U.S. Women’s Open

The women’s golf was awesome yesterday.

The leaderboard was tight from the start of play on Sunday, with seven players just two strokes off the lead, and Charley Hull, one of the LPGA’s biggest stars, just three strokes back.

Charley got off to a blistering start and charged into the lead in the middle of the round before making a bogey on the 14th.

Her miss dropped her to -6 and left Gabby Lopez, In Gee Chun, S.Y. Kim, and Nelly Korda all tied for the lead at 7-under.

Hull was able to bounce back with a birdie on the 17th and grab a share of the lead. Gabby Lopez birdied the 18th, and they both went into the clubhouse to watch Nelly Korda finish.

They watched on TV while Nelly Korda made birdie on the 17th hole to take a one-stroke lead. On the final hole, Korda hit a perfect tee shot, followed by a safe approach shot into the middle of the 18th green.

She two-putted for par and won the U.S. Women’s Open by a stroke, but we were this close to a three-way playoff:

The Memorial Tournament

We didn’t get a playoff at Riviera, but we did get one at Jack’s place.

The Memorial Tournament also featured a jam-packed leaderboard on Sunday.

At one point, there was a five-way tie on the back nine at 11-under.

That group was Wyndham Clark, Tommy Fleetwood, Sam Burns, Ryan Gerard, and JT Poston.

By the time the dust settled, it was Poston and Gerard who were the last two men standing. Gerard almost won it in regulation, but JT Poston made a clutch birdie on the 72nd hole to send it to a playoff.

They played the 18th, both made par, so they played it again.

This time, Gerard would bogey, leaving JT Poston an easy par putt to seal it.

With his victory, JT collected a $4 million check, along with spots in the U.S. Open and The Open this year.

He also gets to avoid playing in Golf’s Longest Day today.

What’s Next?

The RBC Canadian Open.

Odds: RBC Canadian Open

Player Odds
Tommy Fleetwood +1150
Matt Fitzpatrick +1175
Sam Burns +1300
Collin Morikawa +2250
Robert MacIntyre +2400
Wyndham Clark +2500
Justin Rose +2700
Brooks Koepka +2800
Nicolai Hojgaard +2900
Viktor Hovland +2900

It’s a great week to be a golf fan.

The LPGA is at Riviera for the Women’s U.S. Open, and the TOUR is headed to Jack’s place, Muirfield Village, where Scottie Scheffler will look to three-peat.

He would be the first golfer since Tiger to do so at Muirfield, and the first since Steve Stricker at the John Deere Classic to win 3 TOUR events in a row.

The reason why he’s won at Muirfield twice in a row is because the course places a ton of emphasis on approach play, and there is no better player in the world over the last few years in that category than Scottie Scheffler.

Muirfield also penalizes missed fairways more than any other course on TOUR.

Not because it’s narrow, but because the rough is thick, which makes approach shots into the small, firm greens particularly difficult.

This course was designed by the ultimate ball-striker, Jack Nicklaus, so we will be looking to target elite iron players this week.

Who’s In The Field?

Scottie Scheffler leads a loaded field this week. It’s a signature event, and pretty much all of the top players on TOUR will be there, including 9 of the top 10.

Collin Morikawa and Viktor Hovland are the two biggest names who are OUT this week.

Full Field

Here are the key stats for The Memorial Tournament:

  • Build cards around elite approach players first. SG: Approach has the strongest correlation with SG: Total here at 0.612, well ahead of off-the-tee. Bettors should prioritize players gaining heavily with irons, especially those strong from 150–225+ yards, because Muirfield Village produces a lot of mid/long-iron approaches.

  • Don’t overpay for pure bombers. Driving distance shows only a 0.061 correlation with total performance, while driving accuracy is more meaningful at 0.306. The course is long at 7,449 yards, but it also narrows fairways, suppresses driving distance, and penalizes missed fairways more than average. Favor “long enough and accurate” over reckless distance.

  • Difficulty increases the value of bogey avoidance, short game, and putting floors. Scoring is tough at +1.38, GIR is only 55.5%, and penalty strokes are elevated. With SG: Putting at 0.506 and Around-the-Green at 0.455, this is not just a ball-striking event; players who can survive missed greens and avoid doubles should be upgraded for matchup, top-20, and cut-line markets.

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Weekly Bets: 50th Memorial Tournament

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Keith Stewart’s Picks

 

Si Woo Kim (+2200 BetMGM)

In his last eight starts at The Memorial, Si Woo Kim has GAINED with the putter six times! Probably Kim’s best career putting course, he is on an incredible heater T2G in 2026. Ranked third on the PGA TOUR, Si Woo is gaining an average of 1. 5 strokes per round over 53 measured rounds this year. Only Scottie Scheffler and Matt Fitzpatrick have been better. Fresh off gaining eight strokes with his flatstick at the CJ Cup, Kim can more than contend on a course that has been very good to him throughout his career.

Ben Griffin (+3900 DraftKings)

We all saw Ben Griffin come close to defending his title at the Charles Schwab. Walking the practice tee at Muirfield Village, Griffin looks really good. Ben is a player perfectly suited for Jack’s place. Well-rounded T2G and an excellent putter on super smooth surfaces, Griffin finished runner-up to Scottie Scheffler last year. Gaining more than 11 strokes on the field at The Memorial in 2025, this is a perfect example of form colliding with a confidence-producing venue.

Caddyshanks Picks

 

Scottie Scheffler (+310 Draftkings)

The “bet Scottie every week no matter what” strategy hasn’t worked out well so far this year, but he could turn that around easily this week.

Justin Thomas (+40000 Draftkings)

We tried our hand with betting JT last week and it didn’t work out for us, but he’s finding his form again and the win is going to come. Muirfield Village tends to let the cream rise to the top, we like JT to be hanging around come Sunday.

Sepp Straka (+6000 Draftkings)

Sepp has back-to-back Top 5’s at The Memorial, and the number on him this week is too good to resist, considering he’s in good form and has proven he can contend here.

Russell Henley looked like he was running out of holes.

He saved par on the 15th, but found himself three back with three to play.

Henley proceeded to finish regulation at Colonial with three straight birdies – then rolled in a 5-footer on the first playoff hole to beat Eric Cole and claim his sixth PGA Tour win.

That’s four consecutive birdies to finish the day, for the mathematicians out there.

He made two fifteen footers, one from seventeen feet, and the final from about five.

Sometimes the putter really can be like a magic wand.

Now he gets to drive this awesome car around.

What about everybody else?

 

Henley’s late heater was brutal news for Eric Cole, who was chasing his first PGA Tour victory. Cole had it right there, but he parred his final seven holes of regulation – eight if you count the playoff – and watched Henley come take it from him.

Meanwhile, Ben Griffin gave it a proper run with a final-round 65, but came up one shot short of a chance to do something only Ben Hogan has done: win back-to-back tournaments at Colonial.

Griffin, Alex Smalley, and Mac Meissner all finished at 11 under, one behind the Henley-Cole playoff.

What’s Next?

 

The Memorial Tournament at Jack’s place.

Odds: Memorial Tournament

 

  • Scottie Scheffler: +285

  • Rory McIlroy: +920

  • Cameron Young: +1300

  • Xander Schauffele: +1750

  • Ludvig Aberg: +1950

  • Matt Fitzpatrick: +2050

  • Si Woo Kim: +2250

  • Russell Henley: +2600

  • Patrick Cantlay: +2600

  • Tommy Fleetwood: +2700