We head into another signature event with the 2025 Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village.

The Memorial is hosted and designed by Jack Nicklaus. It always boasts a strong field and is considered one of the more prestigious tournaments of the year. That’s even more so the case since it’s been deemed an elevated/signature event. This is the last of the Player hosted signature events that has a cut.

Last year Scottie Scheffler won with a score of eight under par. Scottie shot two over par on Sunday but was still able to prevail over Collin Morikawa by one stroke. Scottie gained a ridiculous 13 strokes on approach.

In 2023 Viktor Hovland won in a playoff over Denny McCarthy with a score of seven under par. Many golfers went backwards on the leaderboard Sunday but Scottie Scheffler shot a finishing round 67 and finished one stroke outside of the playoff despite losing over eight strokes putting on the week.

In 2022 Billy Horschel shot even par on Sunday and won the tournament by four strokes to claim his seventh career victory. Patrick Cantlay, Max Homa, Jon Rahm, and Sungjae Im were some of the more notable names to finish in the top ten.

Jon Rahm was robbed in 2021 when he was forced to withdraw due to Covid with a six-shot lead following his third round. Patrick Cantlay ended up being the official winner for the 2nd time in three years but Rahm should’ve had his 2nd consecutive win at the Memorial. Rahm also won in 2020 when back-to-back tournaments were held at Muirfield Village.

The course took a beating over that consecutive week stint in 2020 and a lot of work has been done at Muirfield since. Work included irrigation work, adding a PrecisionAire system, rebuilt fairways and greenside bunkers, reconstruction of the greens, and over 140 trees added.

The Memorial Tournament is hosted at the Jack Nicklaus designed Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio. It is a par 72 coming in at about 7,569 yards with very fast undulating Bentgrass greens. There are 13 holes where water comes into play and 68 bunkers on the course.

There are four par threes, four par fives and ten par fours. Seven holes at Muirfield Village are par fours ranging from 450-500 yards. Three par fives are from 550-600 yards with the fourth being just under 550 yards. Scoring well on the par fives is a must especially considering that they play as the four easiest holes on the course. Three of the par threes play over 200 yards.

The finishing three holes are a challenge with the par three 16th playing as the 2nd most difficult hole. Holes 17 and 18 are par fours playing as the 4th and most difficult holes on the course. All three holes have a bogey rate of 21% or higher.

Off the tee golfers will see larger than average tree lined fairways. Driving accuracy is a bit higher here than tour average coming in at 68 percent and finding fairways will certainly be an advantage considering the surrounding deep penal rough. With an emphasis on accuracy, driving distance comes in slightly lower than tour average coming in at 281 yards.

Mid to long irons will be relied upon heavily at Muirfield Village. Shots from 150-200 yards make up 45% of approach shots. With 23% coming from 150-175 and 22% from 175-200 yards. The greens are on the smaller side and a little harder to hit with GIR percentage coming in at 61 percent.

Missing greens can be hazardous with many difficult greenside bunkers. Sand saves absolutely come into play with 68 bunkers around Muirfield Village. The greenside bunkers are very penal. If the bunkers are avoided on missed greens balls should hang up in the rough making it slightly easier around the greens.

Muirfield Village is a difficult test all together and tests golfers tee to green. Taking advantage of the par fives, hitting greens and avoiding bogeys will go a long way for anyone looking to contend this week.

The field consists of 72 golfers with the Top 50 and ties making the cut after 36 holes to play the weekend.

2025 Memorial Tournament: The Key Stats

• Approach
• Sand Saves
• Par 4s 450-500 yards
• Proximity 175-200 yards
• Proximity 150-175 yards
• Fairways Gained

Historical Cut Line at The Memorial

• 2024: +5
• 2023: +4
• 2022: +3
• 2021: +3
• 2020: +4

Recent Winners of The Memorial

2024: Scottie Scheffler -8
2023: Viktor Hovland -7
2022: Billy Horschel -13
2021: *Patrick Cantlay -13
2020: Jon Rahm -9