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Top 50 bubble watch: PGA Tour players currently in and out of next year’s designated events (after Memorial Tournament)

No golfers played their way in our out of the top 50, but the top 30 or so players are beginning to pull away.

For PGA Tour players, being inside the top 50 of the FedEx Cup Standings now comes with more than just a spot in the field at the BMW Championship.

Earlier this year the PGA Tour’s board ratified a new approach for the Tour’s 2024 schedule that will see reduced fields in new designated events that feature increased purses up to $20 million. Fields in designated events will contain between 70 and 78 players and be largely comprised of the top 50 players who qualify for the BMW Championship during the previous season’s FedEx Cup Playoffs, adding some extra intrigue to the season-long race that was desperately needed.

Midway through major season, with the U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club on the horizon and the Memorial Tournament in the rearview, here’s a look at some players who are currently in – and out – of next year’s designated events.

FedEx Cup: Full standings here

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Bubble watch

Check out the last 10 in and first 10 out as the points stand after the 2023 Memorial Tournament, where No. 40 Hayden Buckley (754 points) and No. 60 J.J. Spaun (549) are separated by a little more than 200 points.

Player Current FedEx Cup ranking Previous FedEx Cup ranking FedEx Cup points
Hayden Buckley 40 38 754
Thomas Detry 41 40 735
Davis Riley 42 41 719
Eric Cole 43 46 713
Patrick Rodgers 44 44 708
Sepp Straka 45 48 692
Nick Hardy T-46 42 684
Cameron Young T-46 43 684
Brandon Wu 48 45 678
Matt Kuchar 49 49 625
Brendon Todd 50 50 613
Tommy Fleetwood 51 51 611
Ben An 52 55 609
Matt NeSmith 53 52 601
Adam Hadwin 54 53 599
Ben Taylor 55 54 586
Sam Stevens 56 57 575
Hideki Matsuyama 57 62 572
K.H. Lee 58 56 564
Sam Ryder 59 58 562
J.J. Spaun 60 61 549

Biggest movers

Despite coming up short in the playoff to Viktor Hovland at the Memorial, Denny McCarthy was the big mover of the week, jumping 21 spots to No. 26 to find a little breathing room from the top-50 cutoff. Hovland’s fourth win on Tour saw him move up 10 spots to fourth.

No golfers played their way in or out of the top 50 this week, but the top 30 or so players are beginning to pull away and secure their safety.

Notables inside the top 50

The usual suspects this season of Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler and Max Homa are all Nos. 1-3 in the standings, with the newcomer Hovland in fourth and Tony Finau dropping to fifth.

Kurt Kitayama (14) has reached as high as fifth this season but moved outside the top 10 this week.

Thomas Detry has come out swinging in his first full season on Tour. The Belgian has eight top 25s and three top 10s in 19 starts and currently sits 41st. Same with 34-year-old Eric Cole (43), who has either finished in the top 25 or been cut in 11 of his last 13 starts.

Fan favorites Jason Day (7) and Rickie Fowler (22) are both inside the top 25, same with Jordan Spieth (18), who continues to climb after a slow start to the season.

Notables outside the top 50

Only 127 points separate Nos. 51 Tommy Fleetwood (611) and 70 Justin Suh (484).

Justin Thomas is currently No. 75 but would still qualify for the designated events due to his top-30 place in the Official World Golf Ranking (15), same with Tommy Fleetwood (51) and Hideki Matsuyama (57). Cameron Young – ranked 17th in the world – sits 47th in the FedEx Cup standings just inside the line.

Other notable players currently outside the top 50 (ranking in parentheses):

  • Keith Mitchell (61)
  • Joel Dahmen (72)
  • Adam Scott (80)
  • Shane Lowry (88)
  • Gary Woodland (93)
  • Billy Horschel (108)
  • Webb Simpson (156)

There’s still plenty of time for players to make their moves up the standings, and we’ll be here to keep you updated on the top 50 storylines for the rest of the season.

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2023 Memorial Tournament prize money payouts for each PGA Tour player

It pays to play well on the PGA Tour, especially at designated events.

It pays to play well on the PGA Tour, especially in designated events. Just ask this week’s winner, Viktor Hovland.

