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Scottie Scheffler Seeks Historic Three-Peat at 2026 Memorial Tournament

Scheffler enters as the +310 favorite at Muirfield Village, where no golfer has won the same event three straight years since 2011.

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By Free News Press Editorial Team
Published June 3, 2026 at 1:50 PM PDT

Scottie Scheffler has a chance to do something no golfer has done in 15 years.

According to CBS Sports, Scheffler enters the 2026 Memorial Tournament as the +310 favorite and is chasing a three-peat at the event. No golfer has won the same tournament three consecutive years since 2011. Rory McIlroy is the next closest on the odds board at +1200.

The Memorial is a Signature Event on the PGA Tour, meaning the field is smaller but loaded with top talent. Patrick Cantlay, who has won the event twice and added two more top-five finishes, presents a credible threat. A top-five prediction for Cantlay this week carries +435 odds within certain parlay structures.

Among the matchup props drawing attention is Justin Thomas against Ben Griffin. Griffin had a breakout 2025 season with three Tour victories, but he has managed just three top-25 finishes across his last 13 events in 2026. Thomas, by contrast, has posted top-15 finishes in each of his last three tournaments and has a history at Muirfield Village that includes a runner-up finish in 2020 and three total top-10s at the Ohio course. Griffin has played 10 rounds at the venue and broken par in just one of them.

The tournament tees off this week at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio.

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