki Matsuyama, #9 Kevin Kisner, #10 Bubba Watson, #11 Patrick Reed, #13 Kevin Na, #14 Dustin Johnson, #16 Matt Kuchar, #17 Rickie Fowler, #18 Phil Mickelson, #19 Smylie Kaufman, #20 Rory McIlroy and #22 Jason Dufner.
The field includes 7 past champions: David Lingmerth (2015), Hideki Matsuyama (2014), Matt Kuchar (2013), K.J. Choi (2007), Carl Pettersson (2006), Ernie Els (2004) and Jim Furyk (2002).
The field includes 16 players that have won 19 events on the PGA Tour this year: Emiliano Grillo (Frys.Com), Smylie Kaufman (Shriners Hospitals), Justin Thomas (CIMB), Russell Knox (WGC-HSBC), Peter Malnati (Sanderson Farms), Kevin Kisner (RSM Classic), Jordan Spieth (Hyundai T of C & Dean & DeLuca), Fabian Gomez (Sony Hawaii), Jason Dufner (CareerBuilder), Hideki Matsuyama (Phoenix), Vaughn Taylor (AT&T Pebble), Bubba Watson (Northern Trust), Charl Schwartzel (Valspar), Tony Finau (Puerto Rico), Jason Day (WGC-Dell Match Play, Palmer & Players) and Jim Herman (Shell Houston).
A perfect way for fantasy golfers to check on the past performance of all the players in the Memorial field is our performance chart listed by average finish. Another way to check who is the best is through a special formula worked out in Golfstats that gives us the best average performances at the Memorial in the last five years or check out our sortable 8-year glance at the Memorial.
A good cheat sheet is this list of odds from the top bookmakers in England.
Another cheat sheet is this list of odds from the top bookmaker in Las Vegas.
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Time to look at our who’s hot and who isn’t:
Who’s Hot in the field for the Memorial Tournament
Player | Dean & DeLuca | BMW PGA | AT&T Nelson | Irish Open | The Players | Wells Fargo | Zurich Classic | Volvo China | Valero Texas | Shenzhen | RBC Heritage | Open de Espana | Masters |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Matt Kuchar (322.67 pts) |
T6 (60) |
DNP | 3 (90) |
DNP | T3 (135) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T42 (5.33) |
DNP | T9 (15) |
DNP | T24 (17.33) |
Jason Day (280.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | Win (198) |
DNP | T5 (46.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T23 (9) |
DNP | T10 (26.67) |
Rory McIlroy (269 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | Win (132) |
T12 (57) |
T4 (53.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T10 (26.67) |
Jordan Spieth (215.67 pts) |
Win (132) |
DNP | T18 (32) |
DNP | CUT (-15) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T2 (66.67) |
Kevin Chappell (214.33 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | 2 (150) |
T41 (6) |
DNP | DNP | T4 (53.33) |
DNP | T9 (15) |
DNP | DNP |
Russell Knox (158.17 pts) |
DNP | CUT (-15) |
DNP | T2 (100) |
T19 (46.5) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T2 (33.33) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
Hideki Matsuyama (145.17 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T7 (82.5) |
T11 (26) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T7 (36.67) |
Daniel Berger (136.17 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T9 (67.5) |
T17 (22) |
T20 (20) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T10 (26.67) |
Justin Thomas (135.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T3 (135) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | 75 (0) |
DNP | T39 (7.33) |
Thomas Aiken (132 pts) |
DNP | T4 (120) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
T15 (23.33) |
DNP | T42 (5.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Danny Lee (131.17 pts) |
T22 (28) |
DNP | T18 (32) |
DNP | T35 (22.5) |
T9 (30) |
T58 (0) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | T17 (22) |
Dustin Johnson (124.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T12 (38) |
DNP | T28 (33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T4 (53.33) |
Ken Duke (111.67 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | T3 (135) |
DNP | T64 (0) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP |
Francesco Molinari (111.5 pts) |
DNP | T55 (0) |
DNP | DNP | T7 (82.5) |
T17 (22) |
DNP | DNP | T42 (5.33) |
DNP | T45 (1.67) |
DNP | DNP |
Rafael Cabrera-Bello (110.33 pts) |
DNP | T22 (42) |
DNP | T8 (50) |
CUT (-15) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T16 (11.33) |
T17 (22) |
Gary Woodland (108.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T12 (38) |
DNP | T28 (33) |
T24 (17.33) |
T20 (20) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Kyle Reifers (106 pts) |
5 (70) |
DNP | T10 (40) |
DNP | T64 (0) |
T41 (6) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T51 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP |
Patrick Reed (102 pts) |
T15 (35) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-15) |
T28 (14.67) |
DNP | DNP | 2 (66.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T49 (0.67) |
Chris Kirk (101.17 pts) |
T15 (35) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | WD (-7.5) |
DNP | T5 (46.67) |
DNP | T13 (24.67) |
DNP | T23 (9) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
David Hearn (100.67 pts) |
T17 (33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T28 (33) |
CUT (-6.67) |
T20 (20) |
DNP | T13 (24.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP |
Spencer Levin (97.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T4 (80) |
DNP | CUT (-15) |
CUT (-6.67) |
T15 (23.33) |
DNP | T29 (14) |
DNP | T45 (1.67) |
DNP | DNP |
Webb Simpson (97.33 pts) |
T3 (90) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T66 (0) |
DNP | T29 (14) |
Paul Casey (96.5 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T23 (40.5) |
T41 (6) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | T4 (53.33) |
Charles Howell III (93.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T4 (80) |
DNP | CUT (-15) |
CUT (-6.67) |
T11 (26) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T23 (9) |
DNP | DNP |
Daniel Summerhays (92.17 pts) |
T47 (3) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T23 (40.5) |
T14 (24) |
DNP | DNP | T13 (24.67) |
DNP | T51 (0) |
DNP | DNP |
How Player Rankings are Computed
Who’s Not Hot in the field for the Memorial Tournament
Player | Dean & DeLuca | BMW PGA | AT&T Nelson | Irish Open | The Players | Wells Fargo | Zurich Classic | Volvo China | Valero Texas | Shenzhen | RBC Heritage | Open de Espana | Masters |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brendon Todd (-58.33 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-15) |
