Memorial Tournament final scoreboard https://www.pgatour.com/competition/2020/the-memorial-tournament-presented-by-nationwide/leaderboard.html
Muirfield Village is a lot quieter this morning, except for the work crews who are stripping the greens and taking down the corporate tents which were never used.
The world's best golfers have all jetted out of Columbus in the dark of night to their next stops, among them the new world #1 Jon Rahm who used up a lot of his 8 shot lead, posting a +3 75 which was a shot under the scoring average, to win the Memorial Tournament, getting a quiet fist bump from a rather portly Jack Nicklaus, by 3 shots at -9 from Ryan Palmer 74, -6 and Matthew Fitzpatrick 68 -5.
Rahm's lead was dwindling until he chipped in from behind the par 3 16th from deep rough for a birdie 2. He was later given a 2 shot penalty because his ball moved by a dimple as he addressed it, but it didn't affect the outcome. He joins Seve Ballesteros as the only Spaniards to hold the #1 title. It was his 10th pro win, 4th on the PGA Tour.
Canada's Mac Hughes posted a scrambling E 72 to finish T6 at -3, and that is his 3rd top 10 in his last 11 events, by far the best golf of his pro career. With that he will qualify for this year's US Open at Winged Foot in September along with Corey Connors (72 T22 +3) and Adam Hadwin (81 T54 +9). Hughes had 3 bogey's but also 3 birdies including a 70 foot bomb across the green at the 12th. He moves from 97th in the world to a career high 75th.
Only 5 players broke par, the lowest since this event began in 1976 and the scoring average was 75.93 as burnt out greens, swirling winds, thick rough and rock hard fairways were a stark contrast to the soft easy conditions of the previous 4 tournaments.
Tiger shot 76 T40. Rory shot 78 T32. Brooks Koepka shot 80 T62 and they were all in the marquee group for TV on Thursday and Friday.
Later this week it's off to Minnesota for the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities.
Bryan Angus
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