2025 Memorial Tournament leaderboard: Ben Griffin stays hot as Scottie Scheffler, Collin Morikawa lurk

Only 13 players broke par at Muirfield Village with the PGA Tour's most recent winner leading the way

Not even a difficult golf course like Muirfield Village could cool down Ben Griffin's heater. Fresh off the first individual win of his PGA Tour career last weekend at the Charles Schwab Challenge, Griffin jumped out the gates Thursday at the 2025 Memorial to command a two-stroke lead over Collin Morikawa following the first round of action.

Griffin was sensational in carding his opening 7-under 65 beating the field average by nine strokes. Making his performance all the more impressive is that it featured not one but two water balls that he was able to overcome thanks to a fast finish.

"It was an incredible day," Griffin said. "Kind of building on what I kind of was doing last week, making a ton of birdies, staying aggressive. This is one of the toughest golf courses we play on Tour, and you've got to kind of be on your game to make birdies and give yourself a lot of looks. I felt like I kind of did that. ...