Scottie Scheffler shot a final-round 2-under-par 70 to win the Memorial Tournament on June 1.
He is the second player to win consecutive Memorials. Tiger Woods is the other, having won three in a row from 1999-2001.
Scheffler had one bogey in the final round, his only bogey in this year’s tournament.
This was Scheffler’s third win in his past four starts.
Scheffler finished at 10 under for the tournament, and was followed by Ben Griffin, who shot 1 over in the final round to finish at 6 under for the tournament.
Sepp Straka was third at 5 under, followed by Nick Taylor at 4 under. Maverick McNealy and Russell Henley tied for fifth at 2 under.
Ben Griffin’s drive on the par-4 No. 17 hit a spectator, leaving a red ball mark on his back. Griffin stopped and autographed his glove and gave it to the fan, then proceeded to double-bogey the hole.
Meanwhile, Scottie Scheffler remained steady and parred the hole to stretch his lead to three strokes with one hole to play.
Scheffler is at 10 under. Griffin is at 6 under. Sepp Straka is third at 5 under.
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Australian David Graham, who from a certain perspective became the first and only left-handed golfer to win the Memorial Tournament, has been selected by the Captains Club to be the tournament’s 2026 honoree.
Graham, 79, first learned to golf left-handed before switching sides at age 14 when a co-worker in the pro shop where he was employed convinced him to make the change. He quickly became proficient at the game, and in 1968 turned professional, honing his craft on the Australian and Asian Tours. He earned his PGA Tour card in 1971 and collected his first win in 1972 at the Cleveland Open.
Graham won eight times on tour, including two majors — the 1979 PGA Championship and 1981 U.S. Open. He also won the 1980 Memorial. He has 36 career tour wins that came on six different continents, and won five times on the Champions Tour before retiring in 2004.
Ben Griffin followed his eagle on No. 15 with a birdie on the par-3 No. 16. Scottie Scheffler parred the hole, so he now leads Griffin by two strokes.
Scheffler is at 10 under while Griffin is at 8 under. Next is Sepp Straka at 5 under.
Scottie Scheffler birdied the par-5 15th but was outdone by Ben Griffin’s eagle on the same hole.
Scheffler is at 10 under while Griffin is at 7 under. Next is Sepp Straka at 5 under.
On the hole the leaders were warned for slow play, Ben Griffin bogeyed the par-4 13th to fall four strokes behind Scottie Scheffler.
Each parred No. 14.
Scheffler is at 9 under while Griffin and Sepp Straka are at 5 under. Next is Nick Taylor at 3 under.
The leading twosome of Scottie Scheffler and Ben Griffin received a warning for slow play, according to the CBS telecast.
Scheffler leads Griffin by 3 strokes.
Ben Griffin bogeyed the par-3 12th hole while Scottie Scheffler parred.
Scheffler is at 9 under, three strokes ahead of Griffin.
Trailing Griffin by one at 5 under are Sepp Straka and Nick Taylor.
Both Scottie Scheffler and Ben Griffin went for the green on the tough par-5 11th hole. Both carried the water but missed left. While Griffin’s landed in deep rough, Scheffler’s was in trampled grass and in a better position.
Griffin asked for a rules judgment because his left foot was close to a sprinkler cap. He played it anyway and chipped close to the hole.
Scheffler made a 14-foot birdie putt to go to 9 under. Griffin then missed from 5 feet to fall two strokes behind Scheffler.
Scottie Scheffler hit his tee shot near a tree on the par-4 10th and had to chip out onto the fairway. He then hit onto the green and two-putted for his first bogey of the tournament. He is at 8 under, one stroke ahead of Ben Griffin.
Nick Taylor is in third at 5 under, with Russell Henley and Sepp Straka next at 4 under.
Scottie Scheffler broke his string of pars with a birdie on the par-5 No. 7. He is at 9 under and leads Ben Griffin by two strokes and Nick Taylor by three.
Brandt Snedeker, ranked 430th in the world, got into the Memorial only because of a sponsor exemption. The 44-year-old has an endorsement deal with tournament presenter Workday. He turned the special invitation into a chance to prove himself, which he accomplished by shooting a final-round 65 that puts him in a tie for ninth at the moment.
