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Sunday 9 June 2024PGA TourYear in Review
Scheffler wins the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday
Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 June 2024 · Scottie Scheffler’s win no. 11 on the PGA Tour · purse $20,000,000 USD · Workday · signature event
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 48 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/18°C · wind 23 km/h W, gusts 40 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/15°C · wind 31 km/h WNW, gusts 55 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/11°C · wind 19 km/h SW, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/15°C · wind 24 km/h WNW, gusts 41 · 1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Collin Morikawa USA · 281holed a 30-foot birdie on 12 and shot 71, the only player in the last 13 groups to break par; chipped to 5 feet on 18 but Scheffler holed his par putt Scheffler holds on to win Memorial for his 5th PGA Tour title of the year (AP via CBS Sports recap)
73 started · cut +4, 52 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday
Muirfield Village Golf Club, Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio
5 of 5 researched
Winner
Scottie Scheffler
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
AP (via CBS Sports recap)
9 June 2024
Yeah, you made this place brutal today.
AP (via CBS Sports recap)
9 June 2024
This is a tough place to close out … I didn’t do a whole lot great today, but I did enough.
AP (via CBS Sports recap)
9 June 2024
You're a survivor
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
9 June 2024
I think we all got a few screws loose to play this game professionally and basically just battling week-in, week-out.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scottie Scheffler | 67 · 68 · 71 · 74 | 280 | −8 |
| 2 | Collin Morikawa | 68 · 74 · 68 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| 3 | Adam Hadwin | 66 · 72 · 72 · 74 | 284 | −4 |
| 4 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 72 · 67 · 74 · 72 | 285 | −3 |
| T5 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 73 · 70 · 74 · 69 | 286 | −2 |
| T5 | Ludvig Åberg | 68 · 72 · 72 · 74 | 286 | −2 |
| T5 | Sepp Straka | 72 · 70 · 68 · 76 | 286 | −2 |
| T8 | Hideki Matsuyama | 73 · 70 · 74 · 70 | 287 | −1 |
| T8 | Sungjae Im | 76 · 71 · 67 · 73 | 287 | −1 |
| T8 | Tony Finau | 71 · 70 · 73 · 73 | 287 | −1 |
| T8 | Xander Schauffele | 68 · 73 · 71 · 75 | 287 | −1 |
The golfer
born 1996-06-21, Ridgewood, New Jersey; USA; turned pro 2018; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 11; majors to date: 2; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore for the Memorial Tournament (2024 week 23), OWGR player profile API).
What’s in the bag
- Driver TaylorMade Qi10 8°, Ventus Black 7 X
- Fairway Wood TaylorMade Qi10 15°, Ventus Black 8 X
- Utility Iron Srixon ZU85 3, Nippon Pro Modus3 Hybrid Tour X
- Irons Srixon ZU85 4-iron
- Irons TaylorMade P7TW 5-PW, Dyankic Gold Tour Issue X100 X100
- Wedge Titleist Vokey SM8 50° (12° bounce, F grind), 56° (14° bounce, F grind), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 S400
- Wedge Titleist Vokey Design Wedgeworks Proto 60.5° (T grind), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 S400
- Putter TaylorMade Spider Tour X
- Ball Titleist Pro V1
standard bag, not confirmed for this week