Memorial Tournament Power Rankings: Top 10 picks for Muirfield Village

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DUBLIN, OH – JUNE 01: Justin Thomas hits his tee shot on the 17th hole during the first round of the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club on June 1, 2017 in Dublin, Ohio. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images) /

You guys knew the Justins had to be coming eventually, right? We’ll start with the Thomas variety.

Justin Thomas is your world No. 1 thanks to a blistering 2017 and ’18. He won five times last year and is poised for another multi-win year.

He already won the Honda Classic and has three more top-10s to boot. Not only has Thomas not missed a cut since July, he has yet to finish worse than T21 in a full field event.

Thomas will be as rested as any after two weeks off following a solid T11 at the PLAYERS.

Thomas appears to be figuring out Muirfield Village. His first three Memorial starts read T37-MC-MC before a T4 last year.

Thomas was in the title chase but settled with a Sunday 72.

"“I love the course, it’s a place I really enjoy playing,” Thomas said in 2017. “It’s fun because you can go out and have runs like that. You can make ten birdies in a round. But if you’re not playing a good round, it’s a struggle. I enjoy courses like that…”"

You have to dig deep to find a poor stat for JT who is 42nd or better in all major strokes gained categories. If he’s finding fairways this week, great: He’s third in fairway from proximity. In the sand or rough? No problem. Thomas is 31st in sand saves and eighth in scrambling.so

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