2020 Recap & Results

Memorial Tournament Winner - Jon Rahm

Dates

July 13 - 19

Purse

$93,000,001,674,000

Par

36-36=72

Yardage

7,456

Jon Rahm Wins the 2018 Memorial Tournament


DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) -- Jon Rahm won the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide to join Seve Ballesteros as the only Spaniards to reach No. 1 in the world, a victory he finally wrapped up with a magical shot that would have made his idol proud.

Rahm built an eight-shot lead at the turn, only to see it reduced to three shots with three holes to play Sunday on a Muirfield Village course playing its toughest in 42 years.

In trouble behind the green on the par-3 16th, with Ryan Palmer facing a 12-foot birdie putt from the fringe, Rahm hit a flop shot from deep grass that came out perfectly. It landed on the fringe, ran toward the hole and dropped for birdie as the fiery Spaniard let out a ferocious fist pump.

Palmer took bogey on the 17th, and the coronation was on.

The only issue was the score. Replay of Rahm's chip appeared to show the ball moved ever so slightly when he placed his lob wedge behind it. PGA TOUR officials reviewed it and gave him a two-shot penalty. It didn't affect the outcome.

Rahm was surprised when it was mentioned to him after he finished and said he didn't realize anything was wrong.

"It doesn't take anything from the shot," he said. "It's not going to take anything away from today."

Rahm closed with a 3-over 75 for a three-shot victory over Palmer, the highest final round by a Memorial winner since Roger Maltbie shot 76 in the inaugural year in 1976.

The victory was the 10th of Rahm's career, his fourth on the PGA TOUR and jumps him to No. 8 in the FedExCup standings. He moves past Rory McIlroy in the world ranking by winning against the strongest field of the year.

It was the strongest test, too, with the rough not being cut and the greens allowed to bake out because they are being replaced. The fifth green already was stripped as the leaders were on the back nine.

Only five players broke par, the fewest for a final round since the Memorial began in 1976. The average score of 75.932 was the highest for the final round since it was 75.972 in 1978.

Rahm looked to be playing a different course. He played bogey-free on the front nine with birdies on the two par 5s. That put him eight shots clear on his way to No. 1.

And then he made bogey on the 10th. Not a problem.

He yanked his tee shot into a creek on the par-5 11th, and that was a bigger problem based on how hard he slammed the club into the ground in a pique of anger. He made double bogey. Palmer made birdie on the 12th, and then Rahm made another bogey from the bunker on the 14th.

Just like that, the lead was three shots.

Only a week ago at Muirfield Village for the Workday Charity Open, Justin Thomas had a three-shot lead with three holes to play and wound up losing in a playoff to Collin Morikawa.

Rahm only wanted his tee shot on the 16th to stay dry, though the rough was not a great option with how fast the greens were running. The chip was similar -- but from a different angle -- to Tiger Woods chipping in from behind the 16th green when he won the Memorial for the fifth time in 2012.

Woods, in his first competition since Feb. 16 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, shot 76 and tied for 40th.

"Tough, tough conditions to start out my first week back, Thursday and Sunday," Woods said. "But it was good to get the feel and the flow of competing again."

Matthew Fitzpatrick had a 68 for the low score of the final day to finish third.

The consolation prize went to Palmer (74) and Mackenzie Hughes (72), who earned spots in the U.S. Open at Winged Foot in September as the leading two players from the top 10 who were not already eligible.

Henrik Norlander could have taken the final spot with a par on the 18th, but he missed the fairway well to the right, couldn't reach the green and made bogey. Norlander and Hughes tied at 3-under 285, but the spot went to Hughes because he had the better world ranking.

That ranking now starts with Rahm, who only five years ago was at the Memorial to receive the Jack Nicklaus Award as the nation's best college player.

On Sunday, Nicklaus was there to greet him behind the 18th green.

Nicklaus revealed earlier Sunday he and wife Barbara tested positive for the coronavirus in March, and they have since tested positive for the antibodies.

As for the shot behind the 16th? Nicklaus was impressed. So was Rahm.

"I still can't believe it, I'm not going to lie," Rahm said.

