It’s a tradition like no other. And it’s not even the Masters. It’s the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club, where the players are…
It’s a tradition like no other.
And it’s not even the Masters.
It’s the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club, where the players are as drawn to the hand-made milkshakes in the clubhouse as they are to legendary founder and tournament host Jack Nicklaus.
The first Memorial was played in 1976 and won by Roger Maltbie, who defeated Hale Irwin in a playoff and took home the $40,000 winner’s check. Knowing Maltbie’s love for food and beverage, he undoubtedly downed a few milkshakes along the way during the week.
Since ’76, when Nicklaus came up with the concept based on “giving the guys whatever they’d like,’’ the milkshakes have become all the rage at Muirfield Village.
“It just happened,’’ Nicklaus told The Post. “We always tried to take care of everybody and somebody decided, ‘How about a milkshake?’ ’’
Except no one was asking that question last week during the Workday Charity Open event that was played at Muirfield Village.
By design of the PGA Tour, no milkshakes were made during the Workday event out of deference to the treats being reserved as part of the Memorial Tournament tradition.
The only milkshake that was made during Workday tournament week was at the very end, when 23-year-old Collin Morikawa, who’d never been to Muirfield Village before, was handed one along with the winner’s trophy and $1.
