By Stuart Mason

Jack Nicklaus with 2025 Memorial Tournament winner Scottie Scheffler goes back to back Sunday June 1, 2025.mp3

Final-Round Notes – 2025 Memorial Tournament presented by Workday
Final-Round Notes – Sunday, June 1, 2025
Weather: Mostly sunny. High of 68. Wind NW 5-15 mph.
Final Leaderboard
Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
1 | Scottie Scheffler | 70 | 70 | 68 | 70 | 278 (-10) |
2 | Ben Griffin | 65 | 72 | 72 | 73 | 282 (-6) |
3 | Sepp Straka | 74 | 73 | 66 | 70 | 283 (-5) |
4 | Nick Taylor | 69 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 284 (-4) |
Scottie Scheffler (Winner/-10)
- Earns 16th career PGA TOUR victory in his 142nd start at the age of 28 years, 11 months, 11 days
- Moves to T54 on the all-time wins list, tying five others (Jack Burke, Jr., Ralph Guldahl, Mark O’Meara, Justin Thomas, Tom Weiskopf)
- PGA TOUR wins (16): 2022 WM Phoenix Open, 2022 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, 2022 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, 2022 Masters Tournament, 2023 WM Phoenix Open, 2023 PLAYERS Championship, 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, 2024 PLAYERS Championship, 2024 Masters Tournament, 2024 RBC Heritage, 2024 Memorial Tournament presented by Workday, 2024 Travelers Championship, 2024 TOUR Championship, 2025 CJ CUP Byron Nelson, 2025 PGA Championship, 2025 Memorial Tournament presented by Workday
- Shortest span between first and 16th PGA TOUR wins:
Player | Time |
Sam Snead | 2 years, 6 months, 1 day |
Jack Nicklaus | 3 years, 1 month, 22 days |
Tiger Woods | 3 years, 3 months, 3 days |
Scottie Scheffler | 3 years, 3 months, 19 days |
- Ties Rory McIlroy with a season-high three victories, all coming in his last four starts; marks his third season on TOUR with three or more victories (2022/4, 2024/7)
- Collects his second Memorial Tournament victory in his fifth appearance (Won/2025, Won/2024, 3rd/2023, 3rd/2021, T22/2020)
- Joins Tiger Woods (1999-2001) as the only players to successfully defend their title at the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday; first player to successfully defend a title on TOUR since his 2024 PLAYERS Championship victory
- Eighth player with multiple victories at the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday and first since Patrick Cantlay (2019, 2021)
- Following his 2025 PGA Championship victory, joins Tiger Woods as the only players to win the Memorial Tournament and THE PLAYERS Championship or a major championship in the same season in multiple years: Scheffler (2024, 2025), Woods (1999, 2000, 2001)
- One of two players since 2005 to win by four or more strokes (Billy Horschel/2022/4 strokes)
- Improves to 11-for-17 when holding the 54-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR, having converted his last seven
- Finished second in Strokes Gained: Off the Tee (3.933) and Approach the Green (7.263); ranked 34th in Strokes Gained: Putting (-.058) his lowest position during a victory since the 2024 RBC Heritage (37th/.029)
- FedExCup leader earns 700 FedExCup points, extending his lead over No. 2 Rory McIlroy to 835 points
- Seventh different player to win a Signature Event in 2025 (The Sentry/Hideki Matsuyama, AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am/Rory McIlroy, The Genesis Invitational/Ludvig Åberg, Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard/Russell Henley, RBC Heritage/Justin Thomas, Truist Championship/Sepp Straka, the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday/Scottie Scheffler)
Additional Player Notes
- Ben Griffin (2nd/-6) collects third career runner-up finish (2023 Sanderson Farms Championship, 2024 RBC Canadian Open) and third consecutive top-10 finish on TOUR (T8/PGA Championship, Won/Charles Schwab Challenge, 2nd/the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday); after a first-round 7-under 65, played his next three rounds in a cumulative 1-over at Muirfield Village
- Sepp Straka (3rd/-5) collects his fifth top-10 finish in 16 starts this season, tying his career-high in a single season on TOUR (2021-22, 2022-23); played the weekend in 8-under after starting 3-over
- 36-hole co-leader Nick Taylor (4th/-4) closed with rounds of 74-73, claiming his third top-10 finish of the season and first since The Genesis Invitational (T9)
- Sponsor exemption and Workday ambassador Brandt Snedeker (T7/-1) holes nine birdies for a 65 and the low round of the day; marks his best finish in his 10th career appearance at the Memorial Tournament (previous: T41/2023)
- Rickie Fowler (T7/-1) qualifies for the 153rd Open at Royal Portrush through the Open Qualifying Series as the leading finisher, not otherwise exempt, from the Memorial Tournament; broke a tie with Brandt Snedeker by virtue of his position in the Official World Golf Ranking entering the week (Fowler/No. 124, Snedeker/No. 430); collects his first top-10 finish in his 13th start of the 2025 season
- Of the four sponsor exemptions restricted to PGA TOUR members, three finished inside the top 10: Rickie Fowler (T7), Jordan Spieth (T7), Brandt Snedeker (T7), Matt Kuchar (T25)
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