Woods, McIlroy, Spieth to join featured groups at the Memorial
The stars are out for this week's Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club, hosted by Jack Nicklaus. As in most years, the game's biggest names will appear in Dublin, Ohio, to honor "the Golden Bear" from Thursday to Sunday.
Tiger Woods, who, of course, will headline the event, makes his first trip back to Muirfield Village since 2015. The five-time winner of Nicklaus' event will be grouped with defending champion Jason Dufner and last's week's winner, 2010 Memorial champion Justin Rose.
Fans of firepower should look to the group of Jason Day, Dustin Johnson, and Rory McIlroy. The three former No. 1-ranked golfers will all be searching for their first Memorial win. Expect plenty of highlight-reel shots from this trio in Rounds 1 and 2.
Jordan Spieth will play his opening rounds alongside two lefties in Phil Mickelson and Bubba Watson. Of the three Masters champions, who are all winless at Muirfield Village, Spieth is the only one without a win in the 2018 season.
The last featured group consists of world No. 1 Justin Thomas, reigning Masters champ Patrick Reed, and Rickie Fowler. Thomas and Reed will look to continue their Player of the Year-caliber seasons, while Fowler is still searching for his first win in 2018.
Tee times for the featured groups can be found here.