# Name R1 R2 R3 R4 Total Purse
1 Jon Rahm 69 67 68 75 279 $1,674,000
2 Ryan Palmer 67 68 73 74 282 $1,013,700
3 Matthew Fitzpatrick 75 66 74 68 283 $641,700
4 Matt Wallace 72 70 70 72 284 $418,500
Jason Day 73 66 72 73 284 $418,500
6 Henrik Norlander 74 66 71 74 285 $325,500
Mackenzie Hughes 74 66 73 72 285 $325,500
8 Tony Finau 66 69 73 78 286 $290,625
9 Kevin Na 74 69 71 73 287 $272,025
10 Xinjun Zhang 72 73 70 73 288 $234,825
Patrick Reed 71 76 70 71 288 $234,825
Luke List 70 68 79 71 288 $234,825
13 Xander Schauffele 78 69 72 70 289 $171,585
Harris English 70 73 74 72 289 $171,585
Billy Horschel 76 71 70 72 289 $171,585
Jordan Spieth 70 70 74 72 289 $171,585
Brendan Steele 68 75 71 75 289 $171,585
18 Patrick Rodgers 70 72 71 77 290 $127,875
Si Woo Kim 73 73 70 74 290 $127,875
Justin Thomas 74 67 75 74 290 $127,875
Steve Stricker 73 67 77 73 290 $127,875
22 Chez Reavie 71 67 74 79 291 $78,120
Scottie Scheffler 71 67 70 77 291 $78,120
Brendon Todd 75 72 68 76 291 $78,120
Gary Woodland 68 70 76 77 291 $78,120
Mattew Wolff 77 68 70 76 291 $78,120
Dylan Frittelli 73 68 74 76 291 $78,120
Keith Mitchell 74 71 73 73 291 $78,120
Erol van Rooyen 76 69 73 73 291 $78,120
Corey Conners 73 74 72 72 291 $78,120
Christiaan Bezuidenhout 72 69 78 72 291 $78,120
32 Danny Willett 74 66 70 82 292 $51,925
Patrick Cantlay 70 70 73 79 292 $51,925
Rory McIlroy 70 72 72 78 292 $51,925
Bubba Watson 78 68 70 76 292 $51,925
Sergio Garcia 72 73 73 74 292 $51,925
Matt Kuchar 76 67 76 73 292 $51,925
38 Carl Pettersson 72 72 79 70 293 $43,245
Lucas Glover 69 72 74 78 293 $43,245
40 Marc Leishman 72 75 71 76 294 $37,665
Tiger Woods 71 76 71 76 294 $37,665
Scott Harrington 74 69 76 75 294 $37,665
Ryan Moore 70 75 75 74 294 $37,665
44 Lanto Griffin 72 73 76 74 295 $30,225
C.T. Pan 72 74 75 74 295 $30,225
Bud Cauley 75 71 73 76 295 $30,225
Jason Dufner 72 73 73 77 295 $30,225
48 Carlos Ortiz 74 72 70 80 296 $23,839
Viktor Hovland 74 66 77 79 296 $23,839
Sebastian Munoz 75 70 72 79 296 $23,839
Charles Howell III 69 77 73 77 296 $23,839
Collin Morikawa 76 70 73 77 296 $23,839
Jim Furyk 72 68 79 77 296 $23,839
54 Kevin Streelman 75 71 78 73 297 $21,762
Phil Mickelson 72 74 73 78 297 $21,762
Louis Oosthuizen 72 73 73 78 297 $21,762
Adam Hadwin 76 70 70 81 297 $21,762
58 Abraham Ancer 72 75 72 79 298 $21,111
Zach Hohnson 76 70 75 77 298 $21,111
Denny MeCarthy 75 71 76 76 298 $21,111
61 Sepp Straka 73 72 79 75 299 $20,739
62 Brooks Koepka 72 75 73 80 300 $20,088
Stewart Cink 73 74 74 79 300 $20,088
Bo Hoag 75 67 79 79 300 $20,088
Scott Piercy 72 73 77 78 300 $20,088
Vijay Singh 71 74 78 77 300 $20,088
Jimmy Walker 70 72 81 77 300 $20,088
68 Keegan Bradley 73 73 77 78 301 $19,158
Cameron Smith 74 72 76 79 301 $19,158
William McGirt 76 69 73 83 301 $19,158
Tyler Duncan 75 71 71 84 301 $19,158
72 Mark Hubbard 70 76 76 80 302 $18,693
73 Sung Kang 74 72 78 80 304 $18,507
74 Joel Dahmen 75 72 78 81 306 $18,321
888 Zac Blair 76 78 0 0 0
Emilian Grillo 79 75 0 0 0
Matthias Schwab 74 79 0 0 0
Byeong Hun An 71 82 0 0 0
Matthew NeSmith 74 79 0 0 0
Jason Scrivener 74 78 0 0 0
Harry Higgs 74 78 0 0 0
Troy Merritt 75 77 0 0 0
Cameron Champ 75 77 0 0 0
Doc Redman 76 76 0 0 0
Haotong Li 74 77 0 0 0
Bernd Wiesberger 75 76 0 0 0
Andrew Landry 79 75 0 0 0
Hideki Matsuyama 75 79 0 0 0
Victor Perez 77 78 0 0 0
Nate Lashley 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Lee 80 0 0 0 0
Jason Kokrak 79 0 0 0 0
David Lingmerth 82 82 0 0 0
Dustin Johnson 80 80 0 0 0
K.J. Choi 79 81 0 0 0
Andy Ogletree 77 81 0 0 0
Maverick McNealy 79 78 0 0 0
Jazz Janewattananond 79 78 0 0 0
Kevin Tway 78 79 0 0 0
Andrew Putnam 76 80 0 0 0
Graeme McDowell 79 76 0 0 0
Wyndham Clark 72 79 0 0 0
Vaughn Taylor 76 74 0 0 0
Jim Herman 73 77 0 0 0
Ernie Els 72 77 0 0 0
Harold Varner III 77 72 0 0 0
Rafa Cabrera Bello 74 75 0 0 0
Rory Sabbatini 73 76 0 0 0
Joaquin Niemann 73 75 0 0 0
Kevin Kisner 74 74 0 0 0
Max Homa 70 78 0 0 0
Taylor Gooch 78 70 0 0 0
Daniel Berger 73 75 0 0 0
Adam Long 73 75 0 0 0
Shane Lowry 73 75 0 0 0
Paul Casey 71 77 0 0 0
Rickie Fowler 81 68 0 0 0
Justin Rose 73 76 0 0 0
J.T. Poston 76 74 0 0 0
Alex Noren 73 77 0 0 0
Peter Kuest 77 73 0 0 0
Webb Simpson 76 74 0 0 0
Brian Stuard 75 75 0 0 0
Bryson DeChambeau 73 76 0 0 0
Ian Poulter 76 73 0 0 0
Branden Grace 74 75 0 0 0
Tom Hoge 76 73 0 0 0
Charl Schwartzel 75 74 0 0 0
Brian Harman 74 75 0 0 0
Nick Taylor 74 75 0 0 0
Sungjae Im 78 70 0 0 0

