Scottie Scheffler stretched his lead on the Memorial Match to 4 strokes, regardless of carding a triple-bogey in his third spherical.
Chasing his fifth win of the season, the world No 1 began the day with a three-stroke benefit 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 206, regardless of one other dropped shot on the final – courtesy of his first three putt in 154 holes.
“Obviously I wish I could have 18 back, but overall I think I played pretty solid,” Scheffler stated. “Just got a couple of bad breaks and it’s going to happen around this golf course.”
Adam Hadwin was his closest challenger for a lot of the day after eagling the par-five fifth, however a double-bogey on the 14th and one other dropped shot on the final left the Canadian amongst a trio 4 strokes off the tempo.
“I don’t know if I have a chance,” stated Hadwin, who’s trying to find his first win in seven years. “You know, you give four shots to the best player in the world, it’s kind of difficult.”
American Collin Morikawa and Austria’s Sepp Straka joined Hadwin on six below after each carded bogey-free rounds of 68, two forward of PGA champion Xander Schauffele and Sweden’s Ludvig Åberg.
Rory McIlroy is eight strokes 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 successive bogeys and a double-bogey on the again 9 en path to a 77.
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