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Nationwide Children’s Hospital earns record amount from tournament weekend

November 15th, 2017
Posted by Ralph Schudel
in Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational, PGA Tour

The 2017 Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship concluded in September with Peter Uihlein hoisting the trophy in celebration. Uihlein wasn’t the only beneficiary from a weekend at the Scarlet Course, many others benefited from the weekend’s festivities. On Wednesday afternoon tournament officials announced that $2,116,065 was raised for charitable organizations,...

September 3rd, 2017
Posted by Ralph Schudel
in Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational, PGA Tour

Coming into the final round of the Nationwide Children’s Championship, the tournament field was presented with a much different golf course then they encountered Saturday. Mother Nature presented the competitors with a dreary and rainy third round at the Ohio State Scarlet course as play began Saturday. Tournament leader...

Tags Nationwide Children's Tournament pga tour web.com tour

June 6th, 2016
Posted by Andy Evans
in PGA Tour

Two weather delays, two sudden deaths and that was all she wrote for the 41st annual Memorial Tournament. That and an unprecedented third straight year of sudden death for there to be a winner. And that it was once again a guy on the Tour who had never won...

Tags Gary Woodland Jon Curran Matt Kuchar memorial tournament pga tour William McGirt

June 6th, 2016
Posted by Andy Evans
in PGA Tour

The wait is finally over for William McGirt. And what better way to do it than at the course that Jack Nicklaus built. After going 18 holes and needing an extra two more in sudden death, McGirt outlasted Jon Curran for the title at the 41st annual Memorial Tournament...

Tags jack nicklaus memorial tournament pga tour William McGirt

June 5th, 2016
Posted by Andy Evans
in PGA Tour

Rory McIlroy had another sub-par day at the 41st annual Memorial Tournament. Usually in anything else in life, that sucks. But in golf, that is a good thing. For the first time in his career, the Northern Irishman scored under par for each round on the way to the...

Tags memorial tournament pga tour Rory McIlroy

June 4th, 2016
Posted by Andy Evans
in PGA Tour

William McGirt does not care about which golf tournament he wins. He just wants to win any golf tournament. And after shooting back-to-back personal bests on Jack’s course on Friday and Saturday, he said winning the 41st annual Memorial Tournament would be extra special. “My biggest thing right now...

Tags memorial tournament pga tour William McGirt

June 4th, 2016
Posted by Andy Evans
in PGA Tour

Rickie Fowler, Ernie Els, Kevin Kisner and Hideki Matsuyama. Emiliano Grillo, Gary Woodland, Adam Hadwin and Harold Varner III. Out of those eight names, which ones jump out at you? Can you take a guess as to which ones made the cut? I think you already know where this...

Tags Adam Hadwin Emiliano Grillo Ernie Els Gary Woodland Harold Varner III Hideki Matsuyama Kevin Kisner memorial tournament pga tour rickie fowler

June 3rd, 2016
Posted by Andy Evans
in PGA Tour

Going into the first half of the 41st annual Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, the pairings looked like an all-star who’s who of current golfers. The current No. 1 Jason Day paired up with previous tournament champs Jim Furyk (2002) and David Lingmerth (2015)....

Tags Jordan Spieth memorial tournament pga tour Rory McIlroy

June 3rd, 2016
Posted by Andy Evans
in PGA Tour

Matt Kuchar came into today’s round tied for third place after shooting a 6-under-par 66 on Thursday and only two strokes back from Dustin Johnson who sat in the lead at 8-under. After posting another 66 today, Kuchar has found himself tied with Brendan Steele for the early lead...

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June 3rd, 2016
Posted by Andy Evans
in PGA Tour

Sometimes all it takes is a few weeks off away from work to make you feel whole again. For Brendan Steele, taking the last two weeks off since The Player’s Championship at Sawgrass on May 15 has been exactly what the doctor ordered. He spent the time going to...

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June 2nd, 2016
Posted by Andy Evans
in PGA Tour

A former tournament champ, a local guy from Australia, the world’s 247th best player, another who holed an eagle on his last hole and a top-10 player who said he cannot putt. These are a few of the players who sit atop the Leaderboard after Thursday’s round of the...

