Last year’s runner-up is our long-shot pick

This week the PGA Tour has another Signature Event on tap, the 2024 Memorial Tournament, and we’re picking the player who lost in a playoff last year at Muirfield Village. Here’s our long-shot pick, the Memorial odds, betting favorites and everything else you need to know.

Memorial odds: Long-shot bet

For this week’s Signature Event in Ohio, which features a $20 million purse, we’re picking Denny McCarthy as our long shot with odds-to-win of +6600.

There’s one big reason for our pick: McCarthy nearly won the 2023 Memorial, but surrendered in a playoff to Viktor Hovland.

But that isn’t his only solid past performance at Muirfield Village. He also finished T5 at the 2022 Memorial, which means he has back-to-back top 5s at the famed course.

Somehow McCarthy has never won a PGA Tour event, but he’s already come close again this year. He lost in a playoff at the Valero Texas Open in April and then finished T6 at the Wells Fargo Championship in May.

If you bet $10 on McCarthy to avenge last year’s loss and he does, you’ll earn $660. For insurance, consider placing additional small bets on McCarthy to finish top 10 and top 20.

Looking for more long-shot bets for the Memorial Tournament? This week’s honorable mentions are Shane Lowry (+5000) and Brian Harman (+6600).

Memorial odds: The favorites

Scottie Scheffler is back in action this week, and unsurprisingly the World No. 1 comes in first in odds-to-win at +350.

World No. 2 Rory McIlroy comes in second with +850 odds-to-win, and he’s followed closely by PGA champ Xander Schauffele (+900)

You can see the top 15 in Memorial Tournament betting odds as of Monday afternoon below or head over to BetMGM to see the full list of odds and bets for this week.

2024 Memorial betting odds (Top 15 and ties)

Scottie Scheffler (+350)
Rory McIlroy (+850)
Xander Schauffele (+900)
Collin Morikawa (+1400)
Ludvig Aberg (+1600)
Viktor Hovland (+1800)
Justin Thomas (+2500)
Patrick Cantlay (+2500)
Hideki Matsuyama (+3300)
Tommy Fleetwood (+3300)
Byeong Hun An (+4000)
Jordan Spieth (+4000)
Max Homa (+4000)
Russell Henley (+4000)
Sahith Theegala (+4000)
Sam Burns (+4000)
Wyndham Clark (+4000)

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