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Boston Globe
7 hours ago
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Scottie Scheffler joins Tiger Woods as only repeat winners at Memorial
On one of the tougher PGA Tour tests of the year, Scheffler made one bogey over the final 40 holes at Muirfield Village. Advertisement 'Well, you did it again,' tournament host Jack Nicklaus told him walking off the green. Ben Griffin tried to make it interesting at the end with a 12-foot eagle on the par-5 15th and a 25-foot birdie putt on the par-3 16th to close within two shots with two to play. Scheffler, however, doesn't make mistakes. Griffin made double bogey on the 17th. Griffin made a 4-foot par on the 18th for a 73 to finish alone in second, worth $2.2 million, more than what he earned when he won at Colonial last week. Sepp Straka (70) finished another shot back. 'You know Scottie's probably going to play a good round of golf. The guy's relentless. He loves competition, and he doesn't like giving up shots,' Straka said. 'But it's one of those courses where it can always happen, so you got to be prepared for it. I felt like I gave myself a lot of chances to kind of make a push.' Advertisement Dominance for win No. 16 🏆 — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) Scheffler now has won three times in his last four starts — the exception was Colonial, a tie for fourth the week after winning the PGA Championship — and expanded his margin at No. 1 in the world to levels not seen since Woods in his peak years. Woods is a five-time winner at Memorial who won three straight from 1999 through 2001. No one had repeated at Muirfield Village since then until Scheffler. His performances lately look a lot more like Nicklaus the way he wears down the field by rarely getting out of position. Rickie Fowler had his first top 10 of the year at just the right time. He made par on the 18th to tie for seventh, earning him a spot in the British Open. Fowler tied with Brandt Snedeker at 1-under 287, but gets the one Open exemption available based on a higher world ranking — Fowler at No. 124, Snedeker at No. 430. 'That's one I've wanted on the schedule,' said Fowler, who faces a 36-hole qualifier for the US Open on Monday. Both received sponsor exemptions to the Memorial, a signature event on the PGA Tour. For Scheffler, it was his fifth victory in a $20 million signature event in the last two years. This one looked inevitable, but only after a quick development early on the back nine. Scheffler ended 31 holes without a bogey at tough Muirfield Village on the 10th hole, dropping his lead to one shot. Griffin had 4 feet for birdie on the par-5 11th. Scheffler made his 15-foot birdie putt and Griffin missed. Advertisement Griffin bogeyed the next two holes, and just like that, Scheffler was four shots ahead. That's how it was at the PGA Championship — tight one minute, a blowout the next, and the sweetest walk toward the 18th green with victory secure. This one ended in a handshake with Nicklaus, who had said earlier in the week of Scheffler, 'He plays a lot like I did.' Nicklaus said he was all about fairways and greens, having plenty of chances and making enough of them to post a score. That's the Scheffler way, too, even if it didn't always look that way at the start of the final round. With mud on the golf ball in the first fairway, too much spin on short irons on the next few holes, Scheffler didn't have a birdie putt until the fifth hole. He saved par seven times in the final round, including the final hole.
USA Today
20 hours ago
- Business
- USA Today
The Memorial Tournament purse, payout: See prize money for every player, winner
The Memorial Tournament purse, payout: See prize money for every player, winner Show Caption Hide Caption Scottie Scheffler credits team, family after PGA win Scheffler says strong support, family, and a simple life off the course keep him grounded and winning. PGA TOUR The Memorial Tournament is in the final round at the esteemed Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, where the clash of the best golfers in the world is underway. The Memorial Tournament, a beacon of philanthropy, extends its support to numerous charities in collaboration with organizations like the Nicklaus Children's Healthcare Foundation, Nationwide Children's Hospital, and Stephen and Ayesha Curry's Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation. Despite this noble focus, the tournament offers a substantial prize purse for the top finishers at Muirfield Village Golf Club. The prize purse for the Memorial Tournament is an impressive $20 million, with the winner receiving $4 million. The second-place finisher will earn $2.2 million, while the third-place finisher will take home $1.4 million. Let's delve into the prize money distribution, shedding light on the substantial rewards that await the top finishers at the Memorial Tournament. More: When is the Ryder Cup 2025? Dates, time and what to know What is the total purse for the 2025 Memorial Tournament? The total purse for the 2025 Memorial Tournament presented by Workday is $20 million. The first place winner will take home $4 million of the prize purse. 2025 Memorial Tournament: Purse breakdown for PGA Tour event Money amounts don't include ties. All figures according to the PGA Tour
Boston Globe
a day ago
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Scottie Scheffler mounts late charge to take 1-shot lead into final round of Memorial Tournament