Scottie Scheffler missed a short birdie putt on No. 5, and Ben Griffin followed with a birdie putt of his own.
Scheffler has parred every hole on June 1 and is at 8 under and leads Griffin by one stroke. Nick Taylor and Sepp Straka are three back at 5 under.
Scottie Scheffler has not hit a green in regulation in the final round, but he is even par and at 8 uunder has a two-shot lead over Ben Griffin and Nick Taylor.
Griffin has two bogeys and a birdie and is 1 over for the round. Taylor is 1 under for the round with two birdies and a bogey.
Ben Griffin has worn aviator sunglasses this weekend that don’t look like customary sporting eyewear.
Golfweek’s Adam Schupak provided details about why Griffin wears them.
Griffin has been wearing sunglasses on the course since the 2024 RBC Canadian Open last June, where he finished second, due to seeing floaters. Since that first week with a designer knockoff brand he happened to have in his bag, he’s relied on U Swing sunglasses. “It hasn’t affected my vision – I still see floaters – but they darken things and make the floaters less defined,” he said. “I think they also help me with reading greens and seeing slopes better.”
Originally, he wore a pair of designer knockoffs that he found in his house that he had purchased a year earlier with no significance to golf. But before long he admired a model of aviator-style glasses worn by and endorsed by fellow Tour pro C.T. Pan and they’ve become Griffin’s super power — he’s won twice this season sporting them.
“I Venmo-ed him $20 and he shipped me a pair,” Griffin recalled. “I’ve been wearing them ever since.”
He added: “Sunglasses are solely just to make it darker and, honestly, it helps with the floaters because the floaters are dark, and so when it’s really bright they’re way more defined, especially on a golf course where there’s not much shade. So, when I have the sunglasses on I don’t see ’em quite as much. That’s really the only benefit.”
Sepp Straka is 2 under after three holes and is three shots behind leader Scottie Scheffler.
This comes after he shot a 66 on May 31 to move close to contention.
After bogeying the first hole to drop two shots behind leader Scottie Scheffler, Ben Griffin birdied No. 2 with a 5-foot putt to get to 7 under. Scheffler has opened with two pars.
After opening the day at 6 over par, Snedeker continues to climb as his final round comes to a close. Through 16 holes, Snedeker is 7 under, putting him on pace to tie for the best individual round of the 2025 Memorial Tournament.
Snedeker is now tied for 10th at 1 under. He shot 75, 73 and 74, respectively, on each of the first three days.
Scheffler sunk a 7-foot putt to shoot par on his first hole of the day, but things didn’t go as easily for Griffin, who missed a similar putt by six inches and settled for a bogey.
Scheffler now drops to 8 under, two strokes ahead of Griffin who is alone in second place.
Scheffler opened the final round one stroke ahead of Griffin at a tournament-best 8 under, and the two have now teed off on the first hole. Scheffler is vying to be the first golfer to win consecutive Memorial Tournament titles since Tiger Woods did some from 1999-2001.
Spieth opened the day tied for fourth at 3 under, and while he managed to shoot par on the first hole his day got off to an inauspicious start. The television broadcast captured a shot from Spieth that flew just over the heads of a crowd of spectators, and you can see it below.
Lowry entered the final day at 2 under, tied for seventh overall, but has already gained a stroke by birdieing the opening hole to improve to 3 under and a four-way tie for fourth. Burns, meanwhile, started at par and birdied his third hole when he sunk a 7-foot putt and is now tied for 10th at 1 under.
After shooting a 77 in the third round, Ludvig Aberg had the fifth-earliest tee time for the final day of the 2025 Memorial Tournament. He opened Round 4 at 7 over par, but he closed with one of the best rounds of the entire tournament.
Aberg had six birdies and shot par on the other 12 holes, finishing the day with a 66. Only two other golfers have bested that number so far in this year’s event: Sam Burns shot 65 in the second round and Ben Griffin did so on the first day.
Russell Henley entered the final day of the tournament at 1 under par, tied for 10th in the standings. He began Round 4 around 1:10 p.m. and opened the day with a bogey, dropping him back to par for the tournament and a tie for 11th place.
