Strong Field In Ohio For Jack Nicklaus' Memorial Tournament
Five of the world's top 10 will tee it up at Muirfield Village
Dustin Johnson, Jason Day, Hideki Matsuyama, Jordan Spieth and Jon Rahm are all at Muirfield Village this week for Jack Nicklaus' Memorial Tournament
Strong Field In Ohio For Jack Nicklaus' Memorial Tournament
It's Memorial Tournament week on the PGA Tour as Jack Nicklaus hosts at his Muirfield Village Country Club in Dublin, Ohio.
Last year, William McGirt won his first PGA Tour title after beating Jon Curran in a playoff.
Interestingly, there has been a playoff to decide the Memorial Tournament in each of the last three years.
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Five of the world's top 10 players make up a strong field with the US Open at Erin Hills just two weeks away.
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World number one Dustin Johnson headlines with world number three Jason Day, number four and 2014 Memorial Tournament winner Hideki Matsuyama, number six Jordan Spieth and number nine Jon Rahm all in the field.
Rory McIlroy pulled out of the tournament last week with rib pains. He will now go into the US Open without any tournament preparation.
Last week's Dean & Deluca Invitational winner Kevin Kisner is also playing.
Venue: Muirfield Village GC, Dublin, Ohio Date: June 1-4 Course stats: par 72, 7,392 yards Purse: $8,500,000 Winner: $1,615,000 Defending Champion: William McGirt (-15)
TV Coverage: Thursday 2 – Sky Sports 4 from 7.30pm Friday 3 – Sky Sports 4 from 7.30pm Saturday 4 – Sky Sports 4 from 5.30pm Sunday 5 – Sky Sports 4 from 5pm
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Jon Rahm - The Spaniard came close last week at the Dean & Deluca Invitational, eventually finishing in a tie for second. Since winning the Farmers Insurance Open in January, Rahm has five top-five finishes on the PGA Tour and has moved up to ninth in the Official World Golf Ranking.
Hideki Matsuyama - The world number four won here in 2014 and has come a long way since then. He has been slightly quiet in the last few months but did finish T22nd at The Players Championship three weeks ago and hasn't played since, so he'll have surely been working hard on his game.
Jordan Spieth - After two missed cuts, Spieth finished in a tie for second last week at Colonial, missing out by one stroke. This is a huge tournament this week and victory here would put him in a great place with the US Open just around the corner.
Key hole: 18th. A long, par-4 finishing hole of 484-yards, it generally averages well above par. For last season the fairway bunkering was redesigned to catch more drives. The players now need to carry the ball fully 350 yards if there to get past all the sand.
Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!
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