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2 days ago
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The Memorial leaderboard: PGA Tour updates, scoreboard, cut line tracker
USA TODAY and Yahoo may earn commission from links in this article. Pricing and availability subject to change. Five days after winning his first individual title on the PGA Tour, which was his second win following a team victory a month ago, Ben Griffin kept things rolling with a 7-under 65 to kick start his 2025 Memorial Tournament. At the beginning of play on Friday, Griffin was followed by Collin Morikawa (5 under), Max Homa (4 under), and a host of others at Muirfield Village outside Columbus. Advertisement The defending champ at Jack Nicklaus' tournament is Scottie Scheffler, who's also coming off winning the PGA Championship, shot 2 under par in the first round. That was good for a tie for seventh. There will be a cut after today's round. Ludvig Åberg started the day just above the projected cut line, while Justin Rose and Justin Thomas are among the big-name golfers who need to turn things around to make the weekend. Memorial Tournament leaderboard Keep up with the latest scores on our official PGA Tour leaderboard. The Memorial schedule and how to watch Round 2: Friday, May 30 First tee: 7:50 a.m. TV coverage: Starting at 2 p.m. TV channel: Golf Channel Streaming: ESPN+ | Fubo (free trial) Advertisement Round 2 of the 2025 Memorial Tournament will broadcast nationally on Golf Channel starting at 2 p.m. Featured group and hole streaming from PGA Tour Live is available on ESPN+ starting at 7:45 PGA Tour live on ESPN+ Memorial Tournament tee times All times Eastern: 7:50 a.m.: Andrew Novak, Lucas Glover 8 a.m.: Ryan Fox, Maverick McNealy 8:10 a.m.: Michael Kim, Ryan Gerard 8:20 a.m.: Min Woo Lee, Sam Stevens 8:30 a.m.: Davis Thompson, Sungjae Im 8:40 a.m.: Matthieu Pavon, Max Homa 8:50 a.m.: Taylor Pendrith, Corey Conners 9 a.m.: Matt Fitzpatrick, Tom Hoge 9:15 a.m.: Nick Dunlap, Sam Burns 9:25 a.m.: Aaron Rai, Tommy Fleetwood 9:35 a.m.: Brian Harman, Thomas Detry 9:45 a.m.: Robert MacIntyre, Byeong Hun An 9:55 a.m.: Si Woo Kim, Adam Scott 10:05 a.m.: Justin Thomas, Patrick Cantlay 10:15 a.m.: Scottie Scheffler, Sepp Straka 10:30 a.m.: Russell Henley, Keegan Bradley 10:40 a.m.: Mackenzie Hughes, Matt Kuchar 10:50 a.m.: Nick Taylor, Jacob Bridgeman 11 a.m.: Joe Highsmith, Brandt Snedeker 11:10 a.m.: Brian Campbell, Harris English 11:20 a.m.: Rickie Fowler, J.J. Spaun 11:30 a.m.: Justin Rose, Daniel Berger 11:45 a.m.: Akshay Bhatia, Tony Finau 11:55 a.m.: Austin Eckroat, Denny McCarthy 12:05 p.m.: Alex Noren, Eric Cole 12:15 p.m.: J.T. Poston, Adam Hadwin 12:25 p.m.: Cam Davis, Cameron Young 12:35 p.m.: Stephan Jaeger, Christiaan Bezuidenhout 12:45 p.m.: Wyndham Clark, Max Greyserman 1 p.m.: Ben Griffin, Shane Lowry 1:10 p.m.: Chris Kirk, Sahith Theegala 1:20 p.m.: Xander Schauffele, Jordan Spieth 1:30 p.m.: Viktor Hovland, Ludvig Åberg 1:40 p.m.: Hideki Matsuyama, Collin Morikawa 1:50 p.m.: Jhonattan Vegas, Matti Schmid 2 p.m.: Bud Cauley, Harry Higgs Top contenders odds to win the Memorial 2025 Tournament odds from BetMGM as of Thursday: Scottie Scheffler: +300 Collin Morikawa: +400 Ben Griffin: +450 Tommy Fleetwood: +1100 Shane Lowry: +1400 Dublin weather: Day 2 Friday AccuWeather predicts a high of 70 degrees with partly sunny skies today in Dublin, Ohio. Winds are expected to blow out of the west-northwest at 10 mph. There is an 85% chance of rain and about a 15% chance of thunderstorms. This article originally appeared on Golfweek: PGA Tour live updates, cut line tracker from the Memorial Tournament
Daily Mirror
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Collin Morikawa admission as Tiger Woods and Vanessa Trump 'take the next step'
Collin Morikawa recently parted ways with long-time caddie JJ Jakovac to team up with Joe Greiner, and the PGA Tour pro has noted how it didn't take long for his new right-hand man to share a stark opinion The US Open is almost among us, with a 156-player field set to battle it out for the third major of the year. Rory McIlroy completed his long-awaited career Grand Slam at the Masters in April, before world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler turned heads at Quail Hollow by securing his first-ever PGA Championship. With just two PGA Tour events left to play before the major championship lands, including this week's Memorial Tournament at Muirfield and next week's Canadian Open at TPC Toronto, some of the world's biggest stars are making the final tweaks to their game with hopes of topping the leaderboards at Oakmont Country Club between June 12 and 15. But that hasn't prevented some stars