2014 Recap & Results

Memorial Tournament Winner - Hideki Matsuyama

Dates

May 29 - June 1

Purse

$6,200,000

Par

36-36=72

Yardage

7,392

Hideki Matsuyama Wins Memorial in Playoff


DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) - With every swing, Hideki Matsuyama appeared to join a cast of top players throwing away a chance to win the Memorial.

A tee shot in the water on the 16th for double bogey. An approach over the back of the green on the 17th that led to bogey. And then a drive to the right that made the Japanese star so disgusted that he lightly slammed his club into the turf, and the head of the driver broke off.

The ball hit a tree and took one last bounce back into the fairway, and Matsuyama seized on the break. He took dead aim with a 7-iron to just outside 5 feet for birdie on the 18th hole to force a playoff with Kevin Na, and then won for the first time in America with a 10-foot par putt on the first extra hole.

"Right from the 15th hole, I had a lot of missed shots," Matsuyama said. "The double bogey at 16, bogey at 17, not a real good tee shot - I thought - at 18. But when I saw the ball on the fairway on the 18th hole there, that's when I was able to think I still have a chance."

The 22-year-old Matsuyama earned validation as one of the game's bright young stars Sunday by closing with a 3-under 69 and making two clutch putts on the 18th hole for his sixth career victory, the previous five on the Japan Golf Tour. This was his first win against a field of the world's top players.

"I just think you've just seen the start of what's going to be truly one of your world's great players
over the next 10 to 15 years," tournament host Jack Nicklaus said.

Nicklaus spent much of the back nine in the broadcast booth, and it was a brand of golf that was unfamiliar to golf's greatest champion. The Memorial became only the latest event where proven players faltered badly.

Masters champion Bubba Watson had a one-shot lead with five holes to play. He was 3 over the rest of the way. Adam Scott, the No. 1 player in the world, was tied for the lead until playing the last seven holes in 4 over.

"The whole thing is frustrating as I stand here right now," Scott said after his 71. "But everyone is going to feel like that. We all could have done something different. If we all did, who knows what the result would be?"

Scott fell apart by hitting one shot into the water, taking two shots to get out of a bunker and losing all hope when his third shot to the par-5 15th hit the pin and caromed back into the fairway, leading to a bogey.

Watson dropped three shots by hooking two tee shots. The most damaging was his drive on the 15th that was so high, so powerful and so far right that it cleared the trees and went into a neighborhood, leading a double bogey.

Needing a birdie on the 18th, his shot looked good until it took one small hop and stayed in the rough. A few inches closer and it would have fed down the slope for a short birdie chance. He closed with a 72 and finished third, moving him to No. 3 in the world ahead of the injured Tiger Woods.

"It's tough," Watson said, who was going for his third win of the year. "I made one bad decision.

If I hit 4-wood off the tee instead of driver on the par 5, we make 5 and we win by one. But I made double, so we lost by one."

Na finished his round of 64 about two hours earlier. He was in the clubhouse at Muirfield Village, leaning against two pillows on a sofa as he watched the calamity unfold, even joking he might win by not hitting another shot. Thanks to Matsuyama, he had to. And it wasn't pretty.

Na hooked his tee shot on the 18th in the playoff, and it went into the creek. He still had 10 feet for bogey when Matsuyama made the winning putt. Na did not speak to reporters. A PGA TOUR official tracked him down in the parking lot, and he gave credit to Matsuyama for making a great putt.

Adding to the bizarre ending was how Matsuyama played the extra hole.

It was not an angry slam of the driver after his tee shot on the 18th in regulation, and he was shocked to see the head fall off. He could have replaced the club because the playoff is not considered part of the round, but he had no replacement. Instead, he went with 3-wood off the tee in the playoff, and it went into the front bunker.

He hooked his 5-iron, hitting a spectator in the knee left of the green, and hit a flop shot safely to
10 feet.

It was the first par he made on the 18th hole all week. Matsuyama became the first player to make birdie on the closing hole at Muirfield Village four straight rounds.

