Muirfield Village Golf Club: What is par, cost to play, scorecard, and more

The Memorial Tournament is consistently one of the best events of the PGA Tour season, hosted by Jack Nicklaus at the golf course he built and designed in beautiful Dublin, OH, Muirfield Village Golf Club.

Even though it’s a stop every year on the PGA Tour, though, golf fans always marvel at the property as it was often redone and remodeled in a pursuit to perfect the golf course that Nicklaus, one of the game’s ineffable legends, brought to the world.

But in watching the Memorial Tournament, many golf fans are wondering about the Muirfield Village Golf Club scorecard with the par of the course and how the holes break down in addition to how much it costs to play and much more. We have the answers for everything you could want to know about the course.

The Memorial Tournament: What is par at Muirfield Village Golf Club?

Jack Nicklaus, among many other things, is a purist and many of his golf courses that he owns or designed bear that out. Muirfield Village Golf Club is a standard Par 72 course with two Par 5 holes and two Par 3 holes on each of the outward and inward 9-hole stretches. That is what you’ll see at most Nicklaus courses and this is no different.

Muirfield Village Golf Club scorecard: Hole names, yardages, par for the Memorial Tournament

Let’s take a look at the course and the Muirfield Village scorecard to see the length and par for every hole set up for the Memorial Tournament in 2023.

• Hole No. 1 – Par 4, 470 yards
• Hole No. 2 – Par 4, 455 yards
• Hole No. 3 – Par 4, 401 yards
• Hole No. 4 – Par 3, 200 yards
• Hole No. 5 – Par 5, 527 yards
• Hole No. 6 – Par 4, 447 yards
• Hole No. 7 – Par 5, 563 yards
• Hole No. 8 – Par 3, 185 yards
• Hole No. 9 – Par 4, 412 yards
• OUT – Par: 36, Yardage: 3,660
• Hole No. 10 – Par 4, 471 yards
• Hole No. 11 – Par 5, 567 yards
• Hole No. 12 – Par 3, 184 yards
• Hole No. 13 – Par 4, 455 yards
• Hole No. 14 – Par 4, 363 yards
• Hole No. 15 – Par 5, 529 yards
• Hole No. 16 – Par 3, 201 yards
• Hole No. 17 – Par 4, 478 yards
• Hole No. 18 – Par 4, 484 yards
• IN – Par: 36, Yardage: 3,732 
• TOTAL – Par: 72, Yardage: 7,392

As you can see in the Par 72 layout, Muirfield Village is a bear of a test measuring 7,392 yards that is both long and demanding of precise shots with both the driver and irons throughout the week if you want to be a champion.

How much does it cost to play Muirfield Village Golf Club?

With this being a private golf club, you can only play the course if you are a member or the guest of a member. Having said that, if you are so lucky, the cost to play is actually relatively affordable given. It onlys costs $175-$185 on weekdays and weekends to play Muirfield Village Golf Club, which is actually quite the deal.

If you want to become a member, though, the cost goes up exponentially. Country Club Mag reports that initiation fees to join Muirfield Village are around $100,000 with monthly fees ranging from $400-$500. Additionally, there is a strange wrinkle of a food and beverage minimum purchase amount that is in the ballpark of $800 per year, so you have to get your fill on top of the golf as well.

Muirfield Village Golf Club history: Designer, tournaments hosted and more

Jack Nicklaus purchased the land in Dublin, OH in 1966 and began construction on Muirfield Village, which is named after Muirfield, Scotland where Nicklaus won his first Open Championship in the same year that he bought the property, in 1972. It was completed in May 1974 with Nicklaus serving as the designer. There is also another course, Muirfield Village: The Country Club, on the property that is shorter and has not been utilized for any major tournaments.

The initial and most prominent course began hosting the Memorial Tournament, hosted on the PGA Tour by Nicklaus, in 1976 and has hosted the event every year since on the PGA Tour. Additionally, Muirfield Village has played host to the 1987 Ryder Cup, 1992 US Amateur, 1998 Solheim Cup and the 2013 Presidents Cup. The course underwent extensive renovations in 2020 after the Memorial Tournament.

There are also homes throughout Muirfield Village owned by numerous celebrities including Nicklaus, Urban Meyer, Jason Day and several NHL players as well, many of whom play for the Blue Jackets in the state of Ohio. It is considered one of the most upscale neighborhoods in the state.