Storylines for Memorial Tournament: Who can challenge Scottie Scheffler?

The PGA Tour pays a visit to Jack Nicklaus' backyard this week for the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club. With 72 of the best players in the world congregating in Dublin, Ohio, let's check out the three most intriguing storylines for the Memorial. 

How tough will Jack Nicklaus make the golf course?

If you love watching players struggle to make birdies, this is the tournament for you. Nicklaus prides himself on having one of the toughest challenges on the PGA Tour schedule every year, and he'll even make widespread renovations to the property to keep that label. 

Muirfield Village is a U.S. Open-style test of golf with thick rough, lightning-fast greens and deep bunkers lurking around every corner. Scottie Scheffler won the tournament with a final score of 8 under par last season. The year before, Viktor Hovland and Denny McCarthy went to a playoff after finishing at 7 under. Nicklaus doesn't want the field to sniff double-digits under par, and that will be no different in 2025.

Collin Morikawa in need of a slump-buster

Morikawa was one of the hottest players on the PGA Tour to start the 2025 season. The American finished runner-up at the season-opening Sentry and the Arnold Palmer Invitational, signaling he was getting closer to winning his first event since 2023. Ever since his T14 finish at The Masters, though, Morikawa hasn't been the same. 

Morikawa has finished T54, cut, T17 and T50 in his last four starts. He's lost strokes from around the green in four of his last five starts, and the PGA Championship marked the first time he lost strokes on approach since the FedEx St. Jude Championship in August. Is this a sign of things to come for Morikawa or just a mini slump he can snap out of? We'll find out at Muirfield, where he ranks second in the field in Data Golf's Course History Tool.

Who's going to challenge Scottie Scheffler?