The field at this week’s Memorial Tournament is stacked. The top five players in the Official World Golf Ranking — Scottie Scheffler, Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy, Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele — are all set to tee it up come Thursday morning.
Rahm won this event in 2020 while Cantlay has claimed the title twice, 2021 and 2019. Billy Horschel is the defending champion thanks to his four-shot win over Aaron Wise last season.
Scheffler is the betting favorite at +600 followed by Rahm at +750 and Cantlay at +1000.
Although big names will be all over the leaderboard this week, we wanted to take a look at five sleeper picks with a shot to win come Sunday.
Let’s start with a fan favorite.
More Memorial betting: Expert picks, odds
Sahith Theegala (50/1)
Last 5 PGA Tour starts (most recent first): T-40 (PGA Championship), T-56 (Wells Fargo Championship), T-23 (Zurich Classic), T-5 (RBC Heritage) and 9th (Masters)
Two Memorial Tournament finishes (most recent first): 5th (2022) and 32nd (2021)
Tom Kim (50/1)
Last 5 PGA Tour starts (most recent first): Cut (PGA Championship), T-34 (AT&T Byron Nelson), T-23 (Wells Fargo Championship), T-7 (Zurich Classic) and Cut (RBC Heritage)
This will be Kim’s first Memorial Tournament.
Russell Henley (50/1)
Last 5 PGA Tour starts (most recent first): T-16 (Charles Schwab Challenge), Cut (PGA Championship), T-19 (RBC Heritage), T-4 (Masters) and T-19 (Players)
Last 5 Memorial Tournament finishes (most recent first): Cut, 29th, 33rd, Cut and Cut
Si Woo Kim (55/1)
Last 5 PGA Tour starts (most recent first): T-29 (Charles Schwab Challenge), Cut (PGA Championship), T-2 (AT&T Byron Nelson), T-43 (Wells Fargo Championship) and T-7 (Zurich Classic)
Last 5 Memorial Tournament finishes (most recent first): 13th, 9th, 18th, 41st and 29th
Ryan Fox (130/1)
Last 5 PGA Tour starts (most recent first): T-21 (Charles Schwab Challenge), T-23 (PGA Championship), W/D (RBC Heritage), T-26 (Masters) and Cut (Valero Texas Open)
Only Memorial Tournament finish: Cut (2019)
Story originally appeared on GolfWeek