At stake for Scheffler is a chance to win for the third time in his last four tournaments and join Tiger Woods as the only back-to-back winners at the Memorial. 'I don't know what the scoring average was today, but I was definitely proud of the way I finished and it was really challenging,' Scheffler said. 'Through 13 holes, I felt like I was playing really good and I was only even par. Just a hard course.' The scoring average for the 57 players who made the cut was 73.9, and three players failed to break 80. Scheffler, the only player to break par all three rounds, was at 8-under 208. Advertisement Griffin, who won last week at Colonial, made five birdies and five bogeys over his last 13 holes. Scheffler was six shots behind Griffin at one point in the cool, blustery weather. And then it all changed so quickly. Griffin, who became the only player this week to reach 10-under par when he ran off three straight birdies, gave it all back with four straight bogeys. He was in the fairway or on the tee when he made three of those bogeys. Advertisement Ben Griffin has led/co-led the past five rounds in a row on TOUR ... 🤯 He currently leads by FIVE — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) Scheffler was lurking, as always. The world's No. 1 player has an uncanny knack of hanging around and winding up with the low score by the end of the day. This was no exception. 'I did see that Ben got to 10 under, but it's not going to change my play in the middle of a Saturday,' Scheffler said. 'This golf course is really challenging and no lead's safe around this place. I knew if I kept going and played a decent round, I would be in somewhat of a position to chase him down tomorrow.' He holed a 10-foot birdie putt on the 14th — his first of the day — followed getting on the collar of the green at the par-5 15th for a simple birdie. He hit 7-iron into the wind to 8 feet for birdie and closed with the last one that gave him the lead. He's no longer chasing, and he's a tough customer to track down. Scheffler has won the last eight times when he held the 54-hole lead. Jordan Spieth also was in the chase, tied with Scheffler in second place at one point, until he failed to save par from a bunker on the 17th and drove into the creek on the 18th for a closing bogey and a 72. He was five shots behind, feeling better about his game. There was just one problem. Spieth talked about the fun of being in the mix, of making six birdies on a tough course, of needing to keep moving in that direction. And then he paused. 'The bummer for me is Scottie's at 7 or 8 (under) and he just … you can't count on him shooting even tomorrow,' Spieth said. 'So it would take something special. But all in all, just trying to shoot a few under each day out here.' Advertisement Nick Taylor of Canada wound up three shots behind after a 74, and for that he was thankful at the end. Taylor went into the water and made double bogey on the diabolical par-3 12th, followed that with a bogey and was sliding out of contention. And then he holed out from fairway for eagle at the 14th, birdied the next hole and played that four-hole stretch in even par. Double bogey. Bogey. EAGLE. A crazy stretch for Nick Taylor ends with a 117-yard hole out! — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) The best round belonged to Sepp Straka, a two-time winner on the PGA Tour this year. He posted a 66 as the leaders were just getting started and was in the group at 3-under 213 that included Spieth and Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley (68). Patrick Cantlay and Rickie Fowler each shot 69 and joined Shane Lowry (73) at 214. It's a long way off, and it can feel even longer with Scheffler the one they are chasing. 'It's a tough golf course. I'll be trying to chase him down,' Taylor said. 'He's obviously playing phenomenal, so I'll have to play some of my best golf to be in the hunt there with the last few holes to go. But it is playing so difficult that being a few under early will get me back in there.'
USA Today
2 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
PGA Tour player Bud Cauley finds triumph amid tragedy in return to Memorial Tournament
PGA Tour player Bud Cauley finds triumph amid tragedy in return to Memorial Tournament DUBLIN, Ohio – Experiencing a promising career almost end in a car accident is not what most people would say was the best thing ever to happen to them, but even triple bogeys are blessings if they lead to better results down the road. Seven years ago, on June 1, 2018, Bud Cauley did not triple-bogey as much as get triple-bogeyed. His life bounced out of bounds less than a mile from Muirfield Village Golf Club and within hours of the completion of the second round of the Memorial Tournament. Cauley, then a 28-year-old member of the PGA Tour, had missed the cut at the Memorial earlier in the day when, just after 11 p.m., he climbed into the back seat of a 2014 BMW driven by Dublin surgeon David Crawford. Two other passengers, Tommy Nichols and former Blue Jackets defenseman James Wisniewski, joined Cauley and Crawford for the ride. Within seconds of accelerating, Crawford lost control of the vehicle while driving north on the 5000 block of Muirfield Court, which is only a couple of long par-5s from the golf course. The car went off the right side of the road and hit a culvert before going airborne into a tree, then hit several smaller trees, crossed a driveway and landed in a ditch. All three passengers suffered serious injuries. Cauley sustained a collapsed lung, five broken ribs and a fractured lower left leg. Wisniewski also broke several ribs. Crawford pleaded guilty to OVI and three counts of vehicular assault, received 2½ years of probation and had his license suspended for four years. It wasn't pretty, but the end result was beautiful. 'It's kind of funny, honestly,' said Cauley, who is tied for 11th at the Memorial following a four-year absence caused by complications from his injuries. "I met my wife sorta because I was in that car accident. I was home in Florida recovering from the surgery and that's when we met. 