The 2026 Memorial Tournament followed the same format as last year at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. It was a 72-hole stroke play event in a 72-player field. The players competed in twosomes across morning and afternoon waves for the first two rounds. The same pairings carried across both days. After 36 holes, a cut was made.

From round three, groups were arranged by score; the highest scorers teed off first, and the lowest scorers teed off last. The same applied in round four to decide the winner, but if the players were tied after 72 holes, it went to sudden death on the 18th hole.

Then, if playing the 18th hole one time could not decide the winner, the golfers will replay it until one golfer scores lower than the rest. The winner takes home $4 million from a $20 million prize purse and a two-season PGA Tour exemption. Apart from money, the benefits included 700 FedExCup points.

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On Which Hole Jordan Spieth’s Ball Got Stuck Under a Trashcan?

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But don’t worry, there’s still the back 9 to prove your high golf IQ

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The playoff format was put to the test as JT Poston and Ryan Gerard finished regulation locked together at 12 under. Poston had entered the final round four shots clear of Gerard and was in control for most of the day but stumbled on the back nine, dropping shots at 9 and 11 to let the field back in. He saved par from 11 feet at 17, and birdied the 18th to finish at 12-under 276.

Gerard had started the day four behind, but he kept moving his way. He had a 1-stroke lead on the 17th and made par on 18 to match Poston at 12 under.

Both golfers saved par on the first playoff hole. Poston missed an 8-foot birdie, but then on the second hole, is when Gerard missed a five-foot putt to give Poston the win after both of them hit excellent approach shots on the 74th hole.

This becomes Poston’s fourth PGA Tour title, and he has earned a $4 million winner’s check. His last win before this was the 2024 Shriners Children’s Open.

“I knew I was going to shake Jack’s hand walking off 18, and I wanted to be proud of that handshake regardless of how it turned out,” Poston said after winning. “So I’m thrilled it happened this way.”

Before this, the last time Memorial ended in a playoff was in 2023, when Viktor Hovland defeated Denny McCarthy.