The 25-year-old won the 2023 Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, on Sunday for his fourth PGA Tour victory. Hovland shot a final-round 2-under 70 to claim the title at 7 under after a one-hole playoff with Denny McCarthy.

For his efforts, Hovland will take home the top prize of $3.6 million, while McCarthy will leave with $2.18 million out of the $20 million designated event purse.

Scottie Scheffler shot the low round of the day, a 5-under 67, to finish a shot outside the playoff and finish solo third at 6 under for a $1.38 million payday.

Check out how much money each PGA Tour player earned this week at the 2023 Memorial Tournament, the 10th designated event of the season.

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Memorial Tournament prize money

Position Player Score Earnings
1 Viktor Hovland -7 $3,600,000
2 Denny McCarthy -7 $2,180,000
3 Scottie Scheffler -6 $1,380,000
4 Si Woo Kim -5 $980,000
T5 Jordan Spieth -4 $772,500
T5 Andrew Putnam -4 $772,500
T7 Adam Schenk -3 $650,000
T7 Rory McIlroy -3 $650,000
T9 Rickie Fowler -2 $545,000
T9 Adam Scott -2 $545,000
T9 Matt Fitzpatrick -2 $545,000
T12 Wyndham Clark -1 $410,000
T12 Lee Hodges -1 $410,000
T12 Tyrrell Hatton -1 $410,000
T12 David Lipsky -1 $410,000
T16 Luke List E $275,500
T16 Shane Lowry E $275,500
T16 Russell Henley E $275,500
T16 Hideki Matsuyama E $275,500
T16 Joseph Bramlett E $275,500
T16 Sepp Straka E $275,500
T16 Jon Rahm E $275,500
T16 Sam Burns E $275,500
T24 Xander Schauffele 1 $163,000
T24 Eric Cole 1 $163,000
T24 Gary Woodland 1 $163,000
T24 Byeong Hun An 1 $163,000
T24 Beau Hossler 1 $163,000
T24 Stephan Jaeger 1 $163,000
T30 J.J. Spaun 2 $117,250
T30 Garrick Higgo 2 $117,250
T30 Ryan Fox 2 $117,250
T30 Austin Eckroat 2 $117,250
T30 Keegan Bradley 2 $117,250
T30 Patrick Cantlay 2 $117,250
T30 Patrick Rodgers 2 $117,250
T30 Mark Hubbard 2 $117,250
T38 J.T. Poston 3 $91,000
T38 Luke Donald 3 $91,000
T38 Christiaan Bezuidenhout 3 $91,000
T41 Justin Suh 4 $71,000
T41 Sungjae Im 4 $71,000
T41 Brandt Snedeker 4 $71,000
T41 Taylor Montgomery 4 $71,000
T41 Sam Stevens 4 $71,000
T41 S.H. Kim 4 $71,000
T41 Seamus Power 4 $71,000
T48 Matt Wallace 5 $52,600
T48 Thomas Detry 5 $52,600
T48 Emiliano Grillo 5 $52,600
T48 Keith Mitchell 5 $52,600
T52 Alex Noren 6 $48,600
T52 Harris English 6 $48,600
T54 Davis Riley 7 $47,200
T54 Danny Willett 7 $47,200
T56 Davis Thompson 8 $46,400
T56 Sam Ryder 8 $46,400
T58 Sahith Theegala 9 $45,600
T58 Chez Reavie 9 $45,600
T60 Stewart Cink 10 $44,800
T60 Taylor Pendrith 10 $44,800
62 Matt Kuchar 11 $44,200
63 Sam Bennett 12 $43,800
64 Lanto Griffin 13 $43,400
65 Tom Hoge 17 $43,000

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Winner’s Bag: Viktor Hovland, 2023 Memorial Tournament

Check out the clubs that got the job done at Muirfield Village.

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A complete list of the golf equipment Viktor Hovland used to win the PGA Tour’s 2023 Memorial Tournament:

DRIVER: Ping G425 LST (9 degrees), with Fujikura Speeder 661 TX shaft 

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FAIRWAY WOOD: TaylorMade Stealth Plus (15 degrees), with Fujikura Ventus Blue 7X shaft, Ping G430 (21 degrees), with Furjukura Ventus Blue TR 8X shaft

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IRONS: Ping i210 (4-PW), with KBS Tour V 120X shafts

WEDGES: Ping Glide 4.0 (50 degrees adjusted to 49, 56 degrees adjusted to 54.5), Ping Glide 2.0 (60 degrees), with KBS Tour V 130 X shafts

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PUTTER: Ping PLD DS 72 custom

BALL: Titleist Pro V1

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Viktory for Viktor: How Hovland built a more complete game and made a late birdie for a playoff win at the 2023 Memorial Tournament

Hovland birdied the 17th to eventually force a playoff and earn his fourth PGA Tour win.

