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COLUMBUS, Ohio — The field for the 57th Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club is rounding into form, with all of the top five golfers in the world ranking committing so far to the June 1-4 PGA Tour event in Dublin.
No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, No. 2 Jon Rahm (2020 Memorial champion) and No. 3 Rory McIlroy will be joined by No. 4 Patrick Cantlay (2019, 2021 Memorial champion) and No. 5 Xander Schauffele at Muirfield Village, which has grown longer with the lengthening of the No. 16 and No. 17 holes.
Defending Memorial champion Billy Horschel returns to the Jack Nicklaus-designed course, as do two other former winners in Hideki Matsuyama (2014) and Matt Kuchar (2013).
The field, which will be finalized Friday afternoon, is playing for a purse of $20 million, a 60 percent increase from last year’s $12 million, as the Tour has made the Memorial one of eight designated events.
Memorial field (world ranking)
- Scottie Scheffler — 2023 Players Championship winner; 2022 Masters champion (1)
- Jon Rahm — 2020 Memorial winner; 2023 Masters champion (2)
- Rory McIlroy — Four wins in majors (3)
- Patrick Cantlay — 2019, 2021 Memorial winner (4)
- Xander Schauffele — Seven PGA Tour wins (5)
- Matt Fitzpatrick — 2022 U.S. Open champion (9)
- Justin Thomas — 14 Tour wins, including two majors (15)
- Cameron Young — 2022 Rookie of the Year (16)
- Collin Morikawa — Two-time major champion (17)
- Sungjae Im — Seven top-10s in 2022-23 (19)
- Tom Kim — Two Tour wins (21)
- Jason Day — 2015 PGA Championship winner (22)
- Hideki Matsuyama — 2014 Memorial winner; Masters champion (25)
- Billy Horschel — 2022 Memorial winner (35)
- Si Woo Kim — Four Tour wins (38)
- Adam Scott — 2013 Masters winner (40)
- Matt Kuchar — 2013 Memorial winner (51)
- Keith Mitchell — One Tour win (55)
- Ben Griffin — (87)
- Justin Lower — (229)
- Chris Gotterup — (322)
- Brandt Snedeker — Nine Tour wins (697)
- Bo Hoag — (812)
- Sam Bennett — 2022 U.S. Amateur champion
Muirfield Village is a par-72 course measuring 7,533 yards.
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