Scottie Scheffler leads Ben Griffin by one stroke. They tee off at 2:05 p.m.
Aberg is through 13 holes and Snedeker through eight, but both are 5 under while going through their final rounds at this year’s tournament. Both Aberg and Snedeker have five birdies apiece as the latter opened the day finishing under par on his first three holes.
Snedeker is 1 over for the tournament, currently tied for 15th, while Aberg is tied for 21st at 2 over.
Austin Eckroat has finished his solo round and is the first player to make the cut to be done at the 2025 Memorial. Eckroat teed off alone at 8:55 a.m. and finished the day right around 12:10 p.m., shooting 6 over to finish the tournament at 17 over. After shooting 73 on each of the first two days, Eckroat finished at 81 in Round 3 and 78 in Round 4.
As the final day of competition gets underway, five golfers were recognized as national players of the year for their respective collegiate divisions.
David Lee of North Carolina (Division I), Adam Duncan of Colorado Christian (Division II), Jonathan McEwen of Washington & Lee (Division III), Jack Whaley of Dalton State (NAIA) and Adam Bresnu of Odessa (NJCAA) were all recognized during the morning at Muirfield Village Golf Club.
“This year’s group of winners once again puts on display the incredible depth of talent in the collegiate game that has led to parity at every level, evident by our Division I, II and III recipients being the first Nicklaus Award recipient in their school’s history,” Nicklaus said in a statement.
The 2024 Memorial Tournament champion enjoyed the first bogey-free round he’s ever played at Muirfield Village Golf Club when he climbed to first place at 8 under par. After finishing Round 3, Scheffler got some friendly advice from one of his fans.
After entering the final day of the tournament shooting 9 over par, the native of Sheffield, England, has had a better go of things through the front nine. Although he bogeyed the opening hole, Fitzpatrick recovered with a birdie on No. 2 and another on No. 8, but the highlight was an eagle on 7 when he hit his second shot 275 yards and finished with a putt from about 4 feet.
He is now 3 under through nine holes, the best mark so far today, and is 6 over for the tournament.
Memorial Tournament tee times today
- 8:55 a.m.: Austin Eckroat
- 9:00 a.m.: Matt Fitzpatrick, Wyndham Clark
- 9:10 a.m.: Denny McCarthy, Justin Rose
- 9:20 a.m.: Alex Noren, Harry Higgs
- 9:31 a.m.: Ludvig Åberg, Davis Thompson
- 9:42 a.m.: Min Woo Lee, Sam Stevens
- 9:53 a.m.: Michael Kim, Nick Dunlap
- 10:04 a.m.: Hideki Matsuyama, Max Greyserman
- 10:15 a.m.: Max Homa, Andrew Novak
- 10:26 a.m.: Thomas Detry, Viktor Hovland
- 10:37 a.m.: Mackenzie Hughes, Brandt Snedeker
- 10:53 a.m.: Si Woo Kim, Tony Finau
- 11:04 a.m.: Stephan Jaeger, Adam Scott
- 11:15 a.m.: Cameron Young, Adam Hadwin
- 11:26 a.m.: Bud Cauley, Eric Cole
- 11:37 a.m.: Justin Thomas, Jhonattan Vegas
- 11:48 a.m.: Akshay Bhatia, Matt Kuchar
- 11:59 a.m.: Tommy Fleetwood, Collin Morikawa
- 12:10 p.m.: Sungjae Im, Taylor Pendrith
- 12:21 p.m.: Tom Hoge, Robert MacIntyre
- 12:32 p.m.: Harris English, Ryan Fox
- 12:43 p.m.: Corey Conners, Ryan Gerard
- 12:59 p.m.: Xander Schauffele, Sam Burns
- 1:10 p.m.: Russell Henley, Maverick McNealy
- 1:21 p.m.: Shane Lowry, Jacob Bridgeman
- 1:32 p.m.: Rickie Fowler, Patrick Cantlay
- 1:43 p.m.: Keegan Bradley, Jordan Spieth
- 1:54 p.m.: Nick Taylor, Sepp Straka
- 2:05 p.m.: Scottie Scheffler, Ben Griffin
What time do the gates open for the Memorial Tournament today?
