The young phenom Jordan Spieth is the odds-on favorite to win the Memorial Tournament this year, at 13/2. That’s an implied probability of winning of 13%. I wouldn’t take that bet. As talented as he is, Spieth looked a little tired to me at last week’s Byron Nelson. He missed a lot of short and medium putts and ended up on a tie for 30th, eleven shots out of the lead.
Dustin Johnson is second at 12/1, or an effective 7.6% chance of winning. Johnson finished T8 last week at the Byron Nelson. This guy is a remarkable talent, who should be able to take a page from Tiger’s playbook and bomb it around the course’s relatively wide fairways.
Last year’s winner, Hideki Matsuyama is in at 18/1. He’s proven he can win there, and it’s a course that somehow favors repeat winners: Tiger x 5, Kenny Perry x 3, Hale Irwin, Tom Watson, Greg Norman and Jack Nicklaus, twice each.
At 20/1, or an effective 4.75% chance are the duo of Justin Rose and Rickie Fowler. Both are solid bets in my mind. I continue to believe that it is only a matter of time before Rickie starts to reel of a series of wins.
Finally at the top of the board, we have Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson each at 22/1. You can’t rule Tiger out here. The Memorial is one of six courses that comprise half of Tiger’s career victories. If he has any game left at all, he will at least contend at The Memorial.
The complete list of odds to win the 2015 Memorial follow:
Player | Odds |
---|---|
Jordan Spieth | 13/2 |
Dustin Johnson | 12/1 |
Hideki Matsuyama | 18/1 |
Justin Rose | 20/1 |
Rickie Fowler | 20/1 |
Phil Mickelson | 22/1 |
Tiger Woods | 22/1 |
Jason Day | 25/1 |
Jim Furyk | 25/1 |
Matt Kuchar | 25/1 |
Chris Kirk | 28/1 |
Bill Haas | 33/1 |
Kevin Kisner | 33/1 |
Billy Horschel | 40/1 |
Kevin Na | 40/1 |
Patrick Reed | 40/1 |
Brooks Koepka | 45/1 |
Gary Woodland | 50/1 |
Jason Dufner | 50/1 |
Justin Thomas | 50/1 |
Keegan Bradley | 50/1 |
Ben Martin | 55/1 |
Russell Henley | 55/1 |
Ryan Moore | 55/1 |
Steve Stricker | 66/1 |
Brendon Todd | 75/1 |
Daniel Berger | 75/1 |
Charl Schwartzel | 80/1 |
Francesco Molinari | 80/1 |
Graham Delaet | 80/1 |
Harris English | 80/1 |
Marc Leishman | 80/1 |
Nick Watney | 80/1 |
Pat Perez | 80/1 |
Robert Streb | 80/1 |
Steven Bowditch | 80/1 |
Tommy Fleetwood | 80/1 |
Tony Finau | 80/1 |
Cameron Tringale | 90/1 |
George Mcneill | 90/1 |
Rory Sabbatini | 90/1 |
Sean O’Hair | 90/1 |
Shawn Stefani | 90/1 |
Brendan Steele | 100/1 |
Brendon De Jonge | 100/1 |
Jason Bohn | 100/1 |
Jason Kokrak | 100/1 |
Kevin Chappell | 100/1 |
Morgan Hoffman | 100/1 |
Russell Knox | 100/1 |
Bo Van Pelt | 125/1 |
Charles Howell III | 125/1 |
Chesson Hadley | 125/1 |
Danny Lee | 125/1 |
David Hearn | 125/1 |
George Coetzee | 125/1 |
John Peterson | 125/1 |
John Senden | 125/1 |
K.J. Choi | 125/1 |
Kevin Streelman | 125/1 |
Matt Every | 125/1 |
Matt Jones | 125/1 |
Patrick Rodgers | 125/1 |
Scott Brown | 125/1 |
Andy Sullivan | 150/1 |
Colt Knost | 150/1 |
Daniel Summerhays | 150/1 |
Ernie Els | 150/1 |
John Huh | 150/1 |
Martin Laird | 150/1 |
Ryo Ishikawa | 150/1 |
William Mcgirt | 150/1 |
Carlos Ortiz | 175/1 |
Scott Piercy | 175/1 |
Scott Stallings | 175/1 |
Stewart Cink | 175/1 |
Erik Compton | 200/1 |
Hudson Swafford | 200/1 |
Jeff Overton | 200/1 |
Jim Herman | 200/1 |
Sangmoon Bae | 200/1 |
Thomas Aiken | 200/1 |
Troy Merritt | 200/1 |
Vijay Singh | 200/1 |
Will Mackenzie | 200/1 |
Zac Blair | 200/1 |
Adam Hadwin | 250/1 |
Alex Cejka | 250/1 |
Ben Curtis | 250/1 |
Cameron Smith | 250/1 |
Camilo Villegas | 250/1 |
Carl Pettersson | 250/1 |
Chris Stroud | 250/1 |
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano | 250/1 |
James Hahn | 250/1 |
Kenny Perry | 250/1 |
Kyle Reifers | 250/1 |
Lucas Glover | 250/1 |
Retief Goosen | 250/1 |
Seung-yul Noh | 250/1 |