DUBLIN, Ohio (WCMH) –All eyes in the golf world will be on Muirfield Village Golf Club this week as most of the world’s best compete in the Memorial Tournament.
The 49th edition of the competition founded by Jack Nicklaus is a designated “Signature” event on the PGA Tour, which means the smaller field is limited to the best of the best.
All but one of the top 10 players in the World Golf rankings will be at Muirfield (No. 7 golfer Jon Rahm competes on the LIV Golf tour). The list of 73 players also includes past major champions and prior winners of the Memorial Tournament. Here’s a look at seven golfers to watch this week in Dublin.
The defending champion of the Memorial Tournament will try to become the first golfer since Tiger Woods to win back-to-back titles at Muirfield. Viktor Hovland won last year’s FedEx Cup and hopes to build off the momentum from his third-place finish at the PGA Championship at Valhalla a couple of weeks ago.
A four-time major champion, Rory McIlroy is no stranger to success in Dublin. While he’s yet to win the Memorial, McIlroy has finished in the top ten five times in 12 starts. And the third-best golfer in the world is getting hot at the right time entering this U.S. Open tuneup. McIlroy has three top-five finishes in the last four starts, including wins at the Zurich Classic and Wells Fargo Championship.
Collin Morikawa (United States)
Collin Morikawa has been one of the most consistent golfers on the PGA Tour this season with five top-10 finishes in 13 starts. After starting the year ranked 13th, the two-time major winner has moved to No. 8 in the world after strong back-to-back performances at the PGA Championship and Charles Schwab Challenge. This week marks his fifth start at the Memorial, where he finished as a runner-up in 2021 after a playoff loss to Patrick Cantlay.
Xander Schauffele hasn’t played since winning his first major at the PGA Championship several weeks ago. But a well rested Schauffele could prove dangerous at Muirfield. The 30-year-old set a record when he lifted the Wanamaker Trophy at Valhalla, going 21 under par for the weekend. Ranked No. 2 in the world, Schauffele is also one of two Olympic gold medalists in the field (the other being England’s Justin Rose). Schauffele’s best finish at the Memorial was 11th in 2021.
Scottie Scheffler (United States)
The No. 1-ranked golfer in the world no longer has to deal with the distraction of getting arrested at the PGA Championship. After charges were dropped, Scottie Scheffler can focus on golf. The two-time Masters champion has yet to win at the Memorial, finishing third in his last two starts at Muirfield. And with the U.S. Open approaching, Scheffler looks to gain momentum heading into Pinehurst.
Billy Horschel (United States)
Billy Horschel has seen the best of times and the worst of times at Muirfield. The 37-year-old won in 2022 only to miss the cut after shooting 12-over 84 the following year. But Horschel seems to have returned to top form, with four top-10 finishes, including a win at the Corales Puntacana Championship in April and an eighth-place result at the PGA Championship.
Ludvig Åberg (Sweden)
Ranked sixth in the world, Ludvig Aberg turned heads when he finished second at the Masters this year. At 24, he’s a rising star in the golf world and only turned pro last season, winning at the RSM Classic in November. Aberg has five top-10 finishes but missed the cut in his last start, which came at the PGA Championship. Aberg is making his first start at the Memorial.
Scottie Scheffler is your winner of the 2024 Memorial Tournament, his first of his career. The American wins by one stroke over Collin Morikawa with a par putt on the 18th hole.
The Memorial features a $20 million total purse, with each placing player getting a portion of the prize money. As the winner, Scheffler wins $4 million, which equates to 20% of the total purse.
According to the latest 2024 PGA Championship odds, Scottie Scheffler is listed as the +360 favorite. The No. 1 ranked player in the world is followed by McIlroy (+800), Schauffele (+900) and Collin Morikawa (+1400) on the PGA odds board.
The winner of the Memorial Tournament will go home with a $4 million payday, with each of the top-four finishers earning seven figures. Below is everything you need to know about the Memorial Tournament's $20 million purse; you can catch the action from 2:30 p.m. ET until the completion of play on CBS.
Having already won this year at the courses famously connected to Arnold Palmer and Bobby Jones, two of the faces that would be etched on the Mount Rushmore of golf, Scottie Scheffler added winning at Jack's Place, shooting a final-round 2-over-par 74 at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio on Sunday in the 2024 ...
The greatest prize money for a golf tournament is $20,00,000 (15.3 million), achieved by the 2022 Players Championship, staged on 10–14 March 2022 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA.
The Scottie Scheffler train rolled on last week, as the golfer finished one stroke ahead of Collin Morikawa at the Memorial Tournament for his fifth win of the season. The title was worth $4 million in prize money and pushed his 2024 winnings to a new PGA Tour record of $24 million.
The 2024 PGA Championship purse has been set for $18.5 million, $1 million more than last year. It's part of the $398,900,000 designated for 37 of the 38 PGA Tour events on the 2024 schedule. The Players Championship offered one of the biggest purses with $25 million and $4.5 million going to the winner.
“Guardians of the Galaxy” star Chris Pratt and Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning teed off Wednesday morning. Zak Brown and Rob Lowe also joined the field. The stars and celebrities were paired with pro golfers to take a shot at the course Jack Nicklaus built.
Workday. Workday is proud to be the presenting sponsor of the Memorial Tournament. We're so pleased to be associated with golf's greatest player, Jack Nicklaus, and an event that draws the national spotlight.
Projected cut line set at 4-over for Memorial Tournament
The projected cut line for the 2024 Memorial Tournament is at 4-over par heading into the afternoon of the second round. The cut will be made at the top 50 plus ties along with any player within 10 strokes of the lead.
In the final round of the 2024 Memorial presented by Workday, Scottie Scheffler shoots a final-round 2-over 74 in tough course conditions to claim his fifth win of the 2024 season and his 11th victory of his PGA TOUR career. Jack was right. This time, the putt went in.
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