Location: Dublin, Ohio, USA | Ranking: #92
Designer: Jack Nicklaus & Desmond Muirhead (1974) | Type: Parkland | Green Fees: From $350 (Memorial Tournament week)
Editor’s Note: Jack Nicklaus built Muirfield Village as his legacy course — named for his favourite course in Scotland, designed to host the Masters-style Memorial Tournament he created in 1976. The course combines Augusta’s flowering beauty with more severe strategic demands; the green complexes are among the most technically demanding in American parkland golf. Nicklaus refines and tightens the course annually before the Memorial — it is perpetually in a state of evolution toward perfection.
Travel & Logistics
- Airport: Columbus (CMH) — 30 mins | Direct flights from most major US hubs.
- Booking: muirfieldvillage.com | Rating / Slope: 76.2 / 145 | Limited visitor access — contact the club directly.
Championship Scorecard
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | OUT |
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 |
| Yards | 455 | 575 | 392 | 200 | 531 | 185 | 565 | 182 | 410 | 3,495 |
| Hole | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | IN | TOTAL |
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Yards | 441 | 567 | 180 | 465 | 363 | 430 | 625 | 222 | 444 | 3,737 | 7,392 |
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Key Notes & 19th Hole
- The Memorial Tournament: Nicklaus’s invitational attracts a Masters-strength field every May/June. The honoree ceremony — where Nicklaus names a golf legend each year — is one of the sport’s most dignified traditions.
- Hole 18 — Par 4, 444 Yards: The closing hole back to the magnificent clubhouse is one of the finest finishing holes in American parkland golf — a right-to-left dogleg with water right and a demanding approach to an elevated green.
- Columbus: Ohio’s capital — the Short North arts district, German Village neighbourhood and the Ohio State campus area provide excellent dining. Columbus hotels via Expedia →