Viktor Hovland finally bagged a PGA Tour win at one of the biggest events.

The 25-year-old Norwegian made a two-putt par from 58 feet on the first playoff hole to defeat Denny McCarthy and win the Memorial on Sunday.

“I don’t want it again,” Hovland said of the decisive seven footer he holed, sporting his trademark smile.

Hovland now has won in each of the last four seasons on Tour but fellow pro Edoardo Molinari, who doubles as Hovland’s performance coach, noted that his previous wins have shared something in common.

Indeed, all of his Tour wins had been on tropical islands: in Puerto Rico and twice in Mexico near Cancun plus two more unofficial titles in The Bahamas. It’s ironic given that he grew up in the cold of Norway.

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“Sometimes I tease him that it’s about time he wins on a serious golf course, not at a tourist place,” Molinari said.

Muirfield Village Golf Club, the course that Jack Nicklaus built near his childhood home in Dublin, Ohio, certainly qualifies as “a serious course.” On another warm and sunny day, Jack’s Place, as it is affectionately called, played fast and firm and the greens turned into concrete, but Hovland managed to shoot a final-round 2-under 70 to finish at 7-under 281.

“This week the golf course is arguably harder than most major championship golf courses we play,” Hovland said. “It felt like a major. So it was really cool that I was able to get it done at a place like this…It feels even better after some close calls.”

The seventh-ranked player in the world, Hovland has been a model of consistency with 24 straight cuts made worldwide – and has been knocking on the door at some of the biggest tournaments, including top-10 finishes at the last three majors. He chased Brooks Koepka almost to the finish at the PGA Championship last month, settling for a T-2, his best result in a major and recorded a T-3 in March at the Players Championship. It didn’t take long for Hovland, the winner of the 2018 U.S. Amateur, to establish himself as one of the best ballstrikers on Tour, but his short game admittedly was a weakness. What made this victory special for Hovland was the way he won it: without his best stuff from tee-to-green but a short game that has made great strides and a putter that continually bailed him out.

“It feels great to win one without having to ball-strike it to death,” Hovland said.

He also credited his improved course management. Two years ago, he played a practice round at the U.S. Open with Molinari, the brother of Francesco, the 2018 British Open winner, and a week later he implemented some of his tips at the BMW International in Germany and won the tournament.

“I was impressed with the way his mind worked,” Hovland said.

He hired Molinari to help with his strategy and it has paid big dividends. Speaking ahead of the tournament, Hovland noted that Molinari crunched his numbers and discovered earlier this year that when Hovland attacked greens with pitching wedge and 8-iron, he was short-siding himself 30 percent of the time and the Tour average is 20 percent of the time.

“Because I’m a good iron player it should be closer to 15 percent of the time if not less than that,” Hovland said. “I was putting too much pressure on my short game by being too aggressive.”

“It would be kind of a double whammy for me before,” Hovland said at his winner’s press conference. I would short-side myself and I didn’t have any tools around the green to slow the ball down, and now I can’t even keep the chip on the green. So you’re just always grinding.

“But this week I told myself that when I’m out of position just play for the fatter part of the green and if I miss the green, I still have a shot where I can roll the ball up or slow the ball down enough to get it close to the pin.”

Hovland shot a third-round 69 and started the day one shot behind Rory McIlroy, who stumbled to 75, Si Woo Kim (73) and David Lipsky (77). Three strokes back on the 15th tee, he made birdie there and drained a 28-foot birdie putt at 17, the only birdie at the hole during the final round, to cut his deficit to one. McCarthy, whose putter had been brilliant all day, drove into trouble left at the last and missed a 23-foot par putt for his first Tour title.

