Muirfield Village

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox golf facility Muirfield Village is an “upscale” golf-oriented community in the central United States, located in Dublin, Ohio, a suburb north of Columbus.

Origins

Founded by Jack Nicklaus, it is named after Muirfield, Scotland, where he won the first of his three Open titles in 1966 to complete the first of his three career grand slams. The village contains an eponymous golf course that hosts the Memorial Tournament, a PGA Tour event played each spring since its inception Template:Years or months ago in 1976. A bronze sculpture of Nicklaus mentoring a young golfer, unveiled in 1999, is located in the wide median of Muirfield Drive.

Although the land for the Muirfield Village Golf Club was acquired in 1966, construction began six years later and the golf club officially opened in May 1974, the same year that homes began to be sold. Muirfield Village is one of the wealthiest and most notable neighborhoods in Central Ohio, and is home to many local CEOs and celebrities including Jack Hanna, Urban Meyer, Jason Day and several Columbus Blue Jackets players. The community master plan and site development was designed by Bassett Associates of Lima, Ohio.

Muirfield Village functions as its own taxing unit with power to raise money for street lights, landscaping, and other municipal-like functions, despite being within the city of Dublin. It has its own neighborhood council for residents to participate in.

Golf courses

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Opening ceremonies for the 1987 Ryder Cup gold tournament on the 18th green of the Muirfield Village Golf Club.

Two golf courses are located within Muirfield Village: The Country Club at Muirfield, which also has tennis and swimming, and the signature Muirfield Village Golf Club, where the Memorial Tournament is held annually. MVGC has also hosted several national championships and international team competitions, including the 1992 U.S. Amateur, 1987 Ryder Cup, the 1998 Solheim Cup, the 1986 U.S. Junior Amateur and the 2013 Presidents Cup. It and The Greenbrier in West Virginia are the only two US courses to have hosted both the Ryder and Solheim Cups. When asked whether he would be interested in captaining the U.S. squad in the matches on his home course, Jack Nicklaus responded that although he would enjoy it, he believes captains should be more "current" with the players on the team.

Muirfield Village is controlled by Nicklaus, and he has regularly made changes to the course in order to accommodate new technology, make the course more enjoyable for members and tournament spectators, or simply offer a tougher test for the pros. In the 2010's, changes included lengthening several holes, including the first, tenth, twelfth, and seventeenth, adding bunkers, particularly at the tenth and seventeenth, and rerouting a stream on the eighteenth hole. In 2013, the eighteenth hole was lengthened by 40 yards. He also made changes to the driving range, added several suites overlooking the 18th hole, and completely remodeled the clubhouse inside and out. In 2014, Golf Digest rated Muirfield Village as the number one golf course in Ohio, and 53rd in the first-ever world's 100 greatest golf courses. Golf Digest also ranked Muirfield Village 14th in the United States in 2018.

MVGC closed and underwent a large renovation after the 2020 Memorial Tournament. Every green complex was redone, bunkers were enlarged and deepened, and some positions of greens were moved. The biggest changes were made on the fifth and fifteenth holes, and there were no changes made to the twelfth and fourteenth holes. Nicklaus called this renovation "his final bite at the apple", implying this would be the final major renovation in his lifetime.

Membership in MVGC is concentrated in Columbus and Ohio generally, however there is a substantial national and international membership as well. The club has sleeping quarters on the property for member use.

Scorecard

Muirfield Village Golf Club

Tee	Rating/Slope	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
2025 Memorial	77.3 / 155	490	459	382	210	547	455	582	200	417	3752	472	588	180	455	360	561	218	503	480	3817	7569
Blue	74.1 / 148	419	411	374	189	505	383	548	160	387	3376	423	522	160	405	336	491	175	428	423	3363	6739
White	72.0 / 143	388	399	366	162	473	372	518	136	366	3180	413	484	143	359	325	466	152	388	393	3123	6303
Green	71.1 / 142	378	369	364	160	461	357	510	130	356	3085	410	465	138	352	320	458	135	378	386	3042	6127
SI		1	11	3	15	9	7	13	17	5		2	14	12	10	18	16	8	6	4
Par		4	4	4	3	5	4	5	3	4	36	4	5	3	4	4	5	3	4	4	36	72
White	77.7 / 148	388	399	366	162	473	372	518	136	366	3180	413	484	143	359	325	466	152	388	393	3123	6303
Green	76.7 / 144	378	369	364	160	461	357	510	130	356	3085	410	465	138	352	320	458	135	378	386	3042	6127
Red	73.5 / 135	366	359	327	138	384	352	487	118	303	2834	389	457	107	328	269	376	117	341	373	2757	5591 References External links Muirfield Village Golf Club Nicklaus.com – Muirfield Village Golf Club The Memorial Tournament The Country Club at Muirfield Village