David Lingmerth Wins the 2015 Memorial

Once again a playoff was needed to decide the winner of The Memorial at Muirfield Village. This time around, it was between rookie David Lingmerth and veteran Justin Rose. Both had finished the tournament at 15-under par. Rose was leading going into the final round but shot a 72, whereas Lingmerth capitalized with a round of 69. The playoff lasted three holes (where the 18th was played twice, then the 10th hole). Lingmerth eventually emerged as the winner, winning with a par on the 10th after some errantness by Rose.

This is the Swedish golfer's first professional on the PGA Tour. The win catapults him into the top 30 in the FedEx Cup Rankings and takes him from 212th to 71st in the World Golf Rankings. This is also the first time in quite a bit where the leader going into the weekend was ended up winning the tournament.

Lingmerth and Rose finished two shots ahead of Francesco Molinari and Jordan Spieth. Molinari was actually tied for the lead until he hit his tee shot into the water on the par 3 16th hole. He ended up shooting a 71 that day. This is the Italian's third top 5 finish in his last four consecutive starts. You have to think that sooner or later he's going to win again. Spieth on the other hand shot a 65 in a round that included six birdies and an eagle. Canadian Graham DeLaet also finished decently at T26.

In other news, Tiger Woods had a disastrous weekend and ended up finishing in 71st (last) place. It started on Saturday when he shot his worst professional round in his career, an 85. He then followed that up with a 74 today, which is an improvement, but not the one Tiger was hoping for. Tiger's probably had more dropped shots this week than any other week of his professional career and seems to be in a little rough patch at the moment.

To end off, here's how our picks finished the tournament:

1) Bill Hass: T18 at 7-under
2) Chris Kirk: T36 at 3-under
3) Kevin Na: T13 at 9-under

Great finishes by Haas and Na. A top 20 finish in a tournament filled with this many quality players is always a good thing.

Next week, we'll be covering the FedEx St. Jude Classic at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee and after that the season's second major, the US Open. Stay tuned for our coverage on those events.


-Nick
Toronto Golf Reviews

Sweden's David Lingmerth Wins the 2015 Memorial