Five days after winning his first individual title on the PGA Tour, which was his second win following a team victory a month ago, Ben Griffin kept things rolling with a 7-under 65 to kick start his 2025 Memorial Tournament.
At the beginning of play on Friday, Griffin was followed by Collin Morikawa (5 under), Max Homa (4 under), and a host of others at Muirfield Village outside Columbus.
The defending champ at Jack Nicklaus’ tournament is Scottie Scheffler, who’s also coming off winning the PGA Championship, shot 2 under par in the first round. That was good for a tie for seventh.
Memorial Tournament leaderboard
Keep up with the latest scores on our official PGA Tour leaderboard.
What is the cut at the Memorial?
There will be a cut after today’s round. Ludvig Åberg started the day just above the projected cut line, while Justin Rose and Justin Thomas are among the big-name golfers who need to turn things around to make the weekend.
Michael Kim is happier today
Michael Kim, even par through six holes, already is having a better day than what went down during the first round, when he took a quadruple bogey at the par 3 12th hole, dunking his tee shot into the water then making a mess of his next FIVE shots. He shot 78 for the round. Kim, who has become something of a social media sensation because of his tour insider posts on X, found some respite after his opening round in the company of a couple of canine companions. He also planned to soothe his ills with a clubhouse strawberry Oreo milkshake, which he rated 9.5 out of 10.
— Columbus Dispatch
Will Tiger Woods play Memorial again? We asked Jack
Tiger Woods won Jack Nicklaus’s Memorial Tournament a record five times, but Nicklaus said he doesn’t expect Woods to chase a sixth title at Muirfield Village Golf Club ever again.
“I doubt it,” Nicklaus said on Tuesday. “I don’t think that he’ll be able to walk this place. I’d love to have him playing again.”
Woods isn’t the only player to deal with an Achilles injury recently. Last February, two-time Masters champion Bernhard Langer tore his left Achilles playing pickleball. Three months after the surgery, he returned to PGA Tour Champions but was allowed to use a golf cart, and in December teamed with his son, Jason, to beat Woods and son Charlie at the PNC Championship in a playoff. Nicklaus was more optimistic about Tiger’s chances to play next year on the Champions Tour once he turns 50 in December.
“When he gets in a cart, he’ll tear it up, absolutely,” Nicklaus said. “If he plays, he’ll win. He’ll win better than 50 percent of the tournaments he plays in, I think. He’s a good player. You all know how good a player he is, but I mean, his work ethic is so good. He likes to work at it. He loves it.”
The Memorial schedule and how to watch
Round 2: Friday, May 30
- First tee: 7:50 a.m.
- TV coverage: Starting at 2 p.m.
- TV channel: Golf Channel
- Streaming: ESPN+ | Fubo (free trial)
Round 2 of the 2025 Memorial Tournament will broadcast nationally on Golf Channel starting at 2 p.m. Featured group and hole streaming from PGA Tour Live is available on ESPN+ starting at 7:45 a.m.Watch PGA Tour live on ESPN+
Memorial Tournament tee times
All times Eastern:
- 7:50 a.m.: Andrew Novak, Lucas Glover
- 8 a.m.: Ryan Fox, Maverick McNealy
- 8:10 a.m.: Michael Kim, Ryan Gerard
- 8:20 a.m.: Min Woo Lee, Sam Stevens
- 8:30 a.m.: Davis Thompson, Sungjae Im
- 8:40 a.m.: Matthieu Pavon, Max Homa
- 8:50 a.m.: Taylor Pendrith, Corey Conners
- 9 a.m.: Matt Fitzpatrick, Tom Hoge
- 9:15 a.m.: Nick Dunlap, Sam Burns
- 9:25 a.m.: Aaron Rai, Tommy Fleetwood
- 9:35 a.m.: Brian Harman, Thomas Detry
- 9:45 a.m.: Robert MacIntyre, Byeong Hun An
- 9:55 a.m.: Si Woo Kim, Adam Scott
- 10:05 a.m.: Justin Thomas, Patrick Cantlay
- 10:15 a.m.: Scottie Scheffler, Sepp Straka
- 10:30 a.m.: Russell Henley, Keegan Bradley
- 10:40 a.m.: Mackenzie Hughes, Matt Kuchar
- 10:50 a.m.: Nick Taylor, Jacob Bridgeman
- 11 a.m.: Joe Highsmith, Brandt Snedeker
- 11:10 a.m.: Brian Campbell, Harris English
- 11:20 a.m.: Rickie Fowler, J.J. Spaun
- 11:30 a.m.: Justin Rose, Daniel Berger
- 11:45 a.m.: Akshay Bhatia, Tony Finau
- 11:55 a.m.: Austin Eckroat, Denny McCarthy
- 12:05 p.m.: Alex Noren, Eric Cole
- 12:15 p.m.: J.T. Poston, Adam Hadwin
- 12:25 p.m.: Cam Davis, Cameron Young
- 12:35 p.m.: Stephan Jaeger, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
- 12:45 p.m.: Wyndham Clark, Max Greyserman
- 1 p.m.: Ben Griffin, Shane Lowry
- 1:10 p.m.: Chris Kirk, Sahith Theegala
- 1:20 p.m.: Xander Schauffele, Jordan Spieth
- 1:30 p.m.: Viktor Hovland, Ludvig Åberg
- 1:40 p.m.: Hideki Matsuyama, Collin Morikawa
- 1:50 p.m.: Jhonattan Vegas, Matti Schmid
- 2 p.m.: Bud Cauley, Harry Higgs
Top contenders odds to win the Memorial 2025
Tournament odds from BetMGM as of Thursday:
- Scottie Scheffler: +300
- Collin Morikawa: +400
- Ben Griffin: +450
- Tommy Fleetwood: +1100
- Shane Lowry: +1400
Memorial weather: Friday
AccuWeather predicts a high of 70 degrees with partly sunny skies today in Dublin, Ohio. Winds are expected to blow out of the west-northwest at 10 mph. There is an 85% chance of rain and about a 15% chance of thunderstorms.
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