Scottie Scheffler holds the 54-hole lead at the Memorial at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio, and he begins Sunday eight under and with a one-shot lead over Ben Griffin, who has won twice this year but would check off the biggest victory of his career if he were to take down Scheffler and win Jack Nicklaus’ Memorial.
Scheffler is the defending champion, although Griffin won the Charles Schwab Challenge a week ago. Scheffler also happened to win the PGA Championship the week before that, so you might struggle to find two golfers playing better than these two right now.
That duo will make up the final pairing on Sunday, teeing off at 2:05 p.m. ET.
“I’ve just got to stay aggressive, continue to execute,” Griffin said. “My game feels really good. Obviously, Scottie Scheffler’s the best player in the world, but No. 1 can be beat. … I want to stack up my game against his. I feel like right now, you know, I beat him last week. Obviously, he’s coming off a major win. But I feel like he obviously can be beaten, and I’ve just got to keep the pedal down and make a lot of birdies because I know he’s going to as well.”
Scottie Scheffler’s Round 3 highlights from the Memorial
Scottie Scheffler shot a four-under 68 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead at the Memorial.
Scheffler and Griffin actually go way back. They played lots of junior golf together.
“I’ve known him for a long time,” Scheffler said. “He always had a lot of talent. He had a very interesting swing growing up, and he’s made some pretty significant changes to his swing over the years and has been one of those guys that always have a lot of talent, and he’s done a really good job of continuing to improve, and the results are speaking for themselves at this point.”
There’s $20 million up for grabs at the Memorial, with $4 million going to the winner and $2.2 million to the runner-up. Below is the complete payout breakdown.
2025 Memorial purse: Payout breakdown, winner’s share
1st — $4 million
2nd — $2.2 million
3rd — $1.4 million
4th — $1 million
5th — $840,000
6th — $760,000
7th — $700,000
8th — $646,000
9th — $600,000
10th — $556,000
11th — $514,000
12th — $472,000
13th — $430,000
14th — $389,000
15th — $369,000
16th — $349,000
17th — $329,000
18th — $309,000
19th — $289,000
20th — $269,000
21st — $250,000
22nd — $233,000
23rd — $216,000
24th — $200,000
25th — $184,000
26th — $168,000
27th — $161,000
28th — $154,000
29th — $147,000
30th — $140,000
31st — $133,000
32nd — $126,000
33rd — $119,000
34th — $114,000
35th — $109,000
36th — $104,000
37th — $99,000
38th — $94,000
39th — $90,000
40th — $86,000
41st — $82,000
42nd — $78,000
43rd — $74,000
44th — $70,000
45th — $66,000
46th — $62,000
47th — $58,000
48th — $56,000
49th — $54,000
50th — $52,000
51st — $51,000
52nd — $50,000
53rd — $49,000
54th — $48,000
55th — $47,000
56th — $46,000
57th — $45,000
