Scottie Scheffler stretched his lead on the Memorial Event to 4 strokes, regardless of carding a triple bogey in his third spherical.
Chasing his fifth win of the season, the world primary began the day with a three-stroke lead which he nonetheless held on the ninth tee at Muirfield Village.
He walked off the inexperienced having seen his benefit vanish, courtesy of a drive out of bounds en path to a seven.
However three birdies on the again 9 for a 71 re-established his cushion on 10-under-par, regardless of one other dropped shot on the final – courtesy of his first three putt in 154 holes.
“Clearly I want I might have 18 again, however total I feel I performed fairly strong,” he stated. “Simply acquired a pair 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 eagling the par 5 fifth, however a double bogey on the 14th and one other dropped shot on the final left him amongst a trio 4 strokes off the tempo.
“I don’t know if I’ve an opportunity tomorrow,” stated Hadwin, looking for his win in seven years. “, you give 4 photographs to one of the best participant on the planet, it’s type of tough.”
American Collin Morikawa and Austria’s Sepp Straka joined the Canadian on six-under-par after each carded bogey-free rounds of 68, two forward of US PGA champion Xander Schauffele and Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg.
Rory McIlroy is eight strokes off the tempo after a 3rd spherical 73, one forward of Eire’s Shane Lowry after a spherical of 68, England’s Tommy Fleetwood and defending champion Viktor Hovland who noticed his problem unravel with 4 successive bogeys and a double bogey on the again 9 en path to a 77.
