The 2026 Memorial Tournament welcomes a star-studded field to Jack's Place for the season's penultimate Signature Event.
Hosted by the great Jack Nicklaus, the Memorial Tournament is held at the iconic Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, and is the seventh of eight Signature Events on the PGA Tour this year. With the U.S. Open on the horizon, an elite 72-man field led by world No.1 Scottie Scheffler and 2026 Masters winner Rory McIlroy will look to win at one of golf's most revered venues.
The elite field, led by Scheffler, who will look to become the first player in fifteen years to win the same event on the PGA Tour in three consecutive years, features nine of the top 10 OWGR-ranked players. Scheffler, McIlroy, Cameron Young, Ludvig Aberg, Matt Fitzpatrick, Xander Schauffele, and others will be tested by Jack's Muirfield Village (Par-72, 7,569 yards), which annually plays as one of the most difficult events on the PGA Tour schedule, with winning scores falling between 7- and 10-under par in four of the last six years.
One of the marquee events on the golfing calendar is certain to deliver yet again. Let's get into the picks and predictions for the 2026 Memorial Tournament.
2026 Memorial Tournament picks and predictions
Sleeper pick for The Memorial Tournament: Harris English (+6700)
English is quietly having a very good season with eight top-25 finishes in 13 starts in 2026. He finished tied for fourth at one of this season's other Signature Events, the RBC Heritage, and comes into the Memorial Tournament after a T18 finish at the PGA Championship in his most recent start. English was T12 at last year's Memorial Tournament.
Top 10 pick for The Memorial Tournament: Jordan Spieth (+295)
Spieth comes into the 2026 Memorial Tournament after notching finishes of T19 or better in four of his last six starts. He has seven top-19 finishes or better in 2026, including top-12s at The Masters, Arnold Palmer Invitational, and the Genesis Invitational. Spieth has a good record at Muirfield Village with a T7 and T5 finish in two of his last three starts here.
Pick to win The Memorial Tournament w/o Scheffler: Si Woo Kim (+1800)
Coming off a runner-up finish at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson in his most recent start, Kim has now finished T13 or better in nine of his fifteen starts this year. He has finished top-4 or better on five occasions, including a third-place finish at the RBC Heritage in April and tying for fourth at the Cadillac Championship at the beginning of May.
Third in the field over the last three months in driving accuracy, per Data Golf, Kim's ability to find fairways is crucial at a challenging venue like Muirfield Village. He has finished T15 or better in four of his last five Memorial Tournament starts.
Pick to win The Memorial Tournament: Ludvig Aberg (+1650)
Aberg returns to the Memorial Tournament after finishing T5 and tying for sixteenth in his last two starts at Muirfield Village. A winner at the Genesis Invitational in 2025, Aberg has had a phenomenal 2026 without having found the winner's circle so far.
A T4 result at the PGA Championship was his fifth top-five of the season, and he has finished T8 or better in three of six Signature Events so far. The Swede ranks second in the field to only Scottie Scheffler from tee to green over the last month.
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