"To win my first PGA TOUR event is enough," Matsuyama said. "But to win it here at Mr.

Nicklaus' course, it really gives me a lot of confidence now going on. And hopefully, I'll be able to use this week as a stepping stone to further my career."

Matsuyama became the fourth Japanese player to win on the PGA TOUR, the most recent being Ryuji Imada in the 2008 AT&T Classic. The Memorial, even with Woods out with a back injury, featured the strongest field of the year outside the Masters, World Golf Championships and The Players Championship.

# Name R1 R2 R3 R4 Total Purse
1 Hideki Matsuyama 70 67 69 69 275 $1,116,000
2 Kevin Na 72 69 70 64 275 $669,600
3 Bubba Watson 66 69 69 72 276 $421,600
4 Chris Kirk 66 70 74 68 278 $272,800
Adam Scott 69 70 68 71 278 $272,800
6 Steve Stricker 71 70 70 68 279 $215,450
Ben Curtis 69 71 69 70 279 $215,450
8 Charl Schwartzel 72 69 67 72 280 $167,400
Brendon Todd 71 68 69 72 280 $167,400
Luke Guthrie 75 69 66 70 280 $167,400
Bill Haas 73 67 72 68 280 $167,400
Thorbjorn Olesen 71 67 74 68 280 $167,400
13 Scott Brown 70 69 71 71 281 $124,000
Paul Casey 66 66 76 73 281 $124,000
15 Billy Horschel 71 69 68 74 282 $102,300
Rory McIlroy 63 78 69 72 282 $102,300
Matt Kuchar 74 69 69 70 282 $102,300
Jason Allred 74 68 74 66 282 $102,300
19 Jordan Spieth 69 72 67 75 283 $65,238
Andrew Svoboda 72 69 68 74 283 $65,238
Bo Van Pelt 72 72 66 73 283 $65,238
Ryan Moore 68 70 72 73 283 $65,238
Ernie Els 70 72 69 72 283 $65,238
Jason Dufner 71 69 71 72 283 $65,238
Martin Flores 69 68 75 71 283 $65,238
Jim Furyk 73 68 72 70 283 $65,238
Charley Hoffman 69 72 73 69 283 $65,238
28 Scott Langley 72 66 67 79 284 $38,647
Robert Streb 72 67 69 76 284 $38,647
Kevin Stadler 72 71 68 73 284 $38,647
Brendon de Jonge 73 69 69 73 284 $38,647
Hunter Mahan 68 70 73 73 284 $38,647
Daniel Summerhays 74 70 68 72 284 $38,647
Robert Garrigus 72 70 70 72 284 $38,647
David Hearn 71 73 69 71 284 $38,647
K.J. Choi 73 71 72 68 284 $38,647
37 Jason Day 72 69 70 74 285 $25,420
Camilo Villegas 71 68 72 74 285 $25,420
Keegan Bradley 67 75 70 73 285 $25,420
Marc Leishman 71 68 73 73 285 $25,420
Cameron Tringale 73 70 70 72 285 $25,420
Aaron Baddeley 69 74 70 72 285 $25,420
Justin Thomas 73 68 72 72 285 $25,420
Michael Thompson 67 76 72 70 285 $25,420
Billy Hurley III 73 70 74 68 285 $25,420
46 Justin Hicks 73 67 71 75 286 $18,063
Dustin Johnson 73 68 72 73 286 $18,063
Kevin Kisner 69 72 76 69 286 $18,063
49 Ben Martin 72 72 65 78 287 $15,149
Freddie Jacobson 71 71 71 74 287 $15,149
Luke Donald 71 69 73 74 287 $15,149
David Lingmerth 72 72 70 73 287 $15,149
Phil Mickelson 72 70 72 73 287 $15,149
Stewart Cink 71 73 72 71 287 $15,149
55 Michael Putnam 71 73 73 71 288 $14,198
Nick Watney 69 71 74 74 288 $14,198
57 Justin Leonard 68 75 68 78 289 $13,764
Ryo Ishikawa 72 71 71 75 289 $13,764
Charles Howell III 69 75 71 74 289 $13,764
Gary Woodland 71 68 75 75 289 $13,764
Richard H. Lee 76 68 76 69 289 $13,764
62 John Huh 73 70 75 72 290 $13,268
Carl Pettersson 72 72 73 73 290 $13,268
Kiradech Aphibarnrat 73 71 70 76 290 $13,268
65 Hyung-Sung Kim 70 72 76 73 291 $12,834
Josh Teater 71 72 76 72 291 $12,834
Carlos Ortiz 75 68 76 72 291 $12,834
Scott Stallings 72 71 77 71 291 $12,834
69 Lucas Glover 70 73 76 73 292 $12,400
Pat Perez 71 70 77 74 292 $12,400
Chris Stroud 74 68 74 76 292 $12,400
72 Mark Wilson 69 74 74 76 293 $12,090
Greg Chalmers 71 72 75 75 293 $12,090
74 Kyle Stanley 74 68 80 76 298 $11,904
75 J.B. Holmes 67 75 81 76 299 $11,718
Gonzalo Fdez-Castano 73 70 79 77 299 $11,718

