The Memorial Tournament TV Schedule, Tee Times, Odds: The Big Three Face Off After Winning Last Events

The Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio starts on Thursday and it’s primed to be one of the best non-major events of the year. Clearly the main draw will be the top three players in the world, Jason Day, Jordan Spieth, and Rory McIlroy, but what makes it even better is that all three are coming off of wins in their last events. Day won the Players, McIlroy won the Irish Open, and Spieth won last week at the Dean and DeLuca Invitational.

Of course it would be too much to ask that the top three players be grouped together on Thursday and Friday because, most likely, it doesn’t make sense for TV viewership. If the three are grouped together early and the tournament doesn’t appear on Golf Channel until the afternoon, golf fans would miss out on a complete round of golf by the top three players. The good thing is that at least McIlroy and Spieth are grouped together, so we get that and hopefully the weekend includes two final groups featuring all three players.

Not to be forgotten, but Sergio Garcia, who won his last event, the AT&T Byron Nelson, is also in the field along with Rickie Fowler, Dustin Johnson, Matt Kuchar, Hideki Matsuyama, Phil Mickelson, Justin Rose, and Bubba Watson.

TV Schedule

Th – 3:30 – 6:30 PM – Golf Channel
Fr – 3:30 – 6:30 PM – Golf Channel
Sa – 12:30 – 2:30 PM – Golf Channel, 3:00 – 6:00 PM – CBS
Su – 12:30 – 2:30 PM – Golf Channel, 3:00 – 6:00 PM – CBS

Tee Times

1 – 7:20 AM – Jonas Blixt, Kevin Na, Francesco Molinari
10 – 7:20 AM – George McNeill, Daniel Summerhays, Daniel Berger
1 – 7:31 AM – Hudson Swafford, Zac Blair, Rafa Cabrera Bello
10 – 7:31 AM – John Huh, Lucas Glover, Anirban Lahiri
1 – 7:42 AM – Andrew Loupe, Scott Pinckney, Byeong Hun An
10 – 7:42 AM – Johnson Wagner, Jason Bohn, Soren Kjeldsen
1 – 7:53 AM – Tony Finau, Alex Cejka, Kevin Streelman
10 – 7:53 AM – Peter Malnati, Smylie Kaufman, Robert Streb
1 – 8:04 AM – Steven Bowditch, Russell Henley, Stuart Appleby
10 – 8:04 AM – Fabian Gomez, Hunter Mahan, K.J. Choi
1 – 8:15 AM – Angel Cabrera, John Senden, Keegan Bradley
10 – 8:15 AM – Bubba Watson, Rickie Fowler, Patrick Reed
1 – 8:26 AM – Vaughn Taylor, Scott Piercy, Ryan Moore
10 – 8:26 AM – Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Rory McIlroy
1 – 8:37 AM – Dustin Johnson, Ben Martin, Rod Pampling
10 – 8:37 AM – Jason Dufner, Davis Love III, Bill Haas
1 – 8:48 AM – Ken Duke, Jhonattan Vegas, Jason Gore
10 – 8:48 AM – William McGirt, Roberto Castro, Patrick Rodgers
1 – 8:59 AM – Brendon de Jonge, Spencer Levin, Mark Hubbard
10 – 8:59 AM – Thomas Aiken, Ethan Tracy, Bryson DeChambeau
1 – 12:10 PM – Scott Brown, Brendan Steele, Bud Cauley
10 – 12:10 PM – Charles Howell III, Shawn Stefani, Si Woo Kim
1 – 12:21 PM – Chez Reavie, Graham DeLaet, Ricky Barnes
10 – 12:21 PM – Jason Kokrak, Jamie Lovemark, Patton Kizzire
1 – 12:32 PM – Carl Pettersson, D.H. Lee, Harold Varner III
10 – 12:32 PM – Paul Casey, Morgan Hoffmann, Adam Hadwin
1 – 12:43 PM – Danny Lee, Ernie Els, Luke Donald
10 – 12:43 PM – Chris Kirk, Brian Harman, Matt Jones
1 – 12:54 PM – Jim Herman, Kevin Kisner, Russell Knox
10 – 12:54 PM – Brian Stuard, Charl Schwartzel, Camilo Villegas
1 – 1:05 PM – Hideki Matsuyama, Matt Kuchar, Phil Mickelson
10 – 1:05 PM – J.B. Holmes, Geoff Ogilvy, Webb Simpson
1 – 1:16 PM – Jason Day, David Lingmerth, Jim Furyk
10 – 1:16 PM – Emiliano Grillo, Troy Merritt, Brendon Todd
1 – 1:27 PM – Gary Woodland, David Hearn, Kyle Reifers
10 – 1:27 PM – Aaron Baddeley, Cameron Tringale, Hiroshi Iwata
1 – 1:38 PM – Marc Leishman, Sean O’Hair, Jon Curran
10 – 1:38 PM – Freddie Jacobson, Kevin Chappell, Scott Langley
1 – 1:49 PM – Thorbjorn Olesen, Wes Homan, Ryan Ruffels
10 – 1:49 PM – George Coetzee, Nathan Holman, John Hahn

Odds

Jason Day – 13/2
Jordan Spieth – 7/1
Rory McIlroy – 7/1
Hideki Matsuyama – 16/1
Dustin Johnson – 20/1
Matt Kuchar – 25/1
Rickie Fowler – 25/1
Bubba Watson – 27/1
Patrick Reed – 40/1
Phil Mickelson – 40/1
Daniel Berger – 55/1
Jason Dufner – 55/1
Paul Casey – 55/1
Chris Kirk – 60/1
Russell Knox – 60/1
Charl Schwartzel – 65/1
Kevin Chappell – 65/1
Bill Haas – 70/1
Gary Woodland – 70/1
Justin Thomas – 70/1
Kevin Kisner – 70/1
Marc Leishman – 70/1
Kevin Na – 75/1
Charles Howell III – 80/1
Danny Lee – 80/1
David Lingmerth – 80/1
J.B. Holmes – 80/1
Jamie Lovemark – 80/1
Byeong Hun An – 90/1
Anirban Lahiri – 100/1
Jim Furyk – 100/1
Kyle Reifers – 100/1
Rafa Cabrera Bello – 100/1
Scott Piercy – 100/1
Thorbjorn Olesen – 100/1

My Pick

Personally, I can’t help but be excited to watch this and at this point it’s tough to go with anyone not in the top three of the world golf rankings. To me, Rory feels like the best pick this week. It feels like his game has been solid all around and he finally pulled it together at the Irish Open. His confidence is high, not that Day’s and Spieth’s isn’t, but Spieth is coming off of a very emotional win and this feels like the best time for McIlroy to win a PGA Tour event before the U.S. Open.

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