Returning to the 18th tee for the first playoff hole, McCarthy overcompensated and drove right and couldn’t reach the green. McCarthy burned the left edge on his 12-foot par putt, bending his knees in disbelief that his well-struck putt wouldn’t drop. Hovland, who ranked third in putting for the week, snuck in a 5-foot putt for the win.

“I’m heartbroken right now,” McCarthy said. “I thought this was going to be the week.”

Entering the final round it was anyone’s tournament with 22 players within three strokes of the lead. For the second week in a row, Scheffler finished a stroke out of a playoff despite a marvelous ball-striking week and a closing 67, which was three strokes better than anyone else in the field. Scheffler, who made the 36-hole cut on the mark at 3 over, ranked first in SG: Tee-to-Green and SG: Approach the Green but ranked 65th — or dead last — in SG: Putting, losing more than 8.5 strokes to the field on the greens for the week.

“I think a little bit of my struggles with the putting have probably helped me sort of elevate my ball striking just because if I’m trying to compete out here I have to – I mean, with the putts not going in, I got to hit it really good and I’ve been able to do that,” Scheffler said.

But not well enough to beat Hovland, who finally won on the U.S. mainland. Back in Norway, Hovland’s star continues to rise but golf’s popularity pales in comparison to skiing and soccer. Asked how well known the name Nicklaus, the winner of a record 18 majors, is back home, Hovland smiled and with the Golden Bear by his side, said, “Not to break your ego, but I don’t think there’s too many people that know about you.”

From Oslo to Ohio, they do know that Hovland is the champion of the Memorial at Jack’s Place.

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Jack Nicklaus says ‘strong possibility’ Memorial Tournament moves week before U.S. Open

“I would prefer to stay where we are. I don’t like being the week before the Open,” said Nicklaus.

DUBLIN, Ohio — The PGA Tour is strongly considering moving the Memorial Tournament farther from Memorial Day and closer to Father’s Day as it decides whether to push the 2024 event deeper into June, one week before the U.S. Open.

“I’d say it’s a strong possibility,” Memorial founder and host Jack Nicklaus said Sunday. “I would prefer to stay where we are. I don’t like being the week before the Open, but if it’s for the betterment of the Tour and what they’re trying to do then I would understand that, too.”

Will golf fans accustomed to attending the event during its traditional Memorial Day week placement on the calendar be as understanding? Probably, but scheduling adjustments will need to happen. For example, the second week of June often jump-starts vacation season for families who cannot get away sooner because of school conflicts. For instance, high school athletes are competing this weekend in state championships.

Nicklaus stressed that tournament scheduling dates remain fluid, sharing that Tour officials told him Wednesday no final decision on the Memorial had been made. So the Golden Bear may yet get his wish to maintain scheduling status quo.

“They’ve asked me about it,” he said. “I’m not in favor of it, but I would cooperate with the Tour.”

Nicklaus won’t come out and say it, but I can. Moving the Memorial later a week does not mean the sky is falling, but it would stink all the same.

First, there is the issue of tying the Memorial to Memorial Day. Since its arrival in 1976, the tournament has selected one or more honorees who have positively impacted golf. The tournament has not always been held the same week as Memorial Day, but moving it permanently to a week later bugs me, plus it brings in even hotter weather.

So why do it? Money, of course. Mostly to compete against LIV Golf’s Saudi-backed cash, the PGA Tour has designated eight tournaments to offer elevated purses. As one of the eight, the Memorial’s purse increased from $12 million in 2022 to $20 million this year.

Many of the top Tour players want a better schedule “flow,” meaning as many designated events scheduled back-to-back as possible. They don’t like one on, one off. In response, the Tour is committed to “bunching” designated events next year.

Andy Pazder, chief tournament and competition officer for the PGA Tour, said Wednesday the Tour also is sensitive to the concerns of non-designated tournaments that worry they will get “lost”  among the bigger-money events. The plan is to avoid siloing those full-field events as much as possible.

Nicklaus gets it.

“The issue is not (the Memorial),” he said, explaining how the tour may have little choice but rework the schedule to make both sides – players and non-designated events and their sponsors – happy.

What that likely means is the Memorial giving its current schedule spot to a non-designated event, perhaps the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit or Canadian Open, while it moves to June 6-9 (in 2024), right before the U.S. Open, which immediately would be followed by a third consecutive designated event; maybe the Travelers Championship.

