May 2022 Ohio Golf Journal

PGA Tour’s BEST will be at Muirfield Village, May 30June 5. The Memorial Tournament presented by Workday has accepted entries from 2021 Memorial winner Patrick Cantlay, along with Collin Morikawa, Cameron Smith and Xander Schauffele to assure another strong field for golf fans to watch in the 47th edition the Memorial Tournament. With the strength of Muirfield Village and host Jack Nicklaus most of the top golfers in the world want to come to Columbus to compete. Memorial Tournament to Have Another Strong Field Past champions at the Memorial have included many major champions. Over the past four years the winners have been young stars like, Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm and Patrick Cantlay, who won for a second time last year. Cantlay picked up four of his seven career PGA TOUR victories last year. He finished the year strong by winning the TOUR Championship and the FedExCup title. He is currently ranked No. 4 in the world, as well as in the FedExCup points race. He has a total of six top10 finished over 10 starts this season. We asked Nicklaus about continually drawing a strong field for the Memorial and he told us, “When you put on a good event, when you take care of the players and compete on a good golf course, the players will come.” You can watch a full interview with Jack Nicklaus on Back 9 Report: Mou put video rectangle here Ohio Golf Journal

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