Dublin, Ohio – Scottie Scheffler felt he played all the right shots, and on a tough day in the Memorial, there were only 13 consecutive pars to attend. As usual, he had a strong ending kick, with the world’s No. 1 player finishing the game in a familiar position.
Scheffler was six shots behind in his last five holes, with four birdies under 68 in Muirfield Village, and his lead was one shot when Ben Griffin missed the 3-foot par putt on the last hole.
“I don’t know what the score was today, but I’m proud of the way I did it, which was really challenging,” Schevler said. “With 13 holes, I feel like I’m doing really well, even just the standard.
It became a difficult task for everyone chasing him. Scheffler has taken a 54-hole lead in the last eight times, including a PGA title two weeks ago. He has pursued his third victory in the last four games.
As Saturday showed, no one would throw a towel, and when Moorefield Village happened so quickly so quickly, no five players were in the lead five goals.
This is Griffin who won his first solo PGA Tour title in the Colonial last week, and it doesn’t sound like Scheffler is the one he’s chasing.
“Obviously, Scottie Scheffler is the best player in the world, but the number one can be beaten,” Griffin said. “I feel like now…you know, I beat him last week. Obviously, he got a big win. But yeah, I think he can be beaten up obviously, I just have to step on the pedal and make a lot of birdies because I know he will go too.”
The 57 players who advanced to the 57 average scores were 73.9, and the three players failed to break 80.
Griffin became the only player to run three consecutive birdies in 6th this week.
As always, Schefler lurked. By the end of the day, he had an incredible trick and ended with a low score. This is no exception.
“I do see Ben under 10, but that won’t change my game in the middle of Saturday,” Schevler said. “This golf course is really challenging and there is no leading safety in this place. I know if I keep walking a decent round, I’ll chase him somehow tomorrow.”
He made a 10-foot birdie putt on the 14th (his first day – his first day) and then made a simple birdie on 5-15 strokes into the green collar. He hit the 7-foot bird at 7 feet and hit the last bird from the last bird within 15 feet, eventually giving him the lead.
He stopped chasing, he was a tough client.
Jordan Spieth was also in the chase, tied for second with Scheffler until he failed to save the card from a bunker in 17th and drove into the creek at 18th, winning the closed bogey and 72 race. He was 5 shots behind, 5 shots behind, feeling better about his game.
There is only one problem. Spieth talks about the fun of mixing, keeping the six birds moving in that direction during the tough process. Then he stopped.
“For me, what’s annoying is Scottie’s 7 or 8 [under] He just…you can’t expect him to even shoot tomorrow,” Spieth said. “So it takes something special. But all in all, just trying to shoot here a few times a day. ”
Canada’s Nick Taylor was three shots behind after 74, and he finally thanked him for that. Taylor went into the water and made a double bogey on Par-3, followed by a bogey and slipped out in the battle. He then hangs out the fairway from the 14th, and plays four traction on even par.
The best round belongs to Sepp Straka, two championships in this year’s PGA Tour. When the leader was just starting out, he posted a 66 and joined the group with 213 under three shots, including Spieth and Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley (68).
Patrick Cantlay and Rickie Fowler hit 69 shots, respectively, and joined Shane Lowry (73) at the age of 214. It’s still a long way to go, and the people chasing with Scheffler may be longer.
“It’s a tough golf course. I’m going to try to chase him,” Taylor said. “He’s obviously doing amazing, so I have to play some of my best golf to hunt the last few holes there. However, it’s so hard to work that it’s a few less early, which will get me back there.”