CUT (-6.67) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP |
Matt Jones (-45 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-15) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | T60 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP |
Carl Pettersson (-45 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-15) |
DNP | WD (-3.33) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | 81 (0) |
DNP | DNP |
John Huh (-41.67 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-15) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T72 (0) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Hunter Mahan (-38.33 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-15) |
T53 (0) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | 54 (0) |
Scott Brown (-31.67 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-15) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T64 (0) |
DNP | DNP |
George McNeill (-31.33 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-15) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DQ (-3.33) |
DNP | T72 (0) |
DNP | T39 (3.67) |
DNP | DNP |
Jason Gore (-30.33 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-15) |
T41 (6) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T37 (8.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP |
Ryan Moore (-28.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-15) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
Brendon De Jonge (-26.67 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T57 (0) |
CUT (-6.67) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T55 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP |
How Player Rankings are Computed
Who to watch for at the Memorial Tournament
Best Bets:
Jason Day
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
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CUT | T37 | T41 | CUT | T33 | T27 | CUT |
He won at Palmer and Players after not playing well in previous events, Day has never finished in the top-25 of this event so could this be a repeat of what happened at the Palmer and Players? He can play well on any course and you have to think he will play well this week.
Rory McIlroy
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
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T15 | T57 | CUT | 5 | T10 |
Coming off a good win in Ireland, this course is right for his game and if he putts well will win.
Jordan Spieth
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
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T3 | T19 | T63 |
Talking about putting well, you know that Jordan will do that and after winning at Colonial will be looking for two in a row.
Best of the rest:
Matt Kuchar
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
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T26 | T15 | Win | T2 | T8 | T5 | T10 | T13 |
This guy is also on a roll finishing in the top-six in his last three starts. He is going to win soon and it could be this week.
Dustin Johnson
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T13 | T46 | CUT | T19 | 4 | T33 | T14 | 68 |
He is like a volcano that is ready to erupt, he has played well but finds himself three or four shots back. Again it’s down to his putting, if he can get going on that he can do very well this week.
Hideki Matsuyama
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T5 | Win |
Seems to know how to play Muirfield Village, all eight of his rounds have been under par as he is 25 under the two times he has played here.
Patrick Reed
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T26 |
Another of those guys that has not done what many thought he would do in 2016, but a course like Muirfield Village could bring the best out of him.
Solid contenders
Bubba Watson
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
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3 | T29 | CUT | T42 | T33 | T23 | CUT | T23 | T34 |
Has not played well since Doral but this course is very good very his game and he should do very well on it. Still I wouldn’t go much on a limb on him, but dont’ be surprise if he does well.
Rickie Fowler
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CUT | CUT | T37 | T52 | T22 | 2 |
Has become the Jeckyl and Hyde of the PGA Tour, you just don’t know when he will play great. Has missed the last two cuts but he was runner-up back in 2010 so anything is possible.
Bill Haas
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
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T18 | T8 | T4 | CUT | T45 | T41 | T69 | T30 | CUT | T67 |
Watch him this week, course is good for him and if it’s playing soft he can go low on it.
Kevin Na
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
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T13 | 2 | CUT | T34 | 66 | T45 |
Almost won in 2015, he has the type of game that can surprise you and win.
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
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First time playing in this event |
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Long shots that could come through:
Rafael Cabrera-Bello
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
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First time playing in this event |
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Playing for the first time what him, he could surprise us with a really good week.
Tony Finau
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T8 |
Played well last year and could do better this year.
Jim Furyk
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
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T5 | T19 | T21 | T13 | CUT | T10 | 2 | T39 | T23 | T18 | T8 |
Has struggled in his first three starts from injury, but coming to a place he has done great on and could surprise us.
Matsuyama to win this before he wins the US open
I have always thought that Matsuyama would win a major, probably his best shot is the British Open.
i had him each way at 300/1 at Muirfield a couple of years ago.was disappointed he didn’t win it.!
Alex, you are probably talking about last year. He has only played twice, won it in 2014 and finished T-5th last year.
Or are you talking about Muirfield and the 2013 British??? For Matsuyama he was close, just Phil ran over everyone to win that. Matsuyama needed one key shot down the stretch and just couldn’t do it.