Honorees
the Memorial Tournament Honorees
The Memorial Tournament is themed each year around a person, living or dead, who has contributed to the game of golf.
This was Jack Nicklaus' idea as a contribution to perpetuating achievements of the game's greatest individuals. The honoree is selected by the Captains Club, a group of statesmen who act independently of the tournament organization, but who also advise on player invitations and the conduct of the event generally. The 2025 Honoree is Barbara Nicklaus.
Memorial Park along the 1st fairway commemorates each Honoree of the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday
Members of the Captains Club
- Paul Azinger
- Judy Bell
- Aneel Bhusri
- O. Gordon Brewer, Jr.
- Sandy Dawson
- Timothy Finchem
- Jim Furyk
- Dr. Trey Holland
- Juli Inkster
- Hale Irwin
- Tony Jacklin
- Ken Lindsay
- Charles S. Mechem, Jr.
- Jim Nantz
- Barbara Nicklaus
- Jack Nicklaus II
- Steve Nicklaus
- Andy North
- Hisamitsu Ohnishi
- Gary Player
- Judy Rankin
- Fred S. Ridley
- Johann Rupert
- Carol Semple Thompson
- Tom Watson
- Karrie Webb
Advisors to the Captains Club
- Jay Monahan
- Sellers Shy
- Derek Sprague
- Mike Whan
All Honorees
P = POSTHUMOUS
- 2023 — Larry Nelson
- 2022 — Ben Crenshaw
- 2022 (P) — Charlie Sifford
- 2020/2021 — Nick Price
- 2020/2021 (P) — Gene Littler and Ted Ray
- 2019 — Judy Rankin
- 2018 — Hale Irwin
- 2018 (P) — Jock Hutchison & Willie Turnesa
- 2017 — Greg Norman
- 2017 (P) — Tony Lema, Ken Venturi & Harvie Ward
- 2016 — Johnny Miller
- 2016 (P) — Leo Diegel & Horton Smith
- 2015 — Sir Nick Faldo
- 2015 (P) — Dorothy Campbell, Jerome Travers, Walter Travis
- 2014 — Annika Sorenstam, Jim Barnes, Joe Carr, Willie Park, Sr.
- 2013 — Raymond Floyd
- 2012 — Tom Watson
- 2011 — Nancy Lopez
- 2010 — Severiano Ballesteros
- 2009 — Jackie Burke, Jr. & JoAnne Carner
- 2008 — Tony Jacklin, Ralph Guldahl, Charles Blair MacDonald, Craig Wood
- 2007 — Louise Suggs & Dow Finsterwald
- 2006 — Michael Bonallack, Charles Coe, William Lawson Little, Jr., Henry Picard, Paul Runyan & Densmore Shute
- 2005 — Betsy Rawls & Cary Middlecoff
- 2004 — Lee Trevino & Joyce Wethered
- 2003 — Julius Boros & William Campbell
- 2002 — Kathy Whitworth & Bobby Locke
- 2001 — Payne Stewart
- 2000 — Jack Nicklaus
- 1999 — Ben Hogan
- 1998 — Peter Thomson
- 1997 — Gary Player
- 1996 — Billy Casper
- 1995 — Willie Anderson, John Ball, James Braid, Harold Hilton & J.H. Taylor
- 1994 — Mickey Wright
- 1993 — Arnold Palmer
- 1992 — Joseph C. Dey, Jr.
- 1991 — Babe Zaharias
- 1990 — Jimmy Demaret
- 1989 — Sir Henry Cotton
- 1988 — Patty Berg
- 1987 — Tom Morris, Sr. & Tom Morris, Jr.
- 1986 — Robert De Vicenzo
- 1985 — Charles "Chick" Evans
- 1984 — Sam Snead
- 1983 — Tommy Armour
- 1982 — Glenna Collette Vare
- 1981 — Harry Vardon
- 1980 — Byron Nelson
- 1979 — Gene Sarazen
- 1978 — Francis Ouimet
- 1977 — Walter Hagen
- 1976 — Robert Tyre Jones, Jr.
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