The 2026 Memorial Tournament followed the same format as last year at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. It was a 72-hole stroke play event in a 72-player field. The players competed in twosomes across morning and afternoon waves for the first two rounds. The same pairings carried across both days. After 36 holes, a cut was made.

From round three, groups were arranged by score; the highest scorers teed off first, and the lowest scorers teed off last. The same applied in round four to decide the winner, but if the players were tied after 72 holes, it went to sudden death on the 18th hole.

Then, if playing the 18th hole one time could not decide the winner, the golfers will replay it until one golfer scores lower than the rest. The winner takes home $4 million from a $20 million prize purse and a two-season PGA Tour exemption. Apart from money, the benefits included 700 FedExCup points.

The playoffs were put to the test as JT Poston and Gerrard finished regulation locked together at 12 under, sending the tournament to a sudden death on the 18th hole.

Poston had entered the final round four shots clear of Gerard. He was in control for most of the day but stumbled on the back nine, dropping shots at 9 and 11 to let the field back in. But he steadied himself and birdied the 72nd hole to finish at 12 under.

Gerard had started the day four behind, but he kept moving his way. He made a birdie on 11 to pull within one and made par on 18 to match Poston at 12 under.

The playoff has turned in J.T. Poston’s favor. Gerard missed a five-foot putt to give Poston the win after both of them hit excellent approach shots on the 74th hole.

This becomes Poston’s fourth PGA Tour title, and he has earned a $4 million winner’s check.