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May 26, 2023

Final Field Announced for the 48th Playing of the Memorial Tournament Presented by Workday

NINE PAST MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT WINNERS FEATURED IN STELLAR FIELD THAT HAS COMBINED TO CAPTURE 28 MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES

DUBLIN, Ohio – At 5:55 p.m. EDT today, Tournament officials announced the final field for the 2023 Memorial Tournament presented by Workday. The contingent of 120 players features nine past winners of the Memorial and is led by reigning FedExCup champion Rory McIlroy, and 2022 PGA TOUR Player of the Year and current world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler. 

The 2023 Memorial Tournament presented by Workday will be held next week, May 29 – June 4, at world-renowned Muirfield Village Golf Club, and will mark the 48^th edition of the prestigious invitational Jack Nicklaus started in 1976. Three-time major winner Larry Nelson is the Tournament Honoree.

The list of top-10 players in the Official World Golf Ranking competing includes No. 1 Scheffler, No. 2 Jon Rahm (the reigning Masters champions and 2020 Memorial Tournament winner), No. 3 McIlroy, No. 4 Patrick Cantlay (2019, 2021 Memorial Tournament winner), No. 5 Xander Schauffele, No. 6 Viktor Hovland and No. 9 Matt Fitzpatrick, the reigning U.S. Open champion.

The top players in the FedExCup standings who have committed include No. 1 Rahm, No. 2 Scheffler, No. 5 Jason Day, No. 6 Cantlay, No. 7 Keegan Bradley, No. 8 Wyndham Clark, No. 9 Schauffele and No. 10 Kurt Kitayama.

In addition to Cantlay and Rahm, other past Memorial winners returning to Muirfield Village Golf Club include 2022 winner Billy Horschel, Hideki Matsuyama, Jason Dufner, K.J. Choi, Matt Kuchar, David Lingmerth and William McGirt.

Other notable entries include major championship winners Stewart Cink, Lucas Glover, Zach Johnson, Shane Lowry, Francesco Molinari, Colin Morikawa, Adam Scott, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Danny Willett and Gary Woodland. The field has won a combined 28 major titles.

"It is very exciting to see what is arguably our strongest field ever competing next week at Muirfield Village Golf Club," said Jack Nicklaus, the Tournament Founder and Host. "Over the years we have been very fortunate to receive strong support from the game's top players, which not only ensures that we will have a great event for our patrons, but also enables us to make a positive impact in the community, and shine a light on charity through a collaboration between Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Stephen and Ayesha Curry’s Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation, and the Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation. With the golf course in superb condition, it should be a terrific week of competition and I look forward to eventually shaking the winner's hand."

To purchase remaining badge options for the 2023 Memorial Tournament presented by Workday, the public may visit www.memorialbadges.com through Sunday, May 28 for online sales. Beginning Monday, May 29 through Wednesday, May 31 Any-Day Practice Round tickets will be sold at the following entrances gates, Hole Nos. 6, 10, 13, 15 and the Main Entrance Gate off Memorial Drive. Weekly Patron Badges will be sold at one on-course location, the Main Entrance Gate. All transactions are cashless. Free Junior tickets are available in advance with a valid badge purchase or at all entry gates during Tournament week for kids 18 and under (must be accompanied by a ticketed adult).

Badges can also be purchased at the Tournament’s official Golf Shop within North Market Bridge Park or at Memorial Patron Will Call located at 6085 Memorial Drive. Visit the Tournament website for hours of operation.

The Tournament Ticket Office is open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. EDT weekdays at 877-MT BADGE (877-682-2343).

2023 FIELD OF COMPETITORS AS OF 5:55 P.M. ON 5/26/23
An, Byeong Hun

Bennett, Sam

Bezuidenhout, Christiaan

+ Bhatia, Akshay

Bradley, Keegan

Bramlett, Joseph

Buckley, Hayden

Burns, Sam

Cantlay, Patrick

+ Choi, K.J.

