Top golf pros return for Memorial Tournament

• Practice rounds are scheduled for Monday-Wednesday, with the four-day tournament beginning Thursday.

The intrigue: The PGA Tour increased the prize pool to a whopping $20 million, by far the most in its history — a major jump from last year's $12 million purse.

Driving the news: The top five players on the Official World Golf Rankings are all headed back to Muirfield: Scottie Scheffler, John Rahm, Rory McIlroy, Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele, along with Masters Tournament winners Adam Scott and Hideki Matsuyama.

• Cantlay (2019 and 2021), Rahm (2020) and Matsuyama (2014) are all past Memorial winners.

If you go: Practice round tickets (sold in a set of three) are still available for $50 and a weeklong course entry badge is $240.

• Children 18 and under admitted free with a ticketed adult (registration required).

Of note: You can also catch each round live on the Golf Channel and CBS Sports.