Jack Nicklaus, arguably the greatest golfer in the history of the sport, created The Memorial Tournament to be able to bring together some of the best golfers in the world in his own backyard. This year the Memorial Tournament field is going to be as tight as it has ever been, and it is up to us to make our Memorial picks to try to be The Memorial odds.

2013 The Memorial Predictions & Info
2013 The Memorial Dates: Thursday, May 30th – Sunday, June 2nd, 2013
2013 The Memorial Location: Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, OH
Defending The Memorial Winner: Tiger Woods
2013 The Memorial TV Coverage – Network: Golf Channel, CBS

As is the case so often in golf betting action, it is seemingly Tiger Woods (Defending The Memorial Champion, The Memorial Odds: 2.20 to 1 at SportBet Sportsbook) against the field. Woods has won this tournament a record five times, including last year when he won by two strokes over a field that really never seemed to be capable of competing against him. In spite of the fact that he hasn’t won a major tournament this year, Tiger has played well everywhere that he has gone. He is the world’s No. 1 ranked player again, and he is ranked No. 1 in virtually every vital statistic involving winning and money. Woods already has four wins on the campaign, including in his most recent start at the PGA Championship, one of the biggest wins that he has had in quite some time.

We really love what Adam Scott (The Memorial Tournament PGA Odds: 20 to 1 @ SportBet Sportsbook) is bringing to the table as well. Scott of course, won the Masters this year, becoming the first Australian to ever claim the Green Jacket. Scott got off to a great start at the TPC at Sawgrass, but he ultimately had a frustrating weekend, shooting 75 and 71. This has been a recurring theme for Scott this year. At the Masters, he had two great rounds over the weekend, but so many times, he has struggled, particularly on Saturdays, and he has averaged just a 71.6 in his five tournaments this year on the second to last day of events. Still, we think that the Aussie has enough to win the Memorial.

List Of Past The Memorial Tournament Winners (Since 2000)
2012 – Tiger Woods
2011 – Steve Stricker
2010 – Justin Rose
2009 – Tiger Woods
2008 – Kenny Perry
2007 – KJ Choi
2006 – Carl Pettersson
2005 – Bart Bryant
2004 – Ernie Els
2003 – Kenny Perry
2002 – Jim Furyk
2001 – Tiger Woods
2000 – Tiger Woods

Kevin Streelman (Odds to Win The Memorial: 95 to 1 @ SportBet Sportsbook) hasn’t won a tournament recently, but he really looks poised to be able to do so in the very near future. This is the man that shocked in the win at the Tampa Bay Championship. However, Streelman really has been impressive seemingly wherever he has gone. He didn’t make the cut at the Crowne Plaza Invitational last week, but aside from that, he has been remarkable. Streelman has finished sixth or better in four tournaments this year, three of which have come since the end of tax season. The Wells Fargo Championship was a very comparable event, and he finished sixth in that tourney. Most impressive though, might have been the second place finish at the TPC at Sawgrass, right behind Woods. If Woods is a 2 to 1 favorite, Streelman probably shouldn’t be nearly 100 to 1.

We’re trusting that at some point, Brandt Snedeker (Odds to Win The Memorial Tournament: 30 to 1 @ SportBet Sportsbook) is going to get back to the form that he was in at the start of the year. Snedeker finished third or better in four of his first five events of the season, but he has finished 59th or worse in three of his last four. However, Snedeker did finish sixth at the Masters a month and a half ago, and he finished eighth at The Players Championship. Snedeker is always one of these golfers that could put together a tremendous tournament, and though he only has five wins on the PGA Tour in his career, this could be his lucky tournament at the Memorial this week.