Leaders

First Round
Rory Mcllroy 63 (-9)
Paul Casey 66 (-6)
Chris Kirk 66 (-6)
Bubba Watson 66 (-6)
Keegan Bradley 67 (-5)
J.B. Holmes 67 (-5)
Michael Thompson 67 (-5)
Hideki Matsuyama 70 (T21)

Second Round
Paul Casey 132 (-12)
Bubba Watson 135 (-9)
Chris Kirk 136 (-8)
Martin Flores 137 (-7)
Hideki Matsuyama 137 (-7)

Third Round
Bubba Watson 204 (-12)
Scott Langley 205 (-11)
Hideki Matsuyama 206 (-10)
Adam Scott 207 (-9)
Six players 208 (-8)

Notes

Cut Notes:

76 players at even-par 144 from a field of 120 professionals.

Missed Cut:

Bryce Molder (74-71-MC), Kevin Chappell (73-72-MC), Nicholas Thompson (70-75-MC), Brendan Steele (74-71-MC), Rickie Fowler (75-70-MC), Tim Clark (73-72-MC), Mike Weir (73-72-MC), Michael Kim (73-72-MC), Steven Bowditch (75-70-MC), Y.E. Yang (78-67-MC), Justin Rose (73-72-MC), Russell Henley (71-74-MC), D.A. Points (74-71-MC), Thomas Aiken (70-75-MC), Robert Allenby (73-73-MC), Woody Austin (75-71-MC), Russell Knox (73-73-MC), Matt Every (74-72-MC), Brice Garnett (72-75-MC), Seung-Yul Noh (73-74-MC), Rory Sabbatini (74-73-MC), Kevin Streelman (74-73-MC), Nicolas Colsaerts (76-71-MC), Will MacKenzie (72-75-MC), Roberto Castro (76-71-MC), Brian Stuard (74-73-MC), Erik Compton (76-72-MC), Brian Harman (74-74-MC), Sean O'Hair (75-74-MC), Trevor Immelman (74-75-MC), Morgan Hoffmann (78-71-MC), Justin Lower (74-75-MC), Jason Bohn (73-76-MC), George McNeill (73-76-MC), Chesson Hadley (74-75-MC), Vijay Singh (73-77-MC), Ken Duke (75-75-MC), Brian Davis (72-79-MC), Branden Grace (77-74-MC), Martin Laird (78-74-MC), Matt Jones (72-80-MC), William McGirt (77-77-MC), Derek Ernst (81-74-MC), Stuart Appleby (77-X-MC)

Weather:

Thursday: Party cloudy, with a high of 80 degrees. Winds N/NE 6-12 mph. Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 80 degrees. Winds NE 8-15 mph. Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 82 degrees. Winds E/NE 6-12 mph. Sunday: Sunny, with an afternoon high of 84 degrees. Winds S 8-15 mph.

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