from making headlines for completely different reasons. Here, Mirror Sport looks at some of the main talking points from the world of golf, including Collin Morikawa being labelled "crazy" by his new caddie, Jordan Spieth bluntly ignoring his own caddie's advice, Max Homa's surprising view on the US Open, and Tiger Woods' recent comments on his relationship with Vanessa Trump... Morikawa called 'crazy' by his caddie Morikawa stunned golf fans worldwide in April when it was announced that he had parted ways with caddie of six years, JJ Jakovac, instead moving forward with Homa's former looper, Joe Greiner. And speaking at the Memorial Tournament earlier this week, the 28-year-old admitted that it didn't take his new right-hand man long to realise that he is a little unorthadox. Speaking to the media, he said: "He's already called me crazy a lot. And that's fine. Like, I think golfers are generally crazy. I know I am. I mean, you give me eight weeks off this off-season, you should hear about the amount of things I tried. "Just, I mean, I had seven different grips, different wraps on my grips, like I was going through it all. You just give me a little too much time, and I just go down rabbit holes." Currently second at Muirfield behind pace-setter Ben Griffin, Morikawa will hope to see his first win on the PGA Tour since the 2023 Zozo Championship when play comes to a close on Sunday. Jordan Spieth ignores his own caddie's guidance While it is a caddie's job to give their golfer guidance on lies, distances, and recommendations on clubs, it turns out that the loopers don't always know best. This was evident at Muirfield on Thursday, when Spieth's caddie, Michael Greller, suggested that the 31-year-old sacrifice a shot to chip back onto the fairway after landing in the rough of the par-five fifth. A wayward tee shot collided with a tree and left Spieth with an awkward lie in long grass, with Greller suggesting that the lesser of two evils was to chip out to the left. However, the three-time major winner saw things differently, considering the quality of his play. He explained: "It's really hard to get me to chip out. I chip out maybe less than anyone else that's ever played the game of golf. It's demoralising enough that I'll make a terrible decision not to." He added that he told Greller: "If it gets to the fairway, I can make four. Versus, do I still make five if I can't get it to the fairway?" Spieth instead hammered the ball with venom, with the ball catching the first cut and leaving him with 128 yards to the hole. His third shot landed 25 feet below the hole, but in remarkable fashion, he managed to sink his fourth shot to register a birdie. Speaking about his incredible play, Spieth added: "It actually got to the fairway and I made birdie, which doesn't help the whole cause." Max Homa makes surprising US Open comment Elsewhere, Homa has made a stark admission that it's "all good" if he doesn't qualify for this year's US Open. The 34-year-old, who has played in the last five instalments of the major tournament, will be forced to go through qualifying in 2025, given that poor form has seen him slip to 87th in the Official World Golf Rankings and 53rd on the FedEx Cup leaderboard. Only the top 60 in the OWGR qualify for the third major of the year, so Homa will play the qualifiers instead of receiving automatic inclusion. But the PGA Tour pro doesn't seem to be phased if he fails to make the tournament. Speaking about the major, Homa said: "I never play well in the US Open anyway, so at that point I probably would have missed the cut. If I don't get in, it's all good. just wanted to play because now that I'm a dad I would like to win or something on a Father's Day. But if not I'll just hang out with my son and it will be a great day." Tiger Woods and Vanessa Trump ready to take next step While Woods will miss the US Open this year as a result of an Achilles injury, the three-time tournament champion has been making waves in terms of personal relationships away from the greens and fairways. The 49-year-old announced back in March that he was seeing Vanessa Trump, the former daughter-in-law of US President Donald Trump. And now, a close friend of the golfing legend has told the Daily Mail that the couple are ready to take 'the next step' in living together. The reported insider claimed that Vanessa feels "very comfortable" in Woods' home, adding: "She has all the security codes and can come and go as she pleases. "She has total access to his life. She's really good for him to have around. And they're always together now. If things keep going the way they're going, they'll be living together by the end of the year. Tiger moves fast in that department."
