Memorial Tournament

Bryson DeChambeau amazed by own power: 'Sometimes can’t believe it'

DUBLIN, Ohio — The first hole at Muirfield Village for the PGA Tour players competing in Memorial Tournament measures 473 yards. That’s a short par-5 for amateur players. It was...

Tiger Woods playing without one of his biggest weapons

DUBLIN, Ohio — Picture yourself watching Michael Jordan from Row 1 courtside with no fans in the building, just you sitting virtually alone with an unobstructed view of the greatest...

Jack Nicklaus' course humbled golf's best — this week

DUBLIN, Ohio — Collin Morikawa had one of best weeks of his life at Muirfield Village Golf Club, culminated by winning the Workday Charity Open in a three-hole playoff over...

British Open champ will have to settle for Memorial Tournament

DUBLIN, Ohio — In a different world — one with no COVID-19 — Shane Lowry would be teeing it up Thursday at Royal St. George’s as the defending British Open...

Fan-less PGA Tour events already making massive difference

DUBLIN, Ohio — Consider this scenario: Sunday on the first playoff hole of the Workday Charity Open at Muirfield Village, Justin Thomas buries a 50-foot putt for birdie on the...

Jack Nicklaus won't let coronavirus ruin his big moment at Memorial

DUBLIN, Ohio — When you’re 80, you’re allowed a senior moment or two. Jack Nicklaus had a doozy on Sunday. Nicklaus unwittingly delivered a deliciously awkward faux pas near the...

Tiger Woods announces his PGA return

File this in the “At long last" department: Tiger Woods will play tournament golf again. Woods, 44, announced Thursday morning on Twitter what most in golf have believed for months...

Premier golf event postponed until 2021 — as expected

The 2020 Ryder Cup will be postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, ESPN reported Tuesday, saying an official announcement is expected Wednesday. Citing a source not authorized...

The wait for Tiger Woods' PGA Tour return just got longer

FORT WORTH, Texas — As the Charles Schwab Challenge second round was being played at Colonial Country Club on Friday, rumors of whether Tiger Woods would play next week at...

How Jack Nicklaus chat changed everything for Patrick Cantlay

DUBLIN, Ohio — Eight years ago, they met for the first time. Two years ago, they met again. Both times Patrick Cantlay met Jack Nicklaus were special, memorable and useful...

Tiger delivers the 'flawless' showing he really needed

DUBLIN, Ohio — Tiger Woods was never going to win the Memorial Tournament on Sunday. He began the final round too far from the lead. But Woods had the look,...

Martin Kaymer on precipice of victory thanks to attitude change

DUBLIN, Ohio — After some five years in the wilderness with his game, Martin Kaymer decided to make a change. “My attitude became a little bit different over the last...

Tiger Woods has special round turn into Memorial disaster

DUBLIN, Ohio — Something special was brewing at Muirfield Village on Saturday. Until it wasn’t. Tiger Woods teased fans during the third round of the Memorial Tournament, looking as if...

Adam Scott has made long climb back to golf's elite

DUBLIN, Ohio — A year ago, Adam Scott was in a bad place. Twelve months later, he’s in a much better place: In position to win the Memorial Tournament. The...

Major winner moves out of obscurity, tied atop Memorial

DUBLIN, Ohio — There has been a Martin Kaymer sighting. He’s at the top of the leaderboard at the Memorial through two rounds at Muirfield Village on Friday, tied with...

Tiger Woods' comeback not as amazing as this PGA Tour pro's

DUBLIN, Ohio — Nobody in the Memorial field this week — not Tiger Woods, not anyone — has come further from a harrowing journey in the past year than Bud...

Jordan Spieth's maddening fight to resurrect golf career

DUBLIN, Ohio — Despite the questions that persist as he’s been mired in the worst slump of his young career, Jordan Spieth is not washed up. Even though he’s won...

Late run saves Tiger Woods' opening round at the Memorial

DUBLIN, Ohio — Tiger Woods wanted more out of his opening round at the Memorial on Thursday, but he still posted a respectable 2-under 70 in his first competitive round...

Tiger Woods, Peyton Manning have mastered their second acts

DUBLIN, Ohio — Peyton Manning knows a thing or three about second acts to careers that already were defined by brilliance in Act 1. Perhaps that’s why Manning and Tiger...

2019 Memorial Tournament: Rickie Fowler a good bet on Jack Nicklaus' course

Jack Nicklaus designed Muirfield Village in 1974 and it debuted on the PGA Tour in 1976. It is one of the premier non-major events on the Tour schedule, and this...