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The Memorial Tournament: Power ranking the top ten golfers at Muirfield Village

By Mike Randleman

DUBLIN, OH - JUNE 03: Tiger Woods walks up the green on the 18th hole during the final round of The Memorial Tournament Presented by Nationwide at Muirfield Village Golf Club on June 3, 2018 in Dublin, Ohio. (Photo by Matt Sullivan/Getty Images)
DUBLIN, OH - JUNE 03: Tiger Woods walks up the green on the 18th hole during the final round of The Memorial Tournament Presented by Nationwide at Muirfield Village Golf Club on June 3, 2018 in Dublin, Ohio. (Photo by Matt Sullivan/Getty Images) /
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DUBLIN, OH – JUNE 03: Adam Scott of Australia watches his tee shot on the second hole during the final round of The Memorial Tournament Presented by Nationwide at Muirfield Village Golf Club on June 3, 2018 in Dublin, Ohio. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
DUBLIN, OH – JUNE 03: Adam Scott of Australia watches his tee shot on the second hole during the final round of The Memorial Tournament Presented by Nationwide at Muirfield Village Golf Club on June 3, 2018 in Dublin, Ohio. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images) /

Tell me if you’ve heard this before: Adam Scott would be in great shape if he could just get the putter going. He’s actually been good when the stakes are low as it’s tough to fake a 17th rank on Tour in strokes gained putting, but the nerves under pressure are still there. A T18 finish at Augusta was about the worst he could have done with how he was puring the ball.

The 38-year-old owns three top-10s in 2019, including a runner up at Torrey Pines, without a win in seven starts.

Scott’s traditionally had a picky schedule and will be rested going into this week as he’s only played twice since the Masters.

His last start was a T8 at the PGA Championship highlighted by a Friday 64.

Scott’s played the Memorial Tournament 11 times. He owns 10 made cuts and three top-fives with the last coming in 2014. He finished T35 (72-66-70-73) while hitting 73.61% GIR and 76.79% fairways. Strokes gained putting was -1.346 and -3.366 in the final round.

"“I like the fact it’s fairly generous off the tees here,” Scott said in 2017. “That’s nice for me. I don’t hit the most fairways on the PGA Tour, so I get a little bit more room. There is a premium hitting into the greens then, and that is one of my strong suits.”"

If the course plays soft this week like it could and the greens turn a little less treacherous, I like Scott to rocket up the leaderboard and become a dark horse pick for Pebble Beach in a couple weeks.

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