The 39th playing of the Memorial Tournament was one of the wackiest ever.
The sun shone all four days on Muirfield Village and that never happens. Rory McIlroy refused to talk about Caroline Woznicacki and Phil Mickelson refused to talk about an insider-trading investigation that he has been implicated in.
The FBI even followed Mickelson off the 18th green on Thursday and informed him of the pending investigation.
Everyone in attendance felt much safer knowing the G-Men were on the grounds.
After firing a superb nine-under-par 63 on Thursday, Rory struggled with knee issues and finished at six-under-par for the tournament at T-15.
Some felt it was the curse of the woman scorned, Caroline Wozniacki.
Phil did not fare much better. The U.S. Open is looming in two weeks and Mickelson has yet to post a top 10 in 2014. His one-under-par total score left him well down the leaderboard at T-49.
He may have to trade his caddie, "Bones" in for a high-priced attorney.
Kevin Na began the day five shots off the lead. He fired a final round eight-under-par 64 and had to wait over an hour for the leaders to finish. He, along with millions of golf fans, witnessed more carnage on the back nine Sunday than a 10-car NASCAR pile up.
Standing on the 14th tee in the final round on Sunday, Bubba Watson held the lead in the Memorial at 15-under-par.
With a five-iron in his hand for position off the tee on the short par-4. He yanked it hard right and had an impossible second shot from a steep down-hill lie in deep thick rough, probably not the position he was looking for.
A chip out to the fairway ensued and resulted in a bogey.
No problem, the par-5 No. 15 was the next victim for Bubba’s pink weapon of mass destruction. It had played like a long par-4 for him all week. He made eagle at that hole on both Thursday and Friday and posted a birdie on Saturday.
Sunday was a different matter altogether. He yanked his driver hard right over the trees and out of bounds.
Houston, we have a problem.
On a hole that he was five-under-par for three rounds, Watson made a double-bogey and fell behind Matsuyama and Kevin Na at 13-under-par, who was in clubhouse sipping on a cool beverage.
Watson was not able to make a birdie over the final three holes and finished at 12-under-par, one shot out of the playoff with Matsuyama and Na.
Adam Scott proved to the world why he is the No. 1 player in the world last week in Dallas, and was in contention late on Sunday at the Memorial.
After a birdie at No. 11, Scott was at 14-under-par for the tournament and just one-shot behind Watson.
No. 12 at Muirfield Village is Jack Nicklaus’ homage to the difficult par-3 12th hole at Augusta National’s “Amen Corner.” Scott found the water, took a drop and made a double-bogey five.
Not the type of shot the No. 1 player in the world should be hitting.
He bounced back with a birdie at No. 13, but bogeys at Nos. 14-16 left him at one-under-par 71 for his round and 10-under for the tournament.
Matsuyama is just 22 years old and in his rookie season on the PGA Tour. He was familiar with Muirfield Village having been a member or the International Presidents Cup Team that competed there last October.
He posted top-10 finishes in both the U.S. Open and the Open Championships last year. He has five wins on the Japan Golf Tour, but this is his first win in the U.S.
The 2014 Memorial is in the books, but it will not be soon forgotten.
Great weather, a rookie winner, enough choking to warrant a Heimlich maneuver and off the course drama made it one to remember.