The tour is back at Jack Nicklaus’ place with the top players in the world playing in another signature event, the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village in Ohio. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is the defending champion and back to attempt to win his third event of the year, following the Byron Nelson and PGA Championship. He tied for fourth place last week at Colonial.
As is custom with the 72-player event, the purse if $20 million with the winner taking home $4 million. There will be a cut to the low 50 players and ties.
Scheffler is looking to be the first player to repeat at the Memorial since Tiger Woods won three straight from 1999-2001. In his last three starts here he’s finished T-3, third, win.
Collin Morikawa, ranked No. 4 in the world, was the runner up to Scheffler and is back after a T-50 at the PGA Championship. In fact, he’s finished second place twice at the Memorial. Of those in the top 10 eligible to play this week, Rory McIlroy is not here, opting to sit out his third signature event this year because he’s playing the next three consecutive weeks. (Here’s what Jack Nicklaus had to say about it on Wednesday.)
Justin Thomas (5), Ludvig Aberg (6), Hideki Matsuyama (7), Russell Henley (8) and Sepp Straka (9) are here. LIV Golf’s Bryson DeChambeau is ranked 10th in the world and not eligible to play.
Rickie Fowler, Jordan Spieth, Brandt Snedeker and Matt Kuchar are sponsor invites. It’s the fifth consecutive week that Spieth is playing. He’s finished fourth, T-34, missed cup, T-36 respectively.
The RBC Canadian Open and the U.S. Open at Oakmont are the next two events.
Here’s a rundown of what each player will earn this who makes the cut at the Memorial. Check back here Sunday after play is complete for updates.
WIN: $4 million
2: $2.2 million
3: $1.4 million
4: $1 million
5: $840,000
6: $760,000
7: $700,000
8: $646,000
9: $600,000
10: $556,000
11: $514,000
12: $472,000
13: $430,000
14: $389,000
15: $369,000
16: $349,000
17: $329,000
18: $309,000
19: $289,000
20: $269,000
21: $250,000
22: $233,000
23: $216,000
24: $200,000
25: $184,000
26: $168,000
27: $161,000
28: $154,000
29: $147,000
30: $140,000
31: $133,000
32: $126,000
33: $119,000
34: $114,000
35: $109,000
36: $104,000
37: $99,000
38: $94,000
39: $90,000
40: $86,000
41: $82,000
42: $78,000
43: $74,000
44: $70,000
45: $66,000
46: $62,000
47: $58,000
48: $56,000
49: $54,000
50: $52,000
51: $51,000
52: $50,000
53: $49,000
54: $48,000
55: $47,000
56: $46,000
57: $45,000
58: $44,000
59: $43,000
60: $42,000
This article was originally published on golfdigest.com
