How To Play Muirfield Village Golf Club

Muirfield Village: a hole-by-pigsty guide to the home course of Jack Nicklaus

The habitation golf course of The Memorial Tournament is one of the nigh recognizable PGA Tour venues.

The 18th green at Muirfield Hamlet is well guarded. The course hosts the Memorial Tournament presented past Nationwide. Keyur Khamar/US PGA Tour

They call it "the house that Jack built."

Much like how Donald Ross tinkered with Pinehurst No. ii all his life, The Gold Bear has continued to tweak and enhance his abode grade in the state where he was born, the Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, nigh Columbus. Host of The Memorial since 1976, Muirfield Village has become 1 of the acme stops on the PGA Tour. In accelerate of the 2020 tournament, he added iii new dorsum tees and bunkers in fairway landing zones on five holes besides.

Muirfield was the dream of Nicklaus dating back half dozen decades. The land was acquired in 1966. Construction didn't outset until 1972. The course, spread across 220 acres, including an 11-acre range, was dedicated on May 27, 1974, with a match between Nicklaus and Tom Weiskopf. Truthful to form, Nicklaus shot a grade-record 66, which stood until 1979.

Since then, many a pro has gone lower, despite the course's ferocious rough and well-guarded greens. There accept been and so many memorable moments, many involving Tiger Wood, a five-fourth dimension champion, including a 3-peat from 1999-2001.

A Hole-by-Pigsty Tour of Muirfield Village Golf game Order:

Par 4 | 470 yards

The first green might exist the nigh welcoming at Muirfield Village, site of The Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide. Keyur Khamar/United states PGA Tour
Par iv | 455 yards

A class scenic view of the 2nd green at Muirfield Hamlet during practice for the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide. Keyur Khamar/Us PGA TOUR
Par 4 | 401 yards

The third fairway at Muirfield Village doglegs left. Finding the fairway is disquisitional during The Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide. Keyur Khamar/US PGA Bout
Par iii | 200 yards

The 4th hole at Muirfield Hamlet, site of the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide. Keyur Khamar/US PGA Bout
Par 5 | 527 yards

There are multiple tough pigsty locations on the 5th green at Muirfield Village, site of The Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide. Keyur Khamar/US PGA TOUR
Par iv | 477 yards

Fans lookout the activity on the 6th pigsty at Muirfield Village during The 2011 Memorial. Fred Vuich/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images
Par 5 | 563 yards

Bunkers surroundf the 7th green at Muirfield Village during the 2017 Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide. Keyur Khamar/US PGA Tour
Par 3 | 185 yards

Bubba Watson tees off on the 8th hole at Muirfield Village during the final circular of The 2014 Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide. Chris Condon/US PGA TOUR
Par 4 | 412 yards

The ninth green at Muirfield Village, site of the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide. Keyur Khamar/Usa PGA Bout
Par 4 | 471 yards

Jamie Lovemark tees off on the 10th pigsty at Muirfield Village during the third round of The 2017 Memorial Tournament presented past Nationwide. Keyur Khamar/US PGA TOUR
Par v | 567 yards

The 11th fairway at Muirfield Village snakes through the trees during The 2017 Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide. Keyur Khamar/United states of america PGA TOUR
Par iii | 184 yards

The twelfth hole at Muirfield Hamlet, site of The Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide. Keyur Khamar/US PGA Tour
Par 4 | 455 yards

The 13th green at Muirfield Hamlet, site of The Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide. Keyur Khamar/US PGA Tour
Par 4 | 363 yards

Even pros have a hard time hitting the 14th green at Muirfield Village during The Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide. Keyur Khamar/The states PGA TOUR
Par 5 | 529 yards

An aerial view of the 15th green at Muirfield Village during The 2017 Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide. Keyur Khamar/US PGA TOUR
Par 3 | 201 yards

A scenic view of the 16th green at Muirfield Village for The 2017 Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide. Keyur Khamar/U.s. PGA Tour
Par four | 478 yards

Tiger Wood hits his third shot on the 17th pigsty at Muirfield Village during the second round of The 2015 Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide. Andy Lyons/Getty Images
Par 4 | 484 yards

The final group of Bryson DeChambeau, Patrick Cantlay and Kyle Stanley putt on the 18th light-green at Muirfield Village during the final round of the 2018 Memorial Tournament. Icon Sportswire/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images