2020 Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide (The 28th of 36 events in the 2019-20 PGA TOUR Season) Dublin, Ohio July 13-19, 2020 FedExCup Points: 500 Muirfield Village Golf Club Par/Yards: 36-36—72/7,456 Purse: $9,300,000/$1,674,000 Final-Round Notes – Sunday, July 19, 2020 Weather: Mostly sunny with intermittent showers. High of 96. Wind SW 15-25 mph, with gusts to 30 mph. Due to a dangerous weather situation, play was suspended at 3:41 p.m. and resumed at 4:30 p.m. (49-minute delay). Final Leaderboard Jon Rahm 69-67-68-75—279 (-9) Ryan Palmer 67-68-73-74—282 (-6) Matthew Fitzpatrick 75-66-74-68—283 (-5) Matt Wallace 72-70-70-72—284 (-4) Jason Day 73-66-72-73—284 (-4) Things to Know • Jon Rahm earns his fourth PGA TOUR victory and becomes the fourth player with wins in each of the last four seasons (others: Bryson DeChambeau, Dustin Johnson, Justin Thomas) • Rahm moves to No. 1 in the OWGR for the first time in his career, becoming the 24th player to reach that mark • Under Rule 9.4, Rahm was assessed a General Penalty (two strokes) after a ball at rest moved on the par-3 16th • Ryan Palmer, Rahm’s teammate for 2019 Zurich Classic of New Orleans victory, earns his 10th career runner-up • Palmer and Mackenzie Hughes qualify for the 2020 U.S. Open as the top two players, not otherwise exempt, in the top 10 and ties • The final-round scoring average (75.959) is the highest at a non-major since the 2016 Farmers Insurance Open Jon Rahm (Won/-9) Statistic With the victory Age 25 (11/10/1994) FedExCup 8 OWGR 1 PGA TOUR starts 85 PGA TOUR wins 4 Starts at the Memorial Tournament 2 Wins at the Memorial Tournament 1 Top-10s at the Memorial Tournament 1 Starts in 2019-20 10 Wins in 2019-20 1 Top-10s in 2019-20 5 • Earns fourth PGA TOUR victory in his 85th start at the age of 25 years, 8 months, 9 days (wins: 2017 Farmers Insurance Open, 2018 The American Express, 2019 Zurich Classic of New Orleans, 2020 the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide) • Moves to No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time in his career and No. 8 in the FedExCup standings • 24th player to reach the No. 1 position in the OWGR all-time • Fifth-youngest player to reach the No. 1 position in the OWGR (25 years, 251 days); Tiger Woods, Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas did so at a younger age • Second player from Spain to reach the No. 1 position in the OWGR (first: Seve Ballesteros) • Becomes the fourth player with at least one win in each of the last four PGA TOUR seasons, joining Bryson DeChambeau, Dustin Johnson and Justin Thomas • Improves to 1-for-3 converting 54-hole lead/co-lead to victory (T12/2019 THE PLAYERS Championship, 2nd/2020 Farmers Insurance Open, Won/2020 the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide) Ryan Palmer (2nd/-6) • 10th career runner-up and first since losing in a playoff at the 2018 Farmers Insurance Open • Qualifies for the 2020 U.S. Open as one of the top two players, not otherwise exempt, in the top 10 and ties • Fourth top-10 of the season (T10/ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP, T4/Sony Open in Hawaii, T8/RBC Heritage, 2nd/the Memorial Tournament) • Led the field in Strokes Gained: Approach The Green (10.218 cumulative) • Sixth Memorial Tournament start and first since missing the cut in 2011 Additional Notes • In the final rounds of the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard and the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide, there were two total scores in the 60s; Matthew Fitzpatrick (T3) recorded both of them (69/Arnold Palmer Invitational, 68/the Memorial Tournament) • In his third attempt at a record-breaking 83rd PGA TOUR victory, five-time Memorial Tournament winner Tiger Woods shot a final-round 76 to finish T40 • Defending champion Patrick Cantlay finished T32 • Ryan Palmer (2nd) and Mackenzie Hughes (T6) qualify for the 2020 U.S. Open as the top two players, not otherwise exempt, in the top 10 and ties • The final-round scoring average of 75.959 is the highest in a round on the PGA TOUR since the 2018 U.S. Open (76.474/R1) and the highest at a non-major since the 2016 Farmers Insurance Open (77.901/R4) Hole statistics Toughest hole Easiest hole R1 Par-3 16th (3.531) Par-5 7th (4.723) R2 Par-3 16th (3.320) Par-5 5th (4.609) R3 Par-3 16th (3.554) Par-4 13th (3.743) R4 Par-3 16th (3.527) Par-5 5th (4.757) Scoring Averages Front 9 Back 9 Total Cumulative R1 36.762 37.162 73.923 -- R2 36.156 36.984 73.141 73.532 R3 36.554 37.149 73.703 73.589 R4 37.851 38.108 75.959 74.007 Bogey-free rounds R1 (1): Ryan Palmer (67) R2 (4): Matthew Fitzpatrick (66), Justin Thomas (67), Luke List (68), Xander Schauffele (69) R3 (0): None R4 (0): None .