The 2024 Memorial Tournament will provide golf fans with several star-studded pairings through the first two days of action. Rory McIlroy will play alongside Justin Thomas when play gets underway on Thursday, June 6, from Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. The 2024 Memorial Tournament tee times feature this duo going off at 1:20 p.m. ET on Thursday. Elsewhere in the Memorial Tournament 2024 field, defending champion Viktor Hovland will be paired with Xander Schauffele, who's coming off his first major win at the PGA Championship.
According to the latest 2024 PGA Championship odds, Scottie Scheffler is listed as the +360 favorite. The No. 1 ranked player in the world is followed by McIlroy (+800), Schauffele (+900) and Collin Morikawa (+1400) on the PGA odds board. Before locking in any 2024 Memorial Tournament picks, make sure you see the PGA Tour predictions and best bets from golf betting and fantasy expert Sia Nejad.
Nejad specializes in betting and DFS in golf, among other sports. He's had incredible success in the outright and first-round leader markets and in betting head-to-head matchups. He also has been solid with his head-to-head matchups since last year's Charles Schwab Challenge, going 48-30-3 and returning 15.09 units over that span. That's a $1,509 profit for $100 bettors since May 2023.
Nejad also nailed Wyndham Clark, a 75-1 longshot, as the outright winner at the Wells Fargo Championship. In 2023, SportsLine debuted "The Early Wedge," and in the first three months of the show, he hit two first-round leaders and three outright winners.
Now, Nejad has turned his attention to the 2024 Memorial Tournament field and locked in his best bets, top sleepers and favorites to avoid. See who they are at SportsLine.
Top 2024 Memorial Tournament expert picks
One surprise: Nejad is low on the chances of Patrick Cantlay (+2500), even though he has won this event twice in the last five years (2019, 2021). Cantlay has had tremendous success at Muirfield Village in recent years, but he's struggled mightily in 2024. He's coming off a T-54 finish at the PGA Championship and he's finished T-22 or worse in six of his last seven starts on the PGA Tour.
Cantlay's recent struggles can be directly attributed to his iron play. The 32-year-old enters the 2024 Memorial Tournament ranked 122nd in strokes gained: approach to green (-0.153) and 146th in greens in regulation percentage (62.68%). He's also been inconsistent off the tee, ranking 69th in driving accuracy (63.97%) and 72nd in strokes gained: off the tee (0.147). Muirfield Village demands precision, which doesn't bode well for Cantlay's chances to finish on top of the leaderboard this week. "I don't think he's in the type of form where we can capitalize on an outright given how well some of the other golfers that are +3000 and shorter are playing," Nejad told SportsLine.
Instead, Nejad is high on Corey Conners, who is a +5500 longshot. Conners is coming off his best finish of the season, a sixth-place showing at the RBC Canadian Open. He's finished T-13 or better in three of his last four starts and has made the cut in all 15 of his events this season.
Conners has struggled a bit with his putter, but he's among the best ball strikers on the PGA Tour. In fact, Conners is ranked second in strokes gained: approach to green (0.997) and greens in regulation percentage (72.22%). Nejad notes that Conners is "typically a fantastic ball striker and he's shown a recent ability to spike with the putter gaining an insane 6.42 strokes in last week's RBC Canadian Open." See which other players to back at SportsLine.
How to make 2024 Memorial Tournament picks
Nejad has locked in his best bets for the 2024 Memorial Tournament and is backing several longshots, including one that is priced at more than +7000. This player "sets up too well for this course to be at this long of a number" and is a longshot who could surprise. You can see Nejad's PGA Tour picks only at SportsLine.
So which players should you target or avoid for the 2024 Memorial Tournament, and which player in the Memorial Tournament 2024 field could bring a huge payday at more than +7000? Check out the odds below, then visit SportsLine to see Sia Nejad's top picks for the 2024 Memorial Tournament, all from the expert who is 48-30-3 on his last 81 head-to-head picks.
2024 Memorial Tournament odds, field
See Nejad's picks, best bets and predictions here.
Scottie Scheffler +360
Rory McIlroy +800
Xander Schauffele +900
Collin Morikawa +1400
Viktor Hovland +1800
Ludvig Aberg +1800
Patrick Cantlay +2500
Justin Thomas +2500
Wyndham Clark +3500
Tommy Fleetwood +3500
Max Homa +3500
Hideki Matsuyama +3500
Sahith Theegala +4000
Jordan Spieth +4500
Matt Fitzpatrick +5000
Byeong Hun An +5000
Tony Finau +5500
Sungjae Im +5500
Si Woo Kim +5500
Russell Henley +5500
Corey Conners +5500
Cameron Young +5500
Tom Kim +6000
Sam Burns +6000
Jason Day +6000
Sepp Straka +6500
Keegan Bradley +6500
Will Zalatoris +7000
Shane Lowry +7000
Billy Horschel +7000
Denny McCarthy +7500
Brian Harman +7500
Tom Hoge +8000
Harris English +8000
Alex Noren +8000
Christiaan Bezuidenhout +9000
Stephan Jaeger +10000
Robert MacIntyre +10000
Kurt Kitayama +10000
Akshay Bhatia +10000
Mackenzie Hughes +11000
Lucas Glover +11000
Justin Rose +11000
J.T. Poston +11000
Thomas Detry +13000
Taylor Moore +13000
Rickie Fowler +13000
Davis Thompson +13000
Chris Kirk +13000
Ben Griffin +13000
Austin Eckroat +15000
Taylor Pendrith +18000
Patrick Rodgers +18000
Andrew Putnam +18000
Adam Schenk +18000
Adam Hadwin +18000
Lee Hodges +20000
Jake Knapp +20000
Davis Riley +20000
Cam Davis +20000
Adam Svensson +20000
Victor Perez +25000
Seamus Power +25000
Nick Taylor +25000
Nick Dunlap +25000
Mac Meissner +25000
Eric Cole +25000
Matthieu Pavon +30000
Chris Gotterup +30000
Brendon Todd +30000
Emiliano Grillo +35000
Matt Kuchar +40000
Pierceson Coody +60000
Peter Malnati +60000
Jackson Koivun +100000
Brandt Snedeker +200000