Leaders

First Round
Tony Finau 66 (-6)
Ryan Palmer 67 (-5)
Brendan Steele 68 (-4)
Gary Woodland 68 (-4)
Three players 69 (-3)

Second Round
Ryan Palmer 67-68—135 (-9)
Tony Finau 66-69—135 (-9)
Jon Rahm 69-67—136 (-8)
Gary Woodland 68-70—138 (-6)
Chez Reavie 71-67—138 (-6)
Luke List 70-68—138 (-6)

Third Round
Jon Rahm 69-67-68—204 (-12)
Ryan Palmer 67-68-73—208 (-8)
Tony Finau 66-69-73—208 (-8)
Danny Willett 74-66-70—210 (-6)

Notes

Cut Notes:

36-hole cut: 74 professionals at 3-over 147 from a field of 130 professionals and one amateur

Weather:

THURSDAY: Mostly cloudy, with light rain in the morning. High of 90. Wind SW 15-25 mph.

FRIDAY: Mostly sunny. High of 90. Wind W 5-10 mph.

SATURDAY: Mostly sunny, with a high of 93. Wind SW 6-12 mph.

SUNDAY: Mostly sunny with intermittent showers. High of 96. Wind SW 15-25 mph, with gusts to 30 mph. Due to a dangerous weather situation, play was suspended at 3:41 p.m. and resumed at 4:30 p.m. (49-minute delay).

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