Blog#247A Results RDs1&2 The Memorial Tournament May 31, 2025

Blog#247A Results RDs1&2 The Memorial Tournament May 31, 2025

ROUND 1 Listed are *top 10 favorites, @long-shots, plus a few others.

1 B Griffin-7 65 Eagles 7 and birdies last 3 holes, but bogies 11&12. FINISH

*2 C Morikawa-5 67 One bogie 6 birdies making long putts, watch out. FINISH

@3 M Homa-4 66 Two bogies 6 birdies 2 on last 2 holes. FINISH

@4 S Lowry-3 68 Eagles 7 but bogies 11&15 two par 5’s. FINISH

4 K Bradley-3 68 Starts & ends with birdies, 3 birdies 2 bogies between. FINISH

Playing well and may appoint himself to Ryder Cup which is overrated. XXXXX

4 N Taylor-3 68 DB on 12 but finishes with 3 birdies last 6 holes. FINISH

7 A Bhatia-2 70 DB on 6, bogie on 2&18, 6 birdies, will find a way to lose! FINISH

@7 A Novak-2 70 Birdies 1st 2 holes, 4 more birdies 4 bogies next 16. FINSIH

X7 SW Kim-2 70 Two bogies 1 on 12, 4 birdies. FINISH

*7 S Scheffler-2 70 #20 last week after RD1, finished 4, birdies 14&16. FINISH

@14 R Fowler E 72 Six birdies, 4 bogies 1DB on #16 & bogie on #18. FINISH

@14 J Spieth E 72 Starts with 2 bogies, another on 12, then 2 birdies. FINISH

@14 H Higgs E 72 Five birdies & 5 bogies, less bogies, who knows. FINISH

*14 T Fleetwood E 72 Loses 3 shots on 15&16 or would be 4th. FINISH

*14 P Cantlay E 72 Four bogies 4 birdies including #12. FINISH

*24 X Schauffele+1 73 Wild RD 1DB, 4 bogies 2 on 17&18 5 birdies. FINISH

*24 C Conners+1 73 DB on #6 3 bogies, 4 birdies. FINISH

@31 S Straka+2 74 Four bogies in 5 holes, #8 to 12, 2 birdies. FINISH

*31 V Hovland+2 Wild RD 3XB #18, 5 bogies, 6 birdies. FINISH

*31 H Matsuyama+2 74 One bogie 4 birdies 1DB 1 3XB #11. FINISH

*44 L Aberg +3 75 Not playing well 2DBs, 2 bogies, 3 birdies. FINISH

@50 S Jaeger+4 76 Bogies 3 of 1st 4 holes then 12,13,14 only 2 birdies. FINISH

@62 J Rose+6 78 Starts with birdies 4,5,6 then DB 12 3XB17 bogie 18. FINISH

@62 M Greyserman+6 78 Triple bogies #14 with 3 bogies 0 birdies. FINISH

*71 J Thomas+8 80 One birdie 1 3XB, 1 DB, 4 bogies. FINISH

AT The Players he shot 78 RD1 then 62 RD2 and finished tied for 36. XXXXX

72 D Berger+9 Last place DB on 10&16, 6 bogies only 1 birdie. FINISH

ROUND 2 Heavy rain & chilly, 52*, rain stopped around 3PM no effect on scores.

1 Ben Griffin-7 72 Pars front 9 then a birdie and bogie to stay in tied for lead.

1 Nick Taylor-7 68 Bogie free, 2 birdies on par 3s and 2 on par 4s.

3 Akshay Bhatia-5 69 Starts with 2 birdies but bogies 9&11.

4 Scottie Scheffler-4 70 DB on 10 then 2 birdies but bogie on #14.

5 Jordan Spieth-3 69 Two bogies, 2 birdies 1st 14 holes then birdies 15,17,18.

5 Sam Burns-3 65 RD1 76, RD2 1 eagle, 1 bogie 5 birdies from 7 to 18. FINISH

5 Shane Lowry-3 72 Two birdies 2 bogies 1 on #12.

8 Russell Henley-2 68 Bogies 3 of last 5 holes RD1, 5 birdies RD 2. FINISH

8 Tom Hoge-2 DBs #13 RD1, RD2 bogies #11 with 4 birdies. FINISH

8 Xander Schauffele-2 69 Moves up 15 spots with 2 DB,1 bogie,1 eagle, 6 birdies.

8 Colin Morikawa-2 76 Falls from #2 with 2 DBs on last 3 holes.

12 Justin Rose E Starts with bogie, eagle on 3 then 6 birdies from 10 to 16.

ONLY PLAYERS OVER PAR EXCEPT ROSE E WITH 5 OTHERS, 1 OF THESE SHOULD WIN.

Cut+5 15 players missed cut none shot under par, or were in my 20 favorites or long shots.

Just Made Cut #18 Cantlay, Bradley, Fowler+1, #27 Conners, Aberg+2 #31 Homa, Fleetwood, Straka, Hovland, Higgs+3 #43 Scott, Greysermen, Jaeger+4 #50 Thomas, Matsuyama+5.

PREDICTION Today will definitely be MOVING DAY. If one of the following dominates today, he should win. My picks are; Scheffler, Taylor, Bhatia, Burns, Henley, dark horses Lowry & Spieth. Players who will fade Griffin who managed RD2 well but managing will not win & Morikawa, who fell apart on last 3 holes RD2.