DUBLIN, Ohio — A rough final round from the tough weather and course conditions led to Fairmont native William McGirt finishing in a tie for 68th place on Sunday at the Memorial Tournament.

With the finish, McGirt earned $19,158 and three FedEx Cup points. He posted a four-round total of 13 over par after an 11 over 83 in the final round.

While the course started to gradually get tougher on Saturday, McGirt said Sunday was a different story.

“I basically had to try to max out every club into a green and try to hit it to the moon to have any chance at holding the greens,” McGirt told The Robesonian. “I’ve played two Open Championships and neither had greens anywhere close to this firm at any point.”

McGirt went without a birdie or better in the final round. He made the turn with a 40, after bogeys on Nos. 3, 4, 5 and 9. After making the turn on Sunday, McGirt was 7 over in the final five holes, including a 7 on the par 3 16th hole after his tee shot found the water.

The finish was McGirt’s first since the 2018 Wyndham Championship, and the Memorial showed him he still compete on Tour.

“I didn’t play poorly on Thursday. I had two tee shots end up in bad spots and I really didn’t get anything going otherwise,” he said. “I played extremely well on Friday. I hit two great shots that got weird bounces and ended up making bogey each time but I played very well. Saturday I played great again but the golf course was starting to show it’s teeth.”

And as for Sunday’s round.

“By the time I pulled into my garage this morning I had wiped yesterday out of my memory. I’ll walk away from last week knowing that I can still compete out there and that with some more practice, I can still contend,” McGirt said. “I’ve already moved past Sunday. I look at it as Sunday was probably the best I hit it tee to green and I think I had two putts for birdie inside 30 feet. I had to play to try to make par on basically every hole. It was what a traditional US Open would play like.”

In Saturday’s third round, McGirt posted a 1 over round that included three bogeys and a pair of birdies. He played alongside former World No. 1 Vijay Singh on Saturday, who also commented on the firmness of the course.

“Vijay said he’s played there 28 times and he’s never seen it that firm. He said the greens have been much faster before but the course has never been that firm,” McGirt said.

Jon Rahm won the tournament at 9 under.