Memorial Tournament Payout 2014: Prize Money Distribution and Final Standings

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Published: June 1, 2014

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The Memorial Tournament may take place at the house that Jack Nicklaus built at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, but it was Hideki Matsuyama’s course Sunday. 

Matsuyama won the 2014 Memorial over Kevin Na in thrilling fashion but not before it went to an extra hole, as the tournament’s official Twitter page noted:



Matsuyama eventually prevailed in that playoff with an incredible up-and-down save and won himself some cash along the way.   

Here is a look at the final top 10 as well as the prize money distributions for each. The total purse was $6.2 million.



*Full leaderboard can be viewed via PGATour.com

 

The two-man battle for the championship in the playoff was obviously the main headline from Sunday’s action, and Matsuyama won the title because of his excellence on the 18th hole. He became the first player to ever birdie the final hole in all four rounds at the Memorial, which drew the admiration of Nicklaus himself during the tournament:



What’s more, it was on that 18th that he won the championship with multiple clutch shots. Tim May of the Columbus Dispatch seemed impressed by the results:  



If Matsuyama’s comments before the final round Sunday were any indication, he was likely overjoyed by the victory, via Bill Rabinowitz of the Columbus Dispatch:



Fan favorite Bubba Watson finished just off the pace at 12 shots under par, but he had a golden opportunity to win the title. However, as Justin Ray of the Golf Channel pointed out, Watson simply fell apart down the stretch, which ultimately cost him the Memorial championship:



Another popular golfer with the galleries that had an opportunity on Sunday to win the title was Adam Scott. Scott finished at 10 under par, but were it not for the stretch from...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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