+ Cink, Stewart

Clark, Wyndham

Cole, Eric

Conners, Corey

+ Daffue, MJ

Dahmen, Joel

Davis, Cam

Day, Jason

Detry, Thomas

+ Donald, Luke

+ Dufner, Jason

Echavarria, Nico

Eckroat, Austin

English, Harris

Fitzpatrick, Matt

Fowler, Rickie

Fox, Ryan

Frittelli, Dylan

Glover, Lucas

+ Gordon, Will

Gotterup, Chris

Griffin, Ben

Griffin, Lanto

Grillo, Emiliano

Hadwin, Adam

Hardy, Nick

Harman, Brian

Hatton, Tyrrell

Henley, Russell

Herbert, Lucas

Higa, Kazuki

Higgo, Garrick

+ Hoag, Bo

Hodges, Lee

Hoge, Tom

Hojgaard, Nicolai

Horschel, Billy

Hossler, Beau

Hovland, Viktor

Hughes, Mackenzie

Im, Sungjae

Jaeger, Stephan

+ Johnson, Zach

Kim, S.H.

Kim, Si Woo

Kim, Tom

Kirk, Chris

Kisner, Kevin

Kitayama, Kurt

Kuchar, Matt

Lawrence, Thriston

Lee, K.H.

Lingmerth, David

Lipsky, David

List, Luke

Long, Adam

+ Lower, Justin

Lowry, Shane

+ Malnati, Peter

Matsuyama, Hideki

McCarthy, Denny

+ McGirt, William

McIlroy, Rory

McNealy, Maverick

Merritt, Troy

Micheluzzi, David

Mitchell, Keith

Molinari, Francesco

Montgomery, Taylor

Moore, Taylor

Morikawa, Collin

Mullinax, Trey

NeSmith, Matt

Noren, Alex

Pendrith, Taylor

Poston, J.T.

Potgieter, Aldrich

Power, Seamus

Putnam, Andrew

Rahm, Jon

Ramey, Chad

Reavie, Chez

Riley, Davis

Rodgers, Patrick

Ryder, Sam

Schauffele, Xander

Scheffler, Scottie

Schenk, Adam

Scott, Adam

Shelton, Robby

Smalley, Alex

+ Snedeker, Brandt

Spaun, J.J.

Spieth, Jordan

Stallings, Scott

Stevens, Sam

Straka, Sepp

+ Streelman, Kevin

Suh, Justin

Svensson, Adam

Taylor, Ben

Theegala, Sahith

Thomas, Justin

Thompson, Davis

Todd, Brendon

Wallace, Matt

Willett, Danny

Woodland, Gary

Wu, Brandon

Young, Cameron

120 Players in the Field
+ - Sponsor

Alternates

Hubbard, Mark

Rai, Aaron

Alexander, Tyson

Knox, Russell

Martin, Ben

Tarren, Callum

Lashley, Nate

Kim, Michael

Duncan, Tyler

Pan, C.T.

Laird, Martin

Baddeley, Aaron

Wu, Dylan

Hall, Harry

Hahn, James

For more information about the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday, please visit thememorialtournament.com. For the latest news and updates on social media, follow the Tournament on Twitter and Instagram at @MemorialGolf and on Facebook at Facebook.com/theMemorialTournament.

About the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday
The Memorial Tournament presented by Workday is held annually at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus. The Tournament, founded and hosted by Jack Nicklaus, is conducted each year with three goals in mind: to honor the memory of individuals living and deceased who have distinguished themselves in the game of golf; to showcase the world’s best golfers competing on one of the most challenging venues in the world for the enjoyment of spectators; and to benefit many Greater Columbus Charities in alliance with the Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation and numerous other local organizations. For more information, visit www.thememorialtournament.com or call 614-889-6700.

About Workday
Workday is a leading provider of enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, helping customers adapt and thrive in a changing world. Workday applications for financial management, human resources, planning, spend management, and analytics are built with artificial intelligence and machine learning at the core to help organizations around the world embrace the future of work. Workday is used by more than 10,000 organizations around the world and across industries – from medium-sized businesses to more than 50% of the Fortune 500. For more information about Workday, visit workday.com.

Media Contact:
Thomas P. Sprouse
Director of Communications,
the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday
E-Mail: tsprouse@thememorialtournament.com
Office: 614-889-6791
Mobile: 614-519-1873

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