Such a move would allow two or three non-designated events – the Colonial and maybe Detroit, Canada or Houston – to take place over consecutive weeks while bunching three designated events after them.

It makes sense, but you can see why Nicklaus would not like it. The Memorial is considered an elite event, only one tier down from the majors. It will remain highly regarded and attended by top players, because of Jack’s stature in the game and also the $20 million, but it also risks becoming an opening act for the U.S. Open.

Nicklaus, who seldom played events the week before a major championship, also may be concerned the Memorial could lose some top players who follow a mindset similar to his, of resting the week before a major.

But If the Bear is nervous, he isn’t showing it. At least not publicly.

“I don’t think it will hurt the field at all,” he said.

We shall see. When the Tour event in Akron preceded the PGA Championship by a week, the field seldom suffered. Will it be the same here? We can only hope so.

Four-time major winner Rory McIlroy doesn’t plan on skipping the Memorial if it leads into the U.S. Open.

“I really like playing the week before a major,” he said. “Look, there’s no better way to get sharp for a golf tournament than to play a golf tournament.”

And the Memorial isn’t just any golf tournament. It deserves respect. What will the Tour do? I almost hate to ask.

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Saturday at the Memorial: Rory McIlroy holds 54-hole co-lead, while Viktor Hovland, Collin Morikawa and Patrick Cantlay are on his heels

Viktor Hovland and Collin Morikawa are lurking — and other storylines from the third round of the Memorial.

There are 18 holes left of the 2023 Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio, and it’s anyone’s ballgame.

Heading into Sunday, there are 31 players at or within four shots of the lead.

Atop the leaderboard, however, are Rory McIlroy, Si Woo Kim and David Lipsky. Lipsky bogeyed Nos. 17 and 18 to drop out of the final group.

Kim has shot under par in all three rounds thus far, including a 1-under 71 on Saturday. McIlroy, who’s looking to win for the first time since the CJ Cup in the fall, made a late birdie at No. 17 to get to 6 under.

Some of the big names within striking distance include Viktor Hovland (5 under), Collin Morikawa (4 under), two-time Memorial champion Patrick Cantlay (4 under), 2014 Memorial champ Hideki Matsuyama (4 under), Sungjae Im (3 under), Jordan Spieth (3 under), Matt Fitzpatrick (2 under), Rickie Fowler (2 under) and 2020 winner Jon Rahm (2 under).

Sunday is going to be a good one.

If you missed any of Saturday’s action, no worries, we have you covered. Here’s everything you need to know from the third round of the Memorial Tournament at Jack’s Place.

Memorial: Sunday tee times | Photos

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2023 Memorial Tournament tee times, TV info for Sunday’s final round at Muirfield Village

Everything you need to know for the final round from Muirfield Village.

Jack Nicklaus and Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, play host to the 2023 Memorial Tournament this week, where defending champion Billy Horschel and the top five players in the world are on hand to compete for the $20 million purse. Muirfield Village will play as a par 72 at a whopping 7,533 yards.

Thanks to a birdie on No. 17 and a clutch par save on 18, Rory McIlroy holds the 54-hole co-lead with Davis Lipsky and Si Woo Kim. Lipsky was 8 under through 16 holes before bogeying Nos. 17 and 18 to fall back to 6 under.

Thirty-one players are at or within four shots of the lead including Viktor Hovland, Collin Morikawa, Patrick Cantlay, Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler and Jon Rahm.

From tee times to TV and streaming info, here’s everything you need to know for the final round of the 2023 Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club.

