The 2025 Memorial Tournament begins on Thursday at Muirfield Village, marking the seventh of eight PGA Tour Signature Events this season. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler won the PGA Championship two weeks ago before finishing T4 in last week's Charles Schwab Challenge. Scheffler is the defending champion at this event and is the +280 favorite (risk $100 to win $280) in the 2025 Memorial Tournament odds. 

He will have to get past other Memorial Tournament contenders like Xander Schauffele (16-1), Collin Morikawa (16-1), Justin Thomas (18-1) and Patrick Cantlay (22-1). The first round begins on Thursday at 7:50 a.m. ET. Before locking in any 2025 Memorial Tournament picks, you NEED to see the PGA Tour predictions and best bets from golf insider Eric Cohen.

The host of Tuesday's Early Wedge Best Bets Show on SportsLine's YouTube page, Cohen is an avid golf bettor who correctly predicted the pre-tournament outright winner in eight tournaments over the last three seasons. He correctly identified Justin Thomas to win the 2025 RBC Heritage (+1800) last month and Ben Griffin (+4500 w/o Scheffler) to win the Charles Schwab Challenge last week. 

Cohen has also called Aaron Rai (2024 Wyndham Championship, +3300), Davis Thompson (2024 John Deere Classic, +2200), Bryson DeChambeau (2024 U.S. Open, +2000), Scottie Scheffler (2024 Players Championship, +550), Rickie Fowler (2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic, +1400), Brooks Koepka (2023 PGA Championship, +2000) and Chris Kirk (2023 Honda Classic, +3500) over the last few seasons. Anyone who followed his lead could have been WAY UP!

Now, Cohen has been digging into the 2025 Memorial Tournament field to find the best betting value and just locked in his best bets and longshots to back. 

This week, Cohen is fading Xander Schauffele, who is the top favorite at 12-1 in the winner without Scottie Scheffler market. We can also tell you Cohen is high on Hideki Matsuyama as a 28-1 longshot in the winner without Scheffler market. "This is a good number on a streaky player who has been fairly successful here in the past. Matsuyama gained strokes in all major categories and finished T8 last year, but won at Jack's place in 2014, finished T5 in 2015, and solo 6th in 2019. Shockingly, the Japanese star hasn't recorded a top-10 since his season opening victory in Hawaii and a result of that caliber seems long overdue. He's one of the best in the world around the greens, which is paramount at a tricky course like this one. I'll take a shot with Matsuyama this week as the ultimate boom-or-bust candidate," Cohen told SportsLine.  

Moreover, Cohen is jumping on several other golfers, including one MASSIVE LONGSHOT who's priced at more than 125-1! This golfer has previously won at a course designed by Jack Nicklaus. Anyone who backs this golfer could cash in HUGE. You need to see who it is before locking in any 2025 Memorial Tournament picks of your own.

So which 2025 Memorial Tournament players should you target, and which surprising longshot could bring a MASSIVE payday? ... Join SportsLine right now to see Eric Cohen's best Memorial Tournament picks, all from the expert who already nailed Justin Thomas in the RBC Heritage and Ben Griffin in the Charles Schwab Challenge!