The tournament that Jack built has stacked field once again this year, as nine of the top 10 players in the world are set to compete in the 2024 Memorial at Jack Nicklaus’ Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. That includes Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Rory McIlroy, Wyndham Clark, Viktor Hovland, Ludvig Åberg, Collin Morikawa, Patrick Cantlay and Max Homa. The only one missing? Robert MacIntyre, last week’s winner at the RBC Canadian Open, who returned to Scotland to celebrate his maiden PGA Tour win with friends and family ahead of next week’s U.S. Open. We’ll called it an excused absence.

Players have long made the Memorial a regular stop on their tour schedules, often out of respect for Nicklaus, but tournament’s designation as a PGA Tour signature event has made the tournament even more of a must-make affair. This week’s winner will earn $4 million from the $20 million overall prize money payout, as well as 700 FedEx Cup points. This is also the last chance for anyone not in the field at next week’s U.S. Open to move inside the top 60 in the Official World Golf Ranking and secure an 11th-hour exemption for Pinehurst No. 2, plus one more opportunity to tune-up your game if your already have travel plans to North Carolina.

Hovland, last year’s Memorial victor, made a 30-foot birdie putt on the penultimate hole to force a playoff with Denny McCarthy. A par on the first extra hole was just enough to best McCarthy. It also sparked an impressive summer run that saw Hovland win the BMW Championship and the Tour Championship to claim the 2023 FedEx Cup title. The last player to successful defend his title at the Memorial was Tiger Woods in 2001-02.

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TV Schedule

Golf Channel will carry live coverage on Thursday and Friday from 2-6 p.m. EDT. On Saturday and Sunday, Golf Channel will start the coverage from 12:30-2:30 p.m. with CBS taking over with afternoon coverage from 2:30-6 p.m.

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Streaming Schedule

PGA Tour Live streaming coverage takes place on ESPN+ from 7:15 a.m.-6 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, and 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. There will be four streaming channels offered, including a main feed, marquee groups, featured groups and featured holes.

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This is the course that Jack built, and rebuilt, and rebuilt again and again. Since its opening in 1974, Jack Nicklaus has remodeled every hole at Muirfield Village, some more than once, using play at the PGA Tour’s annual Memorial Tournament for some guidance. The most recent renovation in 2020 was one of the most extensive and included the rebuilding of every hole, the shifting of greens and tees, strategic changes to the iconic par 5s and a new, more player-friendly par3 16th. That’s how a championship course remains competitive. But with every change, Nicklaus always made sure the general membership could still play and enjoy the course as well. The latest word is that Nicklaus is still not happy with the 16th hole and has plans for yet another version. View Course Leaderboard

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Tee Times (all times EDT) THURSDAY/FIRST ROUND

First tee

7:40 AM — Davis Thompson

7:50 AM — Stephan Jaeger, Peter Malnati

8 AM — Nick Dunlap, Matt Kuchar

8:10 AM — Jake Knapp, Ben Griffin

8:20 AM — Brendon Todd, Byeong Hun An

8:30 AM — Lucas Glover, Emiliano Grillo

8:40 AM — Sungjae Im, Andrew Putnam

8:55 AM — Shane Lowry, Matt Fitzpatrick

9:05 AM — Adam Schenk, Eric Cole

9:15 AM — Tom Kim, Denny McCarthy

9:25 AM — Adam Svensson, Cameron Young

9:35 AM — Tom Hoge, Cam Davis

9:45 AM — Chris Kirk, Keegan Bradley

9:55 AM — Si Woo Kim, Mackenzie Hughes

10:05 AM — Wyndham Clark, Patrick Cantlay

10:20 AM — Xander Schauffele, Viktor Hovland

10:30 AM — Scottie Scheffler, Ludvig Åberg

10:40 AM — Billy Horschel, Will Zalatoris

10:50 AM — Akshay Bhatia, Matthieu Pavon

11 AM — Chris Gotterup, Victor Perez

11:10 AM — Alex Noren, Christiaan Bezuidenhout

11:20 AM — Austin Eckroat, Thomas Detry

11:35 AM — Sam Burns, Adam Hadwin

11:45 AM — Tony Finau, Patrick Rodgers

11:55 AM — Sahith Theegala, Russell Henley

12:05 PM — Harris English, Tommy Fleetwood

12:15 PM — Lee Hodges, J.T. Poston

12:25 PM — Nick Taylor, Taylor Moore

12:35 PM — Sepp Straka, Kurt Kitayama

12:45 PM — Corey Conners, Seamus Power

1 PM — Rickie Fowler, Max Homa

1:10 PM — Jason Day, Justin Rose

1:20 PM — Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas

1:30 PM — Brian Harman, Jordan Spieth

1:40 PM — Hideki Matsuyama, Collin Morikawa

1:50 PM — Davis Riley, Taylor Pendrith

2 PM — Brandt Snedeker, Jackson Koivun (a)

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First tee

7:40 AM — Chris Gotterup, Victor Perez

7:50 AM — Alex Noren, Christiaan Bezuidenhout

8 AM — Austin Eckroat, Thomas Detry

8:10 AM — Sam Burns, Adam Hadwin

8:20 AM — Tony Finau, Patrick Rodgers

8:30 AM — Sahith Theegala, Russell Henley

8:40 AM — Harris English, Tommy Fleetwood

8:55 AM — Lee Hodges, J.T. Poston

9:05 AM — Nick Taylor, Taylor Moore

9:15 AM — Sepp Straka, Kurt Kitayama

9:25 AM — Corey Conners, Seamus Power

9:35 AM — Rickie Fowler, Max Homa

9:45 AM — Jason Day, Justin Rose

9:55 AM — Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas

10:05 AM — Brian Harman, Jordan Spieth

10:20 AM — Hideki Matsuyama, Collin Morikawa

10:30 AM — Davis Riley, Taylor Pendrith

10:40 AM — Brandt Snedeker, Jackson Koivun (a)

10:50 AM — Davis Thompson

11 AM — Stephan Jaeger, Peter Malnati

11:10 AM — Nick Dunlap, Matt Kuchar

11:20 AM — Jake Knapp, Ben Griffin

11:35 AM — Brendon Todd, Byeong Hun An

11:45 AM — Lucas Glover, Emiliano Grillo

11:55 AM — Sungjae Im, Andrew Putnam

12:05 PM — Shane Lowry, Matt Fitzpatrick

12:15 PM — Adam Schenk, Eric Cole

12:25 PM — Tom Kim, Denny McCarthy

12:35 PM — Adam Svensson, Cameron Young

12:45 PM — Tom Hoge, Cam Davis

1 PM — Chris Kirk, Keegan Bradley

1:10 PM — Si Woo Kim, Mackenzie Hughes

1:20 PM — Wyndham Clark, Patrick Cantlay

1:30 PM — Xander Schauffele, Viktor Hovland

1:40 PM — Scottie Scheffler, Ludvig Åberg

1:50 PM — Billy Horschel, Will Zalatoris

2 PM — Akshay Bhatia, Matthieu Pavon

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