Tags Brendan Steele dustin johnson Hudson Swafford Jason Day Matt Kuchar memorial tournament pga tour

June 2nd, 2016
Posted by Andy Evans
in PGA Tour

Two of the world’s top-ranked golfers shot well after finishing their first round of the 41st annual Memorial Tournament at the Muirfield Village Golf Club. Jordan Spieth, ranked No. 2, came off of No. 9 after completing his first round at -2 and Rory McIlroy, ranked No. 3, came...

Tags Jordan Spieth memorial tournament pga tour Rory McIlroy

May 30th, 2016
Posted by Andy Evans
in PGA Tour

The field for the 41st annual Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide is official and as usual contains a slew of big names. Phil Mickelson and Rory McIlroy will be there. So will former 2004 champ Ernie Els. The world’s current No. 1 in both the Fed Ex Cup standings...

Tags Jordan Spieth memorial tournament pga tour Tiger Woods

June 7th, 2015
Posted by Andy Evans
in PGA Tour

This year’s final round of the 40th annual Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio was a wild one, full of firsts and worsts, seasoned veterans battling it out with fresh-faced rookies, and a spectator getting whacked in the head by an errant shot. And as...

Tags David Lingmerth jack nicklaus Justin Rose memorial tournament pga tour Tiger Woods

June 7th, 2015
Posted by Andy Evans
in PGA Tour

After coming off the worst round of his career on Saturday, Tiger Woods managed to put together what most weekend hacks would call a great round on Sunday. He said all he wanted to do was just shoot under par. “Just because I’m in last place doesn’t change how...

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June 6th, 2015
Posted by Andy Evans
in PGA Tour

Saturday’s third round of the 40th annual Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio saw its fair share of ups-and-downs, leads being switched and certain players setting records for all of the wrong reasons. After being in the lead coming into Saturday, David Lingmerth saw it...

Tags Justin Rose memorial tournament pga tour Tiger Woods

June 6th, 2015
Posted by Andy Evans
in PGA Tour

Keegan Bradley felt if Dustin Johnson could do it, then he could do it too. Bradley, the world’s 43rd-ranked golfer used Johnson, No. 8, as a motivator throughout his third round on Saturday at the 40th annual Memorial Tournament. The two were part of a three-man set in the...

Tags dustin johnson Keegan Bradley memorial tournament pga tour

June 6th, 2015
Posted by Andy Evans
in PGA Tour

Tiger Woods blew up on Saturday’s third round of the Memorial Tournament, scoring a 13-over par 85 which was the worst round in his entire career. His previous was earlier this year at TPC Scottsdale where he shot an 11-over 82. He got off to a decent start, parring...

Tags memorial tournament pga tour Tiger Woods

June 6th, 2015
Posted by Andy Evans
in PGA Tour

Tiger made the cut. So did Phil. Jason Dufner got the as-of-yet only hole-in-one for the tournament. Thursday’s co-leader and defending champ Hideki Matsuyama will be playing out the weekend and 2002 winner Jim Furyk will be joining in as well. Reigning Masters winner Jordan Spieth extended his weekend...

Tags Andy Sullivan Bo Van Pelt David Lingmerth Hideki Matsuyama memorial tournament pga tour Phil Mickelson Tiger Woods

June 5th, 2015
Posted by Andy Evans
in PGA Tour, Uncategorized

Andy Sullivan used an 8-under second round on Friday to pull to within two strokes of leader David Lingmerth at the 40th annual Memorial Tournament. “Tee to green, I just hit the ball great today,” he said. “I didn’t miss a lot of greens or fairways and just holed...

Tags Andy Sullivan Jim Furyk memorial tournament pga tour

July 28th, 2012
Posted by J. Justin Boggs
in PGA Tour

The Nationwide Children’s Hospital Invitational has a reputation of being a friendly tournament for golfers fresh out of college. Sunday’s final round at the Invitational might prove to be the second straight year a recent college graduate will win the Web.com Tour event. Ben Kohles, who turned pro on...

Tags ben kohles casey wittenberg nationwide childrens hospital invicational nchi pga tour trevor martin web.com tour

May 29th, 2012
Posted by Columbus Wired
in PGA Tour

Masters Champion Bubba Watson talks about golf, playing this week at the Memorial and his new adopted baby. Dustin Johnson, who has missed the last two months due to a wrist injury, makes his return to the PGA Tour at Muirfield Village GC. He finished...

Tags bubba watson dustin johnson memorial tournament muirfield village gc pga pga tour

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