Betting Odds to Win The Memorial @ Sportbet Sportsbook (as of 5/27/13):
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Tiger Woods 2.20 to 1
Rory McIlroy 16.50 to 1
Adam Scott 20 to 1
Matt Kuchar 20 to 1
Justin Rose 25 to 1
Brandt Snedeker 30 to 1
Lee Westwood 30 to 1
Charl Schwartzel 40 to 1
Luke Donald 40 to 1
Keegan Bradley 50 to 1
Dustin Johnson 55 to 1
Rickie Fowler 60 to 1
Webb Simpson 60 to 1
Jason Day 65 to 1
Jim Furyk 70 to 1
Bo Van Pelt 75 to 1
Henrik Stenson 80 to 1
Hunter Mahan 80 to 1
Zach Johnson 80 to 1
Bubba Watson 85 to 1
Billy Horschel 90 to 1
Nick Watney 90 to 1
Kevin Streelman 95 to 1
Steven Fox 100 to 1
Ernie Els 105 to 1
Bill Haas 125 to 1
Matt Every 130 to 1
Nicolas Colsaerts 130 to 1
Jimmy Walker 135 to 1
John Huh 135 to 1
Marc Leishman 140 to 1
Robert Karlsson 140 to 1
Sang Moon Bae 140 to 1
Branden Grace 150 to 1
Ryan Moore 150 to 1
George Coetzee 155 to 1
Jordan Spieth 155 to 1
Graham Delaet 160 to 1
D.A. Points 165 to 1
Brendon De Jonge 170 to 1
Charley Hoffman 175 to 1
Chris Kirk 180 to 1
Scott Stallings 185 to 1
Robert Garrigus 190 to 1
KJ Choi 195 to 1
Jeff Overton 210 to 1
Scott Piercy 215 to 1
Martin Laird 225 to 1
John Senden 230 to 1
Carl Pettersson 245 to 1
Gary Woodland 245 to 1
Charles Howell III 250 to 1
Gonzalo Fernandez Castano 255 to 1
Josh Teater 255 to 1
Brian Davis 265 to 1
David Lingmerth 270 to 1
Aaron Baddeley 275 to 1
Brandt Jobe 275 to 1
Stewart Cink 275 to 1
Tommy Gainey 275 to 1
Chris Stroud 280 to 1
Shane Lowry 280 to 1
Ben Kohles 285 to 1
Camilo Villegas 285 to 1
Fred Couples 285 to 1
Geoff Ogilvy 285 to 1
Lucas Glover 285 to 1
Luke Guthrie 285 to 1
Bud Cauley 295 to 1
Casey Wittenberg 295 to 1
Greg Chalmers 295 to 1
Jason Kokrak 295 to 1
Jonathan Byrd 295 to 1
Ricky Barnes 295 to 1
Cameron Tringale 305 to 1
Mark Wilson 310 to 1
Russell Henley 310 to 1
Michael Thompson 320 to 1
Kevin Stadler 330 to 1
Kyle Stanley 335 to 1
Ted Potter Jr. 350 to 1
Kevin Chappell 360 to 1
Bryce Molder 365 to 1
Ryo Ishikawa 395 to 1
Scott Brown 395 to 1
Seung Yul Noh 395 to 1
Derek Ernst 405 to 1
Vijay Singh 405 to 1
Charlie Beljn 415 to 1
Pat Perez 480 to 1
Justin Leonard 490 to 1
Ken Duke 490 to 1
Kenny Perry 490 to 1
Ben Curtis 500 to 1
Brendan Steele 500 to 1
Brian Harman 500 to 1
Brian Stuard 500 to 1
Charlie Wi 500 to 1
David Hearn 500 to 1
George McNeill 500 to 1
JJ Henry 500 to 1
James Driscoll 500 to 1
James Hahn 500 to 1
Justin Hicks 500 to 1
Matt Jones 500 to 1
Roberto Castro 500 to 1
Trevor Immelman 500 to 1
William McGirt 500 to 1
Erik Compton 510 to 1
Johnson Wagner 510 to 1
Justin Bolli 510 to 1
Tom Gillis 510 to 1
Davis Love III 585 to 1
Nicholas Thompson 590 to 1
Robert Allenby 595 to 1
Richard H. Lee 650 to 1
Mike Weir 705 to 1
Fabian Gomez 1,000 to 1
Guan Tianlang 1,000 to 1
Peter Williamson 1,000 to 1