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There were some good mentions in last week’s Charles Schwab Challenge column, with Harry Hall (T6) selected as one of the two best Mid-Range Value Selections.

Ryo Hisatsune got a shout out too, the Japanese golfer also finishing T6.

But it requires strong results across the board to get in the prize money and Scottie Scheffler and Nico Echavarria – captain and underdog (UD) respectively (both score x1.25pts) – didn’t keep up their end of the bargain.

With Scheffler a costly 26.6M this week, the same dilemma is in place: do we build around him, hoping the other five picks make the difference, or do we hold our breaths and leave Scottie out?

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Top Tier Picks (18m and over)

Scottie Scheffler (26.6M): A winner here last year and third in his previous two visits, Scheffler is a perfect fit for Muirfield Village which puts an emphasis on tee-to-green prowess. The World No.1 couldn’t make it a hat-trick of wins last week after his victories in the CJ CUP Byron Nelson and PGA Championship but fourth showed he was close to putting it together again. A third win in four starts wouldn’t raise eyebrows for a player who went 1-1-2-1-1 across March and April last year.

Hideki Matsuyama (18M) could be an interesting differential this week. The Japanese won this event in 2014, has seven top 25s overall and in the last two years has finished 8th (2024) and 16th (2023). The 2021 Masters winner has current form of 36-MC-17-21 which could be spun both ways but Matsuyama is capable of dramatic highs when he can leave world-class fields in his wake.

Others to consider: Patrick Cantlay (19.4M) As a two-time winner at Muirfield Village, Cantlay is likely to be very popular, especially when a third, fourth and seventh can be added to those victories in 2019 and 2021. He was fourth at the Truist Championship two starts ago. Collin Morikawa’s (20M) stellar iron play makes him a great course fit and six starts at Muirfield Village show a win and two seconds. You pretty much know what you’re going to get with Xander Schauffele (21.8M) here. His last seven finishes at Muirfield Village from 2019 to 2025 read: 14-14-13-11-18-24-8. But is he worth the money given that his eight starts this season show just a single top 10?

Mid-Range Value Selections ($14.2m up to 18m)

Si Woo Kim (16.6M): The Korean jumps out this week both from a current form and course form perspective. In his last five individual starts, he has two top eights, the most recent at the PGA Championship, two further top 20s and a 28th. And if that seems consistent, how about his Muirfield Village record: five straight top 20s including a fourth two years ago.

Matt Fitzpatrick (16M): When the Englishman posted fifth place here last year, adding to third in 2020 and ninth in 2023, you’d have got huge odds that it would be 11 months’ time before he registered another top 10 on the PGA Tour. That’s how it played out but Fitzpatrick has now found his game again with 23rd at the Truist followed by eighth in the PGA Championship. Impressive TTG numbers at both suggest he’s ready to thrive at Memorial once more.

Others to consider: Robert MacIntyre (15.4M) won the Canadian Open this time last year and sixth place at Colonial last week (9th Approach) puts him in good heart for his tournament debut. Andrew Novak (14.2M) won the Zurich Classic with Ben Griffin in April. Griffin tasted individual success at last week’s Charles Schwab Challenge so maybe Novak does the same this week. It’s a big ask as a first-timer to the Memorial but he’s been in excellent form and ranked 2nd for TTG when 11th at Colonial on Sunday. Sam Burns (15.8M) has three top 20s in his last four Muirfield Village starts and he’s flashed some decent form in May with fifth at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson, 30th at the Truist and 19th in the PGA Championship.

Underdog Options (14m and Under)

Bud Cauley (13.6M): The American has four top sixes in his last seven starts (he’s also cashed in the other three) and that includes third at Colonial on Sunday. Also of note is that he was ninth at Memorial in 2019 when working his way back from injury. That was his joint-best finish anywhere that year. Currently ranked 20th SG: Tee To Green, he looks a great UD (underdog) option although to use him in that position you may have to leave Scheffler out.

Christiaan Bezuidenhout (13.8M): After making the cut in the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow and following it with four rounds in the 60s when 16th at Colonial, Bezuidenhout is on the radar via current form. But his appeal goes up a notch when noting his 4-for-4 record at Muirfield Village, highlighted by fourth place last year.

Others to consider: Michael Kim (13.6M) ranks 18th TTG this season and said on ‘X’ he enjoyed one of his best driving weeks of the year when 16th at Colonial on Sunday. That was his best finish since a run of five straight top 15s in February and March. Sam Stevens (13.2M) is a very reliable cut-maker (he’s made eight of his last nine) and was third at the CJ CUP Byron Nelson. The 28-year-old was a solid 41st on his only Muirfield Village appearance. Eric Cole (13M) has also made eight of his last nine cuts and seven were top 35s. He’s finished 24th and 45th in his two Memorial starts. Joe Highsmith (12.2M) is cheap enough to be used as the UD in a Scheffler team. He’s inconsistent but has a high ceiling as shown by a win at the Cognizant Classic and eighth in the PGA Championship.

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We’ve gone close in this ‘win only’ market in recent weeks, with both Shane Lowry at 33/1 (Truist) and Bryson DeChambeau at 8/1 (PGA Championship) finishing runner-up.

In all honesty, a punt on 11/4 Scottie Scheffler is the simplest and smartest play for Memorial.

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