There will be another nice field on hand this weekend when the Memorial Tournament is played on the northwest rim of Columbus OH. Included in the field are seven of the Hawley Ratings top 10, 14 of the top 20, and the same totals if you use the Official World Golf Ratings as a data source.

If the question is “How many of these guys are playing well?”, the answer is “Not many.”

You probably can say Louis Oosthuizen is playing well. The 38-year-old South African, winner of the 2010 British Open, is on a string of three straight top-10s, including runner-up finishes in the PGA and Zurich. Certainly you can say that Jordan Spieth is playing well. In nine appearances going back to February, he has one win (Texas), a runner-up finish (last week in the Schwab), two thirds (Masters and Pebble Beach), and a fourth (Palmer). Spieth also has another top-10, a top-20, and two forgettable made cuts. And Collin Morikawa, a notable player at only 25 years old, has been up and down, but mostly up. Playing a fairly packed schedule of 12 appearances so far this year, he won the WGC Mexico event and has four other top-10s and two other top-20s.

Many of the other big names from the top of the ranking lists are wondering where their games went.

Jon Rahm, the defending champion, the computer selection in this event, and the Hawley Ratings no. 1 for most of the last six months, has had three unimpressive outings this year, missing one cut and finishing outside the top 30 in two other events. His Hawley Rating is down about 10 percent since the new year. Bottom line, though, give the big guy credit; he’s been best in the biggest events, in the top 10 in both majors plus TPC.

The second biggest name, Rory McIlroy, won the Wells Fargo and had back-to-back top-10s in late winter. He’s also missed three cuts going back to February and has two other finishes outside the top 30.

Justin Thomas? Hasn’t been in the top 20 in five events since winning TPC in mid-March. Bryson DeChambeau? Since winning the Palmer the first weekend in March, the Mr. Universe of the PGA Tour and 2018 winner of this event has two top-10s and four finishes outside the top 30.

The Muirfield Village course will have a new look for this event. Since last July, all 18 greens and bunkers have been rebuilt as the second element of a two-phase project. Most of the green have been re-contoured. One hole, no. 5, has an entirely new layout, including an expanded landing area, and it will play as a par-four for the tournament. The prior design of the hole didn’t cut it with Jack Nicklaus, course designer and club founder, because, he said, “It’s the easiest hole on the golf course.”

Players with better rankings in shots gained in approach, driving distance, driving accuracy, and sand saves, in that order, fared well in this event in Muirfield Village’s previous design. Based on today’s stat sheets, the players best suited to score on the course are Morikawa and Keegan Bradley. Others whose Hawley course fit rankings are within a stroke of Morikawa include, in order, Xander Schauffele, Corey Conners, Viktor Hovland, DeChambeau, McIlroy, Russell Henley, Doug Ghim, Emiliano Grillo, Rahm, Will Zalatoris, and Matthew NeSmith.

On the plus side, here are a few guys who would seem to have a chance, in ratings order:

• Matthew Fitzpatrick, rated 10th, has four top-10s in 11 appearances this year and is in the top 5 percent of all U.S./ Euro pros in driving accuracy.
• Viktor Hovland, 19th, 24-year-old from Norway is a good fit for the course as noted above, was great in February (three straight top-10s) but has been just so-so since then.
• Corey Conners, 23rd, good fit for the course as noted above, has been out of the top 20 only once in eight events since March and has four top-10s in that span (third at Palmer was best).
• Cameron Smith, 25th, had back-to-back top-10s in April followed by the co-win in the Zurich; was just above the cut line in the PGA in his only start since then.
• Shane Lowry, 37th, was in the top 10 in two of his last three starts, including fourth in the PGA.
• Sam Burns, 39th, has had huge up-and-down swings: third in the Genesis, then three straight missed cuts; three straight top-10s, including the Valspar win, followed by a missed cut in the PGA.
• Keegan Bradley, 46th, has three straight top-20s, including seventh at the Zurich.
• Matt Kuchar, 64th, won this event in 2013 and has two top-10s and two top-20s in it since then, along with a 2019 missed cut.
• Troy Merritt, 110th, a 35-year-old Minnesota native, has missed the cut half the time in 2021 but came out of nowhere with back-to-back top-10s in the Nelson and Schwab.