It’s a huge week on the PGA Tour as Jack Nicklaus’ Memorial Tournament celebrates its 50th playing.
The $20m Signature Event features a limited-field headlined by nine of the world’s top 10 as Scottie Scheffler looks to emulate Tiger Woods by winning for the third consecutive year.
Rory McIlroy, Cameron Young, Matt Fitzpatrick, Justin Rose and Xander Schauffele are among some of the other headline names, but which notables are not playing?
As always with small field tournaments, a number of big names have missed out or are either injured or taking a break. Let’s take a look…
Collin Morikawa
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The World No.7 is the highest-ranked player in the world not in the field this week.
Morikawa tweaked his back at The Players Championship in March and has not been the same since, despite finishing T7th at The Masters and T4th at the RBC Heritage.
With the US Open just a couple of weeks away, the two-time Memorial Tournament runner-up is likely still taking it easy before the year’s final two Majors.
Viktor Hovland
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Viktor Hovland was another surprise name not included in the field this year, which means he misses The Memorial for the first time in his career.
The Norwegian star won his fourth PGA Tour title here in 2023 and loves Jack’s Place, so he must be nursing an injury. No official reason was given for his absence.
Hovland has not had a top-10 yet this year and missed the cut in his last appearance at the PGA Championship.
Brooks Koepka
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Brooks Koepka returning to the PGA Tour was a huge story to start the year, and he agreed to no sponsor’s invites for Signature Events as one of the elements to his deal following his nine-figure LIV Golf move in 2022.
The five-time Major champion was first-alternate for the RBC Heritage and Cadillac Championship but he has still not managed to qualify for one of the big $20m tournaments yet.
Koepka has played well this year, albeit his putting has let him down. He has five top-15 finishes from ten individual events in 2026.
Jake Knapp
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