'The worst thing that's ever happened to me led to me meeting my wife, then getting married and we have two kids now. The worst things that happened to me led to the best things that happened to me. I wouldn't change it if I could.' If everything happens for a reason, Cauley's reason is pretty special. From bachelor to horrific accident to surgery to engagement to marriage to fatherhood. Watch the Memorial Tournament with PGA TOUR Live on ESPN+ Long, hard road to healing lasted three years for Bud Cauley Not that the journey has been easy. Cauley recovered relatively quickly from his original injuries, or so he thought, returning to Dublin to tie for ninth at the 2019 Memorial. He played again in 2020, finishing tied for 44th. Then it began. 'I just made one swing and it started to hurt,' he said, recalling the moment in 2020 when he felt pain near his ribs. Something wrong was happening with the four metal plates over his ribs. Complications from surgery ensued, and two surgeries later his career came to a screeching halt. 'We started the process of trying to figure out what was wrong,' he said. 'I tried everything, any treatment I could do. My ribs were fine. It was just the muscles around it. And that took me three years.' Three years of never swinging a club. Instead, 36 months of getting steroid injections, platelet-rich plasma therapy and amniotic fluid injections. Progress was slow, to the point Cauley wondered if he might need to begin looking for a new career. 'Three years is a long time,' he said. 'Your optimism starts to fade a little bit. My wife (Kristi) came through. I would get disappointed and think, 'I can't do this anymore. I can't get stuck with another needle.' And after a couple weeks of that she would give me the encouragement to try again.' Finally, Cauley visited the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, where doctors used a needle filled with saline solution, a procedure called hydrodissection, to separate layers of muscle scar tissue near his ribs. 'That allowed the muscle to work better, and that's what allowed me to start swinging a golf club again,' he said. During the long three years, tour player Justin Thomas kept a close eye on Cauley's progress. Both played college golf at Alabama, and Thomas was best man in Cauley's wedding. 'A terrible, terrible night and week,' Justin Thomas recalls 'He's one of my best friends in the world and it was a terrible, terrible night and week,' Thomas said of the accident, which included a fateful twist. Thomas, who was staying at Wisniewski's home during the Memorial, chose not to join the group, opting to rest up for the final two rounds of the Memorial. Thomas was Cauley's biggest cheerleader on tour when his friend began his golf comeback in January 2024. Cauley had 26 starts to compile enough FedEx points to retain his tour card, and got it done with five events to spare when he tied for sixth at the 2025 Players Championship, allowing him entry into the remaining tournaments this season. 'He's so good and so talented,' Thomas said. 'He's got one of those games that can just play out here for so long and can win out here, and he's showing that this year.' The accident feels like forever ago to Cauley, but that doesn't mean it is lost to time. 'It was the scariest moment of my life, so of course when I come back here I think about it,' he said. But negative thoughts always quickly change from terrible to terrific. 'It makes you think,' he said. 'Life honestly couldn't be any better right now. Obviously, what happened was awful, and you just have to move on. What happened changed my perspective, just being grateful to be able to play golf, and realizing how lucky you are when you find something you really enjoy doing and have the opportunity to do that every day. That's not something everyone gets to do.' But it goes deeper than that for the 35-year-old. 'My life changed while I was hurt,' he said. 'When I got in the car accident I was single, then getting married and having our first son gave me a nice perspective change, that golf is not the most important thing in my life anymore. I have a family now.' From worst to best. Hard to top that comeback story. Sports columnist Rob Oller can be reached at roller@ and on at@rollerCD. Read his columns from the Buckeyes' national championship season in "Scarlet Reign," a hardcover coffee-table collector's book from The Dispatch. Details at
New York Post
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Scottie Scheffler couldn't contain himself after Peyton Manning's tee shot struck house
Peyton Manning wasn't always this inaccurate. During Workday's Golden Bear Pro-Am event during the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Ohio, the NFL legend's tee shot on the first hole veered way off course — so off course that Manning's ball struck a nearby house. Scottie Scheffler, the world's No. 1 golfer according to the PGA rankings, witnessed the ordeal and couldn't contain his laughter as a result of the incident. Advertisement In the video, Manning is seen shouting 'Fore!' multiple times before the ball makes contact with the house with a loud bang, prompting Scheffler to keel over in laughter. Scheffler was heard saying, 'Good morning, sir,' as Manning backed up from the tee, laughing at his dubious swing. Advertisement Scheffler, 28, placed fourth overall in The Masters in April and ended up winning his third major championship title after shooting 11-under at the 2025 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club earlier this month. Peyton Manning, former NFL quarterback, takes a photo with Scottie Scheffler on the ninth green prior to the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday at Muirfield Village Golf Club on May 28, 2025 in Dublin, Ohio. PGA TOUR Scottie Scheffler couldn't contain his laughter following Peyton Manning's errand golf swing. NUCLR GOLF POD on X The Memorial Tournament pro-am serves as a bridge between professional athletes from different sports and runs from May 29 to June 1. Advertisement The tournament was originally founded in 1976 by World Golf Hall of Fame inductee and record-holder for most Major Tournament wins, Jack Nicklaus.