France 24
3 days ago
- Sport
- France 24
Griffin continues hot streak with 65 to lead at Memorial
Griffin carried on his fine form from his second PGA Tour win of the season reaching the turn at five under. He produced an eagle on the par-five seventh where he drove his approach shot 260 yards and left himself a 12-foot putt which he calmly drained. The 29-year-old ran into some trouble on the back nine where he made bogey on the par-five 11th and the par-three 12th, finding water on both those holes. But he ended his round in superb style with three straight birdies which left him with a two-stroke advantage over fellow American Collin Morikawa. "A couple of water balls. I really need to go to the range and work on my game to clean that stuff up. But, was an incredible day," said Griffin. "I was kind of building on what I kind of was doing last week, making a ton of birdies, staying aggressive. This is one of the toughest golf courses we play on tour and you've got to kind of be on your game to make birdies and give yourself a lot of looks. I felt like I kind of did that," he said. His breakthrough win came last month at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, where he partnered with Andrew Novak to win the team event. It was just reward for the North Carolina native who after turning professional in 2018, stepped away from golf in 2021 to work as a mortgage loan officer due to financial pressures and burnout. But his return to professional golf through Q-school and the secondary Korn Ferry Tour has now yielded success, with his two PGA Tour victories in 2025 and other top-10 finishes moving him to fifth in the FedEx Cup rankings. Griffin took time to thank those who had helped materially, morally and in terms of opportunities to get back into the game. "I'm really extremely grateful and blessed. Not many people necessarily have those opportunities, and I'm so grateful that I had those, and also I've done the right things to take advantage of 'em and be in positions like I am now being a couple time tour winner now, shooting 65s at Memorial," he said. Morikawa, a two-time major winner, is looking for his first win on the PGA Tour since his sixth victory at the tour sanctioned event in Japan in October 2023. His last victory on US soil was at Bradenton over four years ago but he said he retained the belief that he could get back to winning ways. "I've got to trust myself that I can go out and win. Not that I don't, but when I'm teeing it up even when things don't feel perfect or they do feel perfect, just got to trust that I can get it done," he said. American Max Homa was three strokes back of Griffin with a trio of players on three under - Ireland's Shane Lowry, Canada's Nick Taylor and USA Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley. Australian Adam Scott struggled after making a triple bogey on the par-four third where he found water and ended up with a seven-over 79 while England's Justin Rose shot 78 with a triple bogey on the par-three 12th.
Washington Post
3 days ago
- General
- Washington Post
Ben Griffin still on a heater after his win on punishing course at Memorial
DUBLIN, Ohio — Ben Griffin resumed the great play that brought him his first individual PGA Tour victory last week, hitting two shots in the water and still posting a 7-under 65 on Thursday in the Memorial on a course with rough as dense as a U.S. Open. Griffin isn't taking victory laps after winning at Colonial. He just kept making birdies, along with an eagle on the par- 5 seventh hole with a 3-wood into 12 feet. He led by two shots over Collin Morikawa, with Max Homa another stroke behind.
