Scottie Scheffler prolonged his lead on the Memorial Event to 4 photographs regardless of carding a triple bogey within the third spherical.
Chasing his fifth win of the season, the world No. 1 began the day with a three-stroke lead that he nonetheless held on the ninth tee at Muirfield Village.
He left the sector after seeing his lead disappear because of an out-of-bounds drive en path to a seven.
However three birdies on the again 9 for a 71 restored his cushion on 10-under 206, regardless of one other dropped shot on the final – courtesy of his first three putts in 154 holes.
Scottie Scheffler made a par on the ninth gap in the course of the third spherical on the Memorial Event
“Clearly I want I may have 18 again, however total I feel I performed fairly strong,” Scheffler stated. “We've simply had a few unhealthy breaks and it's going to occur round this golf course.”
Adam Hadwin was his closest challenger for a lot of the day after eagleing the par-five fifth, however a double bogey on 14 and one other dropped shot on the final left the Canadian in a trio of 4 rhythm beats.
“I don't know if I’ve an opportunity,” stated Hadwin, who’s in search of his first win in seven years. “, you give the very best participant on the planet 4 photographs, it's sort of laborious.”
American Collin Morikawa and Austrian Sepp Straka joined Hadwin at six underneath after each carded bogey-free rounds of 68, two forward of PGA champion Xander Schauffele and Sweden's Ludvig Åberg.
Rory McIlroy is eight photographs off the tempo after a third-round 73, one forward of Eire's Shane Lowry, England's Tommy Fleetwood and defending champion Viktor Hovland, who noticed his problem unravel with 4 straight bogeys and a double bogey on the again 9 on the way in which to a 77.
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