Staff Reporter.
World number one Scottie Scheffler has continued his stellar run of form by surging into the lead at the Memorial Tournament in Columbus, Ohio.
Scheffler entered Saturday’s third round at the PGA Tour event trailing Nick Taylor and Ben Griffin by three strokes.
The 28-year-old, who is searching for a third victory from his past four tournaments, went bogey free and birdied four holes down the stretch to card a score of four under 68 on a day of tough conditions that made scoring exceptionally tough.
That surge gave him the lead on eight under overall.
Griffin had five birdies and five bogeys in his level-par 72.
Taylor carded a two-over 74 and is three shots off the lead, while Ireland’s Shane Lowry has a share of seventh place after a one-over 73.
Scheffler said of his low-scoring round: “I was definitely proud of the way I finished, and it was really challenging.
“Around this golf course, even par, I think, today would have been a pretty solid score.
“I felt like I could have got a little bit more out of the round, but I felt like I was playing nice and just a couple lips here and there would have changed the score a little bit.”
Taylor said of the challenge of competing against Scheffler for the title on Sunday: “I’ll be trying to chase him down.
“He’s obviously playing phenomenal, so I’ll have to play some of my best golf to be in the hunt there with the last few holes to go.”