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00:00This week's PGA TOUR event, which is the Memorial Jacks Tournament.

00:08Mirafield Village in beautiful Dublin, Ohio.

00:11Dublin, Ireland, Cam, which is why Dublin, Ohio.

00:14I went with the green today, even though it's not Dublin, Ireland.

00:17They're playing in Dublin, Ohio, so we go with a little green to get us going

00:21and maybe to find us our way to the window, Cam.

00:24This is a start of a very big stretch here.

00:28We have Memorial, US Open, Travelers, Signature, Major, Signature,

00:34bang, bang, bang, over the next three weeks.

00:37I think the big boys, Cam, who's going to come to play here?

00:41We saw Victor Hovland win at the Memorial last year

00:44in the playoff over dangerous Denny McCarthy.

00:47He's one of our guys at the chalk at the top of this board.

00:50We know who the main guys are.

00:52Scotty Scheffler at an unplayable price at plus 360.

00:56Rory and Xander are both 9-1, Morikawa and Hovland,

01:00and then it gets to Aubert, Cantlay, who won here in 19,

01:04and you have JT, et cetera, Cam.

01:06The chalk for the Memorial Tournament this week.

01:10Memorial Tournament, great.

01:11You ever notice Jack, since he's running that ice cream stand, Carver?

01:14The boiler gets a little bit bigger every year.

01:16I love ice cream too, and guys, loving playing for Jack.

01:19It's all the big boys.

01:21They talked about it before.

01:22What do you want to do?

01:24That's the golden bear, so the big boys show up here.

01:26You're probably not going to get an underdog at like 200-1.

01:29There'll be a couple guys in the mix, but very long course, over 7,500.

01:34There's so many difficult lie situations here,

01:37and Jack knows you have to be a great ball striker

01:40to win at Memorial and Hovland.

01:42He found his game last year.

01:43I know he's looking for it now, but this is a very happy place for him.

01:47Cantlay has played well here before in the past,

01:49so there's a couple guys that really like this tournament,

01:52and the guys who love Jack always want to impress the golden bear.

01:55It's going to be a lot of fun this week.

01:57Everybody always wants to impress the golden bear, Cam.

02:00There's no question about that.

02:01Let's get right to it on a golf Wednesday.

02:03The picks for the Memorial.

02:06I'll start with, you know, I'm kind of going with a couple guys at the top

02:10because, as we said, I don't think this is a jabroni week.

02:13This is not a week where you're going to get these 150, 200.

02:16You've seen a lot of them on the PGA Tour this year.

02:19Not this week.

02:20Colin Morikawa at 14-1 is where I'm going to start.

02:22Why, Cam?

02:23This guy has been knocking on the door playing some great golf

02:26for the past couple of months.

02:28A bunch of top 10s and top 5s, including in some very tough courses.

02:32He's won here before.

02:34He's played great at Muirfield Village.

02:36So, Colin Morikawa, top of the chart for me.

02:38Victor Hovland, the defending champion.

02:40Usually don't love the defending champion angle, Cam,

02:43but you saw a little something out of Victor for the first time this year

02:46at the PGA Championship.

02:48Maybe that rolls right in to a place

02:50that he's obviously played very well at in the past.

02:53I think we're getting Max Homa on the cheap

02:55because he did not play well his last couple of times out.

02:5845-1, always plays well on tough courses,

03:01and this is a tough course, Cam.

03:03We've seen the winner be 7-under, 9-under,

03:06ever since the remodel a few years ago.

03:08There ain't going to be any 20-unders this week at Jack's Tournament,

03:12so you've got to be able to play on tough courses,

03:14and I'll give you a couple bombs here.

03:16Bombs in terms of a little bit longer than the chalk.

03:1975-1 for Keegan Bradley.

03:21This is just another instance for me

03:23with a guy who's been playing some pretty good golf lately

03:26that could be hanging around on Sunday,

03:28and dangerous Denny McCarthy,

03:30purely, Cam, off of how he played here last year

03:32and in previous years,

03:34he has knocked on the door at Muirfield Village,

03:37and maybe he can kick it down with an 80-1 this week.

03:39You know what? I love your long shot picks

03:41because Keegan hits it a long way,

03:43and if he gets the putter going, this is a perfect fit for the course.

03:45And dangerous Denny McCarthy does all the little things well

03:48that you'll need at Muirfield because it's very, very tricky.

03:50Carver, we're reading each other's mail.

03:52We don't even talk before we do this.

03:54I'm on Morikawa.

03:56Less units.

03:57Sorry. Yes, less guys, more units.

03:59Give me Morikawa.

04:00He is so damn due,

04:02and if he was a little bit longer,

04:03I'd even smash him harder.

04:05This is a perfect course for him.

04:0614-1, fairways and greens.

04:08Victor Hovland, you're right.

04:10He's starting to turn it around.

04:12Aubert, Aubert, 25-1.

04:14Perfect type of guy.

04:16Murders the golf ball.

04:17You know what?

04:18My underdog is Sepp Straka.

04:19He gets no respect in the golfing world.

04:21Me and you have been betting him all the time,

04:23and the guy always is a top-20 guy.

04:25Going to give me Sepp Straka at 66-1?

04:27You're damn right I'm going to knock through the door.

04:29So four guys this week.

04:31I might add another because I respect your picks,

04:33but that's what we're doing.

04:34It's a chalky week.

04:36You know, I actually saw an Aubert for 30 somewhere this morning.

04:40What?

04:41I probably should have went and grabbed it.

04:42Click, click, click.

04:43I might have to go back over and see if that's still available to me.

04:46I'm going to go see if I can find that 30 on Ludwig Aubert.

04:49Here's the placements for me.

04:51Patrick Cantlay, he has not had a good year.

04:54Maybe he gets a little juiced up, Cam,

04:56that his buddy is now a couple steps ahead of him, Xander Schauffele,

05:00winning his first major.

05:02Cantlay not there yet.

05:03U.S. Open next week.

05:04Maybe Cantlay ramps his game up a top 10 at plus 220.

05:08Siwoo Kim is a monster at this place.

05:11I think he's got four or five top 20s in a row.

05:13A couple of those are in the top 10, plus 360.

05:17I've seen a lot of people pick him to win as well, Cam.

05:20Maybe that will be a late add for me, but I'm going to go with Siwoo.

05:23Dangerous Denny, I'll back him up with a T10 at plus 450.

05:26Sahith Tagala, top 20 at plus 140.

05:29The Irish Bear is hung around.

05:31You know, I'll probably end up, if I get a good number, playing him, Cam,

05:34but he just hasn't crossed the line for me.

05:36But he's been there for these T20s, so plus 190.

05:40And Kurt Kiniyama on a tough course at plus 240 for a top 20.

05:44We're reading each other's mail.

05:45Here's the deal.

05:46Cantlay used to love this tournament.

05:48He's just not in great form, but he always seems to show up for Jack.

05:52That's the guy he idolizes, and Jack likes him.

05:55He mentored him.

05:56Top 10, Cantlay, plus 220.

05:58I'm with you on Houma.

05:59Might not win, but for a top 20 at plus money, I've got to be in.

06:03You got a better number than me with Tagala, but he hits it a mile,

06:06and that's what you need at this course at plus 115.

06:09Will Zalatorrez, you'll break your heart in the winner's circle,

06:11but for a top 20, I'm there.

06:13And Carver.

06:15Watch.

06:17My throat.

06:18Ricola, Austin Eckrot, in my throat.

06:21Let's go.

06:22I'm telling you, this guy murders it, and I know he hasn't been perfect,

06:26but you want to give me three to one for a top 20?

06:28I'll play him top 30 and 42.

06:30Eckrot is going to be my pooch this week.

06:33I think he shows up on page one or two of the leaderboard.

06:37First round leaders.

06:39It's hard for bombs this week because there's only 73 golfers in the field.

06:43Nice job.

06:44How about Bobby Mack saying no thanks?

06:46I'm going to go get hammered all week at home in Scotland.

06:48Yeah.

06:49What a great guy.

06:53I am so upset at myself, Cam, that we weren't on Bobby Mack last week.

06:57I love Mack.

06:58I've missed out on him so much in the last few years that I'm upset we missed

07:01out on him.

07:02First round leaders.

07:03There's Sepp Strockett, Cam.

07:04He's on my card.

07:05First round leader at 50 to one.

07:07There's Dangerous Denny again at 55.

07:09Ben Griffin playing some good golf for the past couple weeks at 70 to one.

07:13Davis Thompson at 70.

07:15Cam Davis just got a spot in the U.S. Open.

07:17I'll have a playoff off of Adam Scott.

07:1980 to one for him.

07:20And Chris got her up and get him down.

07:22Got her up.

07:23At 90 to one.

07:24Got her up and get him down, Cam.

07:26Let's go.

07:27Fill her up.

07:28Got her up.

07:29Let's go.

07:30I'm going to go with Victor.

07:3122 to one.

07:32Off to a hot start.

07:33Aubert at 30.

07:34Tagawa's the guy that likes to get her to the gate hot.

07:36I'm with you on Straka.

07:37Thompson's water seal.

07:39You got a bad deck?

07:40Don't worry.

07:41Davis Thompson will fix it.

07:42Beautiful product at 71.

07:44And Austin Eckrode, as I told you, 75 to one.

07:47My first round leader out of the gate.

07:49Bam.

07:50Let's go.

07:51Austin Eckrode.

07:53Cam big on Eckrode.

07:54I'll have to do something for Eckrode now here this week.

07:56I have to have some rooting interest with you.

07:58You watched him finish last.

07:59Come on.

08:0273 golfers at Muirfield Village for the Memorial.

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