
Memorial Tournament 2016: Saturday Leaderboard Scores and Highlights
The third round of the Memorial Tournament from Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, was able to squeeze in a complete day's play despite a weather delay of more than two hours.
Matt Kuchar continues to hold the lead at Muirfield with a two-under on Saturday and a 14-under for the tournament. But like Friday, he has some company in first, as William McGirt and Gary Woodland join him at the top of the leaderboard.
Here is what the leaderboard looks like heading into Sunday's final round:
Kuchar shared the lead with Brendan Steele after Friday's second round, but Steele is now out of the picture, having dropped down 20 places after he went three over.
Kuchar had a one-stroke lead heading into the 18th hole, but a bogey placed him into a three-way tie for the lead. He was able to overcome an ugly front nine in which he birdied and bogeyed three times to go three under through the first six holes of the back nine.
Emiliano Grillo began the day in a tie for third just one shot back of the leaders and went four under through 15 holes before the weather delay to tie Kuchar up top. But a double bogey on No. 17 dropped him back two strokes and put him in a tie for fourth.
McGirt was among the biggest movers of the day after he shot an eight-under 64 on Saturday to jump up 20 places.
He recorded seven birdies on the day and an eagle on No. 5. He would have had a clean day had it not been for a bogey on No. 16, but he still celebrated his solid round in classic Memorial Tournament fashion, via the PGA Tour:
Woodland quietly put together a clean day, recording three birdies and no bogeys. He was the only player in the top 10 to not shoot over par on any of his 18 holes.
Soren Kjeldsen had just as big a day as McGirt did with an eight-under, making an even larger jump on the leaderboard. He started the day in 43rd place and now sits in a tie for eighth.
World No. 1 Jason Day managed to finish his round before the bad weather arrived, but he might have fared better if he hadn't.
Day was rolling after an early bogey on No. 2, birdieing seven of his next 14 holes. The PGA Tour showed his play on No. 10:
His score improved to as low as 13-under, but a double bogey on No. 18 dropped him down to a tie for 11th.
No. 2 Jordan Spieth fared much worse than Day. He went two over on the day, falling out of contention with an overall score of four under. After birdieing two early holes, Spieth bogeyed five of his last 16 holes, as his driving accuracy and greens in regulation percentage slumped below the tour average.
He is tied for 58th place heading into Sunday.
Rory McIlroy is a little closer to the lead at nine under, but he would need a monster day to overtake the 29 golfers who are tied or ahead of him.
With such a tightly packed leaderboard, expect plenty of action come Sunday. Aggressive golfers who need to make a move in order to position themselves for a shot at a title could further take advantage of a course that is already yielding favorable scores.
Stats courtesy of PGATour.com

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