Memorial Tournament marks the 50th anniversary of the prestigious PGA Tour event. The tournament has that lofty status for two reasons: its host, Jack Nicklaus, and its venue, Muirfield Village Golf Club.

The First Lady of Golf got an earful from the Golden Bear, and the musical serenade brought the house down at the Barbara Nicklaus honoree ceremony at Muirfield Village. After several members of the Memorial Tournament Captains Club,

Ben Griffin hit two shots in the water and still posted a 7-under 65 in the Memorial on a course with rough as dense as a U.S. Open.

The popular tour pro was fascinating in breaking down the mental gymnastics that went into hitting his mud caked ball on the 14th hole during the opening round of the Memorial Tournament

The Memorial is now in its third year as a $20 million tournament, a spike in prize money to respond to the threat of LIV Golf. The objective of the PGA Tour — a plan hatched by the players at a Delaware meeting in August 2022 — was to create a series of big-money events that would bring together all the top players.