Memorial Tournament:Tiger Woods, a master of time management, accepts he may have to sacrifice playing in his own tournament because of the impending arrival of his first child.

The world number one's wife, Elin, is expected to give birth in early July, while the inaugural AT&T National takes place in Bethesda, Maryland, from July 5th-8th.

"I'm going to try and play," Woods said this week during a media day for the PGA Tour event run by his charitable Tiger Woods Foundation.

"My intent is to play, although my wife might have something to say about that. I want to play here. But as everyone understands, our number one priority in our lives is our child. You get to witness it for the first time only once and I want to be there to be with her in that moment."

Woods, who makes his final PGA Tour appearance before next month's US Open at this week's Memorial tournament in Dublin, Ohio, which is Jack Nicklaus' event, conceded he had conflicting priorities over the coming weeks.

"There are quite a few challenges and probably time management skills are certainly tested," the 31-year-old said. "Then again, these are all things that are very exciting: hosting your first Tour event, playing the US Open and, above all, having the birth of your first child."

Eight of the top 10 players in the world rankings are in the field for the Memorial.

Venue: Muirfield Village GC, Dublin, Ohio.

Prize Money: $5.5 million, with the winner getting $990,000.

Course: Muirfield Village was the dream and work of local boy Jack Nicklaus. The land was acquired in 1966, but construction did not begin until 1972.

The layout, selected by Golf Digest as number 16 among "America's 100 Greatest Courses", played at 6,978 yards originally, but is now 7,265.

Staged the Ryder Cup in 1987.

Defending Champion: Carl Pettersson.

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