The 2023 Memorial Tournament PGA golf odds, trends, tee times: Patrick Cantlay, Viktor Hovland taking most action to win Jack Nicklaus' event

The Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio, is annually one of the most popular stops on the PGA Tour because it's an event hosted by legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is the +600 favorite at Caesars Sportsbook to win the tournament for the first time, but Viktor Hovland and two-time winner Patrick Cantlay are taking the heaviest action. Tiger Woods won't play this week, but surely you knew that. He has won the tournament a record five times.

The Memorial is one of the PGA Tour's longest-running events at the same venue, having debuted at Muirfield Village in 1976 – a course designed by Nicklaus outside of Columbus, Ohio. The Golden Bear grew up in that area and starred at Ohio State. Muirfield Village Golf Club is a par 72 at 7,533 yards. The venue's name is inspired by Muirfield, Scotland, where Nicklaus won his first of three British Opens in 1966.

Each of the world's top five are teeing it up this week – No. 6 Max Homa is skipping the event to attend his sister's wedding. Three of the past four Memorial victories (Cantlay in 2019, Rahm in 2020, Cantlay in 2021) are by players who currently reside in the world's top five.

Cantlay at +1000 is taking the highest handle to win at 13.4%, ahead of 2020 winner Jon Rahm (+750) and Scheffler (9.0%). With Woods out, the 31-year-old Cantlay is tops in the field in all-time earnings at Muirfield Village. Hovland (+2200) leads in tickets at 8.9%, followed by Rahm at 6.6% and Cantlay at 6.1%. Hovland hasn't missed the cut in three trips to the Memorial but hasn't contended.

Americans have won the tournament in six of the past seven years. That a US player wins again is -165 with rest of the world at +135. Because it's technically an invitational, the field is limited to 120 players.

Weather apparently will not be an issue this weekend via weather.com:

• Thursday -- Thursday -- Sunny skies. High 89F. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph.
• Friday -- Sunshine. High 93F. Winds NNE at 5 to 10 mph.
• Saturday -- Partly cloudy skies. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. High 92F. Winds NNE at 10 to 15 mph.
• Sunday -- Sunny skies. High 82F. Winds NE at 10 to 20 mph.

MEMORIAL THURSDAY TEE TIMES

Tee No. 1

7:00 a.m. – Danny Willett, Peter Malnati, Robby Shelton

7:12 a.m. – Dylan Frittelli, Adam Hadwin, Taylor Montgomery

7:24 a.m. – Troy Merritt, Brandon Wu, Ben Taylor

7:36 a.m. – Harris English, Garrick Higgo, Brendon Todd

7:48 a.m. – Matt Wallace, Seamus Power, Cam Davis

8:00 a.m. – Russell Henley, Lanto Griffin, Matt Kuchar

8:12 a.m. – Kevin Kisner, Lucas Glover, Brian Harman

8:24 a.m. – J.J. Spaun, Luke List, Stewart Cink

8:36 a.m. – Jason Dufner, Mark Hubbard, Hayden Buckley

8:48 a.m. – Austin Eckroat, Bo Hoag, Chris Gotterup

12:05 p.m. – Will Gordon, Eric Cole, Ryan Fox

12:17 p.m. – David Lingmerth, Alex Noren, Matt NeSmith

12:29 p.m. – Luke Donald, Stephan Jaeger, Thomas Detry

12:41 p.m. – Patrick Cantlay, Billy Horschel, Hideki Matsuyama

12:53 p.m. – Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, Tyrrell Hatton

1:05 p.m. – Matt Fitzpatrick, Xander Schauffele, Justin Thomas

1:17 p.m. – Adam Svensson, K.H. Lee, Gary Woodland

1:29 p.m. – Corey Conners, Keegan Bradley, Sahith Theegals

1:41 p.m. – Andrew Putnam, Alex Smalley, Justin Lower

1:53 p.m. – MJ Daffue, Nicolai Hojgaard, Aldrich Potgieter (a)

Tee No. 10

7:05 a.m. – Beau Hossler, Taylor Pendrith, Davis Thompson

7:17 a.m. – Patrick Rodgers, Byeong Hun An, Denny McCarthy

7:29 a.m. – Keith Mitchell, Joseph Bramlett, Justin Suh

7:41 a.m. – Wyndham Clark, Kurt Kitayama, Tom Kim

7:53 a.m. – Emiliano Grillo, Scottie Scheffler, Viktor Hovland

8:05 a.m. – Jason Day, Jon Rahm, Collin Morikawa

8:17 a.m. – Sam Burns, Si Woo Kim, Rickie Fowler

8:29 a.m. – Adam Scott, Zach Johnson, Cameron Young

8:41 a.m. – Nick Hardy, Sungjae Im, Shane Lowry

8:53 a.m. – Aaron Rai, Akshay Bhatia, Sam Bennett

12:00 p.m. – Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Lee Hodges, Sam Stevens

12:12 p.m. – David Lipsky, Ben Griffin, S.H. Kim

12:24 p.m. – Adam Long, William McGirt, K.J. Choi

12:36 p.m. – Mackenzie Hughes, Chad Ramey, Joel Dahmen

12:48 p.m. – Nico Echavarria, Trey Mullinax, Francesco Molinari

1:00 p.m. – Chez Reavie, J.T. Poston, Sepp Straka

1:12 p.m. – Davis Riley, Lucas Herbert, Brandt Snedeker

1:24 p.m. – Chris Kirk, Tom Hoge, Scott Stallings

1:36 p.m. – Kevin Streelman, Adam Schenk, Sam Ryder

1:48 p.m. – Kazuki Higa, Thriston Lawrence, David Micheluzzi

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