Is Tiger Woods playing the Memorial Tournament 2025? Availability explored

Tiger Woods will miss the Memorial Tournament 2025, the upcoming stop on the PGA Tour. The veteran golfer continues to recover from recent surgery and remains sidelined following an Achilles injury earlier this year.

The Memorial Tournament 2025 is scheduled for Thursday, May 29, to Sunday, June 1, at the Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. The field will be star-studded, with top stars competing for the $20 million purse.

Earlier this year, Tiger Woods ruptured his Achilles while ramping up his practice in preparation for the season. Following this, he underwent immediate surgery that forced him to pull out of the Masters Tournament at Augusta National.

The Memorial Tournament will feature 72 players competing over the next four days. Besides Tiger Woods, World No. 2 Rory McIlroy has also opted out of the Muirfield event.

Here's a look at the full field for the Memorial Tournament:

Joe Highsmith
Brandt Snedeker
Brian Campbell
Harris English
Rickie Fowler
J.J. Spaun
Justin Rose
Daniel Berger
Akshay Bhatia
Tony Finau
Austin Eckroat
Denny McCarthy
Alex Noren
Eric Cole
J.T. Poston
Adam Hadwin
Cam Davis
Cameron Young
Stephan Jaeger
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Wyndham Clark
Max Greyserman
Ben Griffin
Shane Lowry
Chris Kirk
Sahith Theegala
Xander Schauffele
Jordan Spieth
Viktor Hovland
Ludvig Åberg
Hideki Matsuyama
Collin Morikawa
Jhonattan Vegas
Matti Schmid
Bud Cauley
Harry Higgs
Andrew Novak
Lucas Glover
Ryan Fox
Maverick McNealy
Michael Kim
Ryan Gerard
Min Woo Lee
Sam Stevens
Davis Thompson
Sungjae Im
Matthieu Pavon
Max Homa
Taylor Pendrith
Corey Conners
Matt Fitzpatrick
Tom Hoge
Nick Dunlap
Sam Burns
Aaron Rai
Tommy Fleetwood
Brian Harman
Thomas Detry
Robert MacIntyre
Byeong Hun An
Si Woo Kim
Adam Scott
Justin Thomas
Patrick Cantlay
Scottie Scheffler
Sepp Straka
Russell Henley
Keegan Bradley
Mackenzie Hughes
Matt Kuchar
Nick Taylor
Jacob Bridgeman

How has Tiger Woods performed at the Memorial Tournament? Record explored

Tiger Woods is the most successful player ever at the Memorial Tournament, having won five times here. He has played 18 times at the event and has made the cut every time.

In 18 appearances, Woods has posted 13 top-25 finishes and has four other top-10 finishes outside the five wins. He is the only player to do a three-peat at the Jack Nicklaus-hosted event. He achieved this in 2001 by beating Paul Azinger and Sergio García by a whopping seven strokes. This remains the largest winning margin at Muirfield.

Here's a look at Wood's performance at the Memorial Tournament over the years:

1997 – T67
1998 – T51
1999 – 1st
2000 – 1st
2001 – 1st
2002 – T22
2003 – T4
2004 – 3rd
2005 – T3
2007 – T15
2009 – 1st
2010 – T19
2012 – 1st
2013 – T65
2015 – 71st
2018 – T23
2019 – T9
2020 – T40

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Shobhit was a fan of Tiger Woods growing up, but of late, Nelly Korda, Scottie Scheffler and Ludvig Aberg have caught his attention.

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Edited by Shobhit Kukreti