Patrons can enter for the final round of the 2025 Memorial Tournament starting at 8 a.m.
What TV channel is the Memorial golf tournament on? How to watch
Final-round coverage of the 2025 Memorial Tournament airs on the Golf Channel and CBS.
- Live Final Round coverage: Golf Channel, 1-2:30 p.m.
- Week in review coverage: CBS, 2-2:30 p.m.
- Live Final Round coverage: CBS, 2:30-6:30 p.m.
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Memorial Tournament favorites
Tournament odds from BetMGM as of May 30:
- Scottie Scheffler: -300
- Ben Griffin: +400
- Nick Taylor: +1800
- Jordan Spieth: +4000
- Sepp Straka: +4500
2025 Memorial Tournament prize money: How much is the tournament purse?
Golfers will be vying for a share of a $20 million purse when the 2025 Memorial Tournament begins May 26. The champion’s share will remain $4 million, which is how much defending champion Scottie Scheffler took home last year.
Here’s a look at the payout for the top five finishers in the 2024 tournament:
Position/ Player /Score/ Earnings
- 1 Scottie Scheffler -8 $4 million
- 2 Collin Morikawa -7 $2.2 million
- 3 Adam Hadwin -4 $1.4 million
- 4 Christiaan Bezuidenhout -3 $1 million
- T5 Matt Fitzpatrick -2 $766,667
- T5 Ludvig Aberg -2 $766,667
- T5 Sepp Straka -2 $766,667
Additionally, the winner earns 700 FedExCup points.
— Adam Jardy
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Who has the most Memorial Tournament wins?
Tiger Woods has the most wins at the Memorial with five (1999-2001, 2009, 2012). Kenny Perry is behind Woods with three (1991, 2003, 2008). If Scottie Scheffler successfully defends his title at Murifield, he will be the first back-to-back winner since Woods.
Here are the Memorial Tournament winners dating back to 1990:
- 2024 Scottie Scheffler
- 2023 Viktor Hovland
- 2022 Billy Horschel
- 2021 Patrick Cantlay
- 2020 Jon Rahm
- 2019 Patrick Cantlay
- 2018 Bryson DeChambeau
- 2017 Jason Dufner
- 2016 William McGirt
- 2015 David Lingmerth
- 2014 Hideki Matsuyama
- 2013 Matt Kuchar
- 2012 Tiger Woods
- 2011 Steve Stricker
- 2010 Justin Rose
- 2009 Tiger Woods
- 2008 Kenny Perry
- 2007 K.J. Choi
- 2006 Carl Pettersson
- 2005 Bart Bryant
- 2004 Ernie Els
- 2003 Kenny Perry
- 2002 Jim Furyk
- 2001 Tiger Woods
- 2000 Tiger Woods
- 1999 Tiger Woods
- 1998 Fred Couples
- 1997 Vijay Singh
- 1996 Tom Watson
- 1995 Greg Norman
- 1994 Tom Lehman
- 1993 Paul Azinger
- 1992 David Edwards
- 1991 Kenny Perry
- 1990 Greg Norman
Memorial Tournament records
- The 72-hole record: 268, Tom Lehman (1994)
- The 18-hole record: 61, John Huston (Round 2, 1996)
Who is the 2025 Memorial Tournament Honoree?
Barbara Nicklaus, the “first lady of golf” is the 2025 Memorial Tournament honoree. The wife of Jack Nicklaus is the first non-golfer among 84 prior recipients.
“The Memorial Tournament has held such a special place in our family’s life,” she said last June when the honor was announced. “It’s been wonderful to walk side-by-side with Jack and to watch his dream become our reality over the years. Looking back at the list of those who have been honored since 1976, I can’t express how humbled I am to join this elite group that I have looked up to and respected for so long.”
Born Barbara Jean Bash, she graduated from North High in 1957 and studied nursing at OSU. She met Jack during their first week on Ohio State’s campus as freshmen and were married July 23, 1960. Five years later, the couple moved to North Palm Beach, Florida, where they raised five children: Jack II, Steve, Nan, Gary and Michael.Among other honors, Barbara has received the 2015 Bob Jones Award, given by the United States Golf Association, and the 2019 PGA of America Distinguished Service Award.
— Rob Oller