Associated Press
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
Ben Griffin still on a heater after his win on punishing course at Memorial
DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Ben Griffin resumed the great play that brought him his first individual PGA Tour victory last week, hitting two shots in the water and still posting a 7-under 65 on Thursday in the Memorial on a course with rough as dense as a U.S. Open. Griffin isn't taking victory laps after winning at Colonial. He just kept making birdies, along with an eagle on the par- 5 seventh hole with a 3-wood into 12 feet. He led by two shots over Collin Morikawa, with Max Homa another stroke behind. Defending champion Scottie Scheffler wasn't at his best and still managed a 70, his 19th consecutive tournament in which he opened with a round par. Griffin was playing so well that his two water balls — on the par-5 11th and par-3 12th — only led to bogeys when such mistakes punished so many other players. 'Yeah, a couple water balls — really need to go to the range and work on my game to clean that stuff up,' Griffin said with a laugh. He knew this was a good one. Muirfield Village was soft enough from rain the past two days that good scores were available provided shots came from the fairway, and not from rough that Justin Thomas had said was comparable to what they will face at Oakmont in the U.S. Open. 'Basically a U.S. Open we're playing,' Keegan Bradley said. 'I'm going to be playing back-to-back U.S. Opens here. But the course is very fair, setup nice. Just a tough test.' The numbers bear that out, whether it was only 13 players who broke par in a gentle wind, or the eight players who made triple bogey on seven of the holes at Muirfield Village. Griffin set the pace early by going out in 31, and then ran into a few problems with the water. He tried to reach the green on the 11th, came up short and into the water, and missed a 10-foot par putt. On the 12th, his tee shot bounced back down the slope into the water. He saved bogey with a 6-foot putt. But what a finish — a 15-foot birdie on the par-3 16th, a 12-foot birdie on the 17th and holing out from just over 50 feet up the ridge on the 18th for a third straight birdie. 'It was an incredible day,' Griffin said. 'Kind of building on what I was doing last week, making a ton of birdies, staying aggressive. This is one of the toughest golf courses we play on tour and you've got to be on your game to make birdies and give yourself a lot of looks.' Shane Lowry played alongside Griffin and had a 69, one of only six players to break 70. It might not have felt that good the way Griffin was playing. 'I told him when we finished, 'Keep it going, things will turn around for you pretty soon,'' Lowry said with a smile. 'He pretty much holed everything he looked at today. It was good. We bounced off each other, we all played really nicely. 'My 3 under doesn't look that great beside his 7 under, but 3 under is a good score out there on this course,' he said. 'It's pretty difficult.' Homa keeps trying to piece together his game that allowed him to reach No. 10 in the world when he played the Memorial last year. Now he is at No. 87 and faces a long week — a tough test at Muirfield Village, and then 36 holes of U.S. Open qualifying Monday. 'I told my coach last night this is the best my swing has felt in a really long time. Then the whole game kind of felt like that,' Homa said. 'I didn't need to shoot a low number to validate that, but it just feels nice.' Nick Taylor had one of the 10 double bogeys — two others made triple bogey — on the par-3 12th, but the Canadian rallied with two birdies on his last three holes for a 69. Scheffler won the PGA Championship and tried to get as much rest as he could ahead of Colonial, where he still tied for fourth. He worked a little more in the days heading into Memorial and spent too much time in the rough and battling for pars. He does that well, too, dropping only two shots despite hitting six of the 14 fairways and twice failing to convert birdie chances on the par 5s on the back nine. The last time he was over par to start a tournament was the U.S. Open last year. 'I felt like I scored pretty well. If I want to keep doing that, I'll have to be a little sharper the next few days,' Scheffler said. 'But overall, a good job posting a score. Yeah, 2 under on this place any day is pretty good.' No need telling that to Thomas (80) or Daniel Berger (81). And then there was Adam Scott, who was 7 over for his round through six holes. He played even par the rest of the way for a 79. ___ AP golf:
