The PGA Tour took a week off for the Olympics but returns to Memphis for the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational with an elite field of just 66 players. World No. 1 Jon Rahm was forced to withdraw from the Olympics last week due to testing positive for COVID-19 and is not in this week’s field. However, 48 of the World Golf Ranking’s Top 50 players will be, as Marc Cohn sang, “Walking In Memphis.”

Brooks Koepka (11/1) won the first WGC event in Memphis back in 2019. Koepka has finished sixth or better in six of his last eight starts. Collin Morikawa (12/1) was part of a seven-way playoff and just missed out on an Olympic bronze medal. One man who did not miss out on a medal was Xander Schauffele (14/1), who held on to win gold and now is in another short field in a no-cut event where he has thrived during his young career. Jordan Spieth (16/1) makes his first start since finishing runner-up at the British Open three weeks ago.

Dustin Johnson (16/1) is a two-time winner at TPC Southwind when it hosted the FedEx St. Jude Classic. Justin Thomas (18/1) is the defending champion of this event. Rory McIlroy (20/1) was also in that massive playoff for the bronze in Tokyo last week but came up short. Daniel Berger (22/1), like Johnson, is also a two-time winner on this course.

Louis Oosthuizen (20/1) responded nicely to another close call disappointment in a major championship with a T-2 at the 3M Open two weeks ago as he still seeks his first career victory on American soil.

Here are some who can walk away from Memphis with the title:

Koepka: Won this event two years ago and has four top-3 finishes in his six starts in Memphis. He has four top 5s in his last five starts along with a second, fourth and sixth in the last three majors. Other than Morikawa, who seemingly always leads in ball striking, no one is putting up better numbers than Koepka in that category.

Scottie Scheffler (30/1): Posted top 10s in three majors this summer and has three top 10s in his last five events. He also rates sixth in SG: Total over the last 24 rounds and first in Birdie or Better on Par 4s.

Paul Casey (35/1): Although he fell just short of an Olympic medal, Casey seemed to relish the opportunity to represent Team GB in international competition with more to come this fall at the Ryder Cup. International travel seems to affect players differently. However, Casey already experienced this earlier in the year having played in Southern California the week before and then making the trek to the Dubai Desert Classic and emerging victorious (tipped in this column).

Cameron Smith (40/1): Ranked fifth with his irons in Japan, gaining more than five shots on the field. He had a birdie that did not drop on 18 to get himself into the playoff for the bronze. The strongest club in his bag, the putter, let him down as a half shot to the field on the greens. However, over the last 24 rounds, the Aussie is No. 1 in this field for SG: Putting.

Jason Kokrak (50/1): Is having his career year with two victories this season (CJ Cup and Charles Schwab Challenge). He rates Top 10 in this elite field for Approach, Ball Striking, and Putting.