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Sunday tee times

1st tee

Tee time Players
7:55 a.m.
Davis Riley, Lanto Griffin
8:05 a.m.
Stewart Cink, Davis Thompson
8:15 a.m.
Taylor Pendrith, Thomas Detry
8:25 a.m.
Sam Ryder, Sahith Theegala
8:35 a.m.
Chez Reavie, Tom Hoge
8:45 a.m.
Taylor Montgomery, Harris English
8:55 a.m.
Seamus Power, Ryan Fox
9:05 a.m.
J.T. Poston, Bradnt Snedeker
9:20 a.m.
Matt Wallace, Luke List
9:30 a.m.
Ben An, Beau Hossler
9:40 a.m.
Alex Noren, Emiliano Grillo
9:50 a.m.
Sam Bennett, Sam Stevens
10 a.m.
Luke Donald, S.H. Kim
10:10 a.m.
Sam Burns, Tyrrell Hatton
10:20 a.m.
Garrick Higgo, Xander Schauffele
10:35 a.m.
Shane Lowry, Eric Cole
10:45 a.m.
Matt Kuchar, Adam Scott
10:55 a.m.
Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler
11:05 a.m.
Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Rickie Fowler
11:15 a.m.
Andrew Putnam, Gary Woodland
11:25 a.m.
Danny Willett, Matt Fitzpatrick
11:35 a.m.
Adam Schenk, Keith Mitchell
11:50 a.m.
Sepp Straka, Justin Suh
12 p.m.
Austin Eckroat, Jordan Spieth
12:10 p.m.
Joseph Bramlett, Stephan Jaeger
12:20 p.m.
Russell Henley, J.J. Spaun
12:30 p.m.
Hideki Matsuyama, Sungjae Im
12:40 p.m.
Patrick Rodgers, Patrick Cantlay
12:55 p.m.
Keegan Bradley, Collin Morikawa
1:05 p.m.
Lee Hodges, Mark Hubbard
1:15 p.m.
Viktor Hovland, Wyndham Clark
1:25 p.m.
David Lipsky, Denny McCarthy
1:35 p.m.
Rory McIlroy, Si Woo Kim

How to watch

You can watch Golf Channel for free on fuboTV. ESPN+ is the exclusive home for PGA Tour Live streaming. All times Eastern.

Sunday, June 4

TV

Golf Channel: 12:30-2:30 p.m.
CBS: 2:30-6 p.m.

Radio

SiriusXM: 1-6 p.m.

STREAM

ESPN+: 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
Peacock: 12:30-2:30 p.m.
Paramount+: 2:30-6 p.m.

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2023 Memorial Tournament tee times, TV info for Saturday’s third round at Muirfield Village

Everything you need to know for the third round from Muirfield Village.

Jack Nicklaus and Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, play host to the 2023 Memorial Tournament this week, where defending champion Billy Horschel and the top five players in the world are on hand to compete for the $20 million purse. Muirfield Village will play as a par 72 at a whopping 7,533 yards.

Justin Suh holds the 36-hole lead at 8 under par after a second-round 6-under 66. One back is Hideki Matsuyama, who shot a 7-under 65 on Friday. He won the Memorial in 2014.

Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm and Rickie Fowler are all sitting at 4 under, while Patrick Cantlay, a two-time winner at Muirfield, is at 6 under.

From tee times to TV and streaming info, here’s everything you need to know for the third round of the 2023 Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club.

Saturday tee times

1st tee

Tee time Player
7:55 a.m.
Lanto Griffin, Luke List
8:05 a.m.
Davis Thompson, Scottie Scheffler
8:15 a.m.
Ryan Fox, Keegan Bradley
8:25 a.m.
Matt Kuchar, Sungjae Im
8:35 a.m.
Adam Schenk, Taylor Pendrith
8:45 a.m.
J.T. Poston, Sahith Theegala
8:55 a.m.
S.H. Kim, Alex Noren
9:05 a.m.
Adam Scott, Shane Lowry
9:20 a.m.
Keith Mitchell, Russell Henley
9:30 a.m.
Brandt Snedeker, Danny Willett
9:40 a.m.
Thomas Detry, Davis Riley
9:50 a.m.
Sam Bennett, Eric Cole
10 a.m.
Collin Morikawa, Stewart Cink
10:10 a.m.
Garrick Higgo, Emiliano Grillo
10:20 a.m.
Taylor Montgomery, Harris English
10:35 a.m.
Chez Reavie, Matt Fitzpatrick
10:45 a.m.
J.J Spaun, Sam Stevens
10:55 a.m.
Joseph Bramlett, Seamus Power
11:05 a.m.
Ben An, Denny McCarthy
11:15 a.m.
Andrew Putnam, Beau Hossler
11:25 a.m.
Tom Hoge, Sam Ryder
11:35 a.m.
Xander Schauffele, Gary Woodland
11:50 a.m.
Sam Burns, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
12 p.m.
Matt Wallace, Viktor Hovland
12:10 p.m.
Stephan Jaeger, Tyrrell Hatton
12:20 p.m.
Wyndham Clark, Austin Eckroat
12:30 p.m.
Luke Donald, Jordan Spieth
12:40 p.m.
Rickie Fowler, Lee Hodges
12:55 p.m.
Patrick Rodgers, Jon Rahm
1:05 p.m.
Rory McIlroy, Sepp Straka
1:15 p.m.
Si Woo Kim, Mark Hubbard
1:25 p.m.
David Lipsky, Patrick Cantlay
1:35 p.m.
Justin Suh, Hideki Matsuyama

