The Memorial Preview:
COURSE: Muirfield Village Golf Club (Dublin, Ohio)
ARCHITECT: Jack Nicklaus/Desmond Muirhead
YARDS/PAR: 7,543 yards/Par 72
PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: $9,300,000 /$1,674,000
DEFENDING Champion (July 2020) – Jon Rahm – (2020 Leaderboard)
PAST RESULTS: (link)
PAST CHAMPIONS: (link)
FEDEx CUP Points Available/Winner: 2,989/550
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @MemorialGolf
OFFICIAL SITE: (The Memorial) – (Official Tournament Site)
TV COVERAGE: Thursday and Friday, June 3 and 4: 3:00pm to 7:00pm (EDT) on Golf Channel. On Saturday, June 5 Golf Channel’s coverage runs from 12:30pm to 3:00pm (EDT) and CBS takes over from 3:00pm to 6:00pm EDT. On Sunday, June 6, Golf Channel’s coverage runs from 12:00pm to 2:30pm (EDT), then CBS takes over from 2:30pm to 6:00pm (EDT).
STREAMING: PGA Tour Live offers streaming coverage of Featured Groups on both Thursday and Friday from 7:15am to 7:00pm (EDT). On the weekend, PGA Tour Live expands coverage with Featured Groups and Holes. On Saturday, Featured Groups runs from 7:45am to 3:00pm (EDT) and Featured Holes from 3:00-6:00pm (EDT). On Sunday, streaming coverage runs from 7:45am to 2:30pm (EDT) with Featured Groups, then finishes off with Featured Holes from 2:30pm to 6:00pm (EDT).
PGA TOUR RADIO COVERAGE: Beginning on Thursday, June 3 and continuing Friday, June 4, PGA Tour Radio coverage airs 12:00pm to 6:30pm (EDT). On Saturday and Sunday, hear live hole-by-hole coverage from 1:00pm to 6:00pm (EDT) (or until completion of play). PGA Tour Radio is available on Sirius 208/XM 92) or online on PGATour.com.
How to Watch: In case of changes, see: (PGATourCom)
Welcome to PGA Tour Brunch – 1st Look at The Memorial
Muirfield Village Golf Club has undergone comprehensive renovations since the conclusion of the 2020 Memorial Tournament, including significant modifications to 12 of the 18 putting surfaces. “This will probably be my last bite at the apple,” said course designer and all-time great Jack Nicklaus at the renovation announcement. “I’ve done little tweaks on the golf course throughout the years, and some significant changes, like the par-3 16th. This time, we are going through the golf course, A to Z, and making sure we do everything at one time.”
The Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide is the last of three elevated events on the PGA Tour schedule, following The Genesis Invitational and the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard. Each offers a larger purse ($9.3 million), 50 more FedExCup points for the winner (550 total) than a standard event and a three-year PGA Tour exemption.
With only 12 events remaining until the start of the FedExCup Playoffs, the top four players – who are all in the field – are separated by just 58 points. Bryson DeChambeau leads No. 2 Jordan Spieth by 28 points, with No. 3 Justin Thomas trailing by 29 points and No. 4 Viktor Hovland by 58 points.
Spain’s Jon Rahm, who enters the week No. 3 in the Official World Golf Ranking, will attempt to join Tiger Woods as the only players to win the Memorial Tournament in consecutive years. Rahm leads the PGA Tour in Top-10s this season with 10 but is in search of his first victory of the season.