How to watch

You can watch Golf Channel for free on fuboTV. ESPN+ is the exclusive home for PGA Tour Live streaming. All times Eastern.

Saturday, June 3

TV

Golf Channel: 12:30-2:30 p.m.
CBS: 2:30-6 p.m.

Radio

SiriusXM: 1-6 p.m.

STREAM

ESPN+: 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
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Memorial 2023: Justin Thomas, defending champion Billy Horschel among notable pros who have the weekend off after missing the cut at Jack’s Place

Justin Thomas and defending champion Billy Horschel are headed home early.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Hideki Matsuyama knows that golf can be cruel.

The Japanese golfer, winner of the Memorial in 2014 and the Masters in 2021, has dealt with a neck injury of late that has stolen some of his distance and forced him to sit out for a month. Asked how’s he feeling, he said, “I feel great. You never know, though, tomorrow morning.”

One day, you have the world by a string, you’re winning the Memorial and your dream of your family celebrating with you on the 18th green comes to fruition. That was Billy Horschel at the 2022 Memorial. One year later, he shot 84 and was holding back tears as he tried to process what had happened during a live interview. Horschel was sent packing on Friday but maybe with an ounce of confidence restored after making six birdies and shooting even-par 72.

That 12-stroke one-day improvement should provide some solace to Horschel as he searches for answers to how his game has soured since one of the crowning achievements of his career.

Justin Thomas’s dip from PGA Championship winner last May to missed cut at the Memorial isn’t as drastic as Horschel but he’s none too happy to be leaving Jack’s Place early and his game appears to have a few more holes in it than he would like with the U.S. Open less than two weeks away.

Among those players who were feeling great like Matsuyama on Friday? World No. 5 Xander Schauffele’s score improved by 11 shots – from an opening-round 77, his highest score since the second round of the 2022 Masters, to a second-round 66. Matt Kuchar went from 79 to 67. And how about nine-time Tour winner Brandt Snedeker, who shot 73-72—145 to make the cut in his first start since September after undergoing experimental surgery on his sternum. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler snuck in on the number — it took 3-over 147 or better to be among the 66 players moving on to the weekend — despite missing a short par putt at 18 that left him dismayed. Golf, it giveth and it taketh away.

As Horschel noted on Thursday, “As low as it feels, it feels like I’m not that far off at the same time. Which is insane to say when you see me shoot 84 today. It doesn’t, it wouldn’t make sense to a lot of people. But I don’t think I’m that far off.”

Confidence is knowing your best golf is still to come. Here are the notables who missed the cut and are hoping better golf for them is just around the corner.

Justin Suh leads, Patrick Cantlay chases third Memorial win, Rory McIlroy bounces back and more from Friday at Muirfield Village

Rickie’s eagle, Rory’s rebound were among the second-round highlights.

The leaderboard is littered with big names through two days at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio.

Justin Suh, who made a run at the Honda Classic earlier this season, leads at 8 under after 36 holes. He played solidly on Thursday, signing for a 2-under 70. But Friday was a different story.

Suh used birdies on Nos. 3, 5, 8, 11, 14 and 15 to get to 6 under on his day before giving one back at No. 16. However, he stuffed his 174-yard approach into 18 to nine feet and converted the birdie to finish off his 6-under effort.

On his heels at 7 under is Hideki Matsuyama, who rode a hot putter all day Friday to a 7-under 65. Matsuyama won at Muirfield in 2014 and is in prime position to add another Memorial Tournament trophy to his collection.

Patrick Cantlay, Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm and Rickie Fowler are all inside the top 10.

If you missed any of the action on Friday, no worries, we have you covered. Here’s everything you need to know from the second round of the Memorial Tournament.

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