DUBLIN, Ohio – World No. 3 Rory McIlroy, bidding for his 24th career PGA Tour win and second win of the 2022-23 season (The CJ CUP in South Carolina) made 8-foot, 9-inch putt to save par on No. 18 and earn a share of the 54-hole lead. He shot a (70).
Four-time PGA Tour winner Si Woo Kim (T-1), who joins McIlroy in Sunday’s final pairing, is seeking his second win of the 2022-23 season (Sony Open in Hawaii) and his first multi-win season on the Tour.
Both players in Sunday’s final pairing (McIlroy, Kim) have won on Tour this season and are previous winners of THE PLAYERS Championship (2019/McIlroy, 2017/Kim).
At No. 160 in the Official World Golf Ranking, David Lipsky could become the first player from outside the Top 50 to win the Memorial Tournament since 2017 (No. 65 Jason Dufner).
Five of the 13 players standing T-9 or higher are seeking their first PGA Tour win – David Lipsky (T-1), Denny McCarthy (T-4), Lee Hodges (T-4), Mark Hubbard (T-4), Patrick Rodgers (T9).
There are 22 players within three strokes of the lead.
The 36-hole leader Justin Suh fell to T-14 and is three strokes off the lead after third-round (77), his highest score since a final round (78) earlier this season at The RBC Heritage.
The Memorial | Leaderboard After 54 Holes
Rory McIlroy 72-68-70—210 (-6)
Si Woo Kim 71-68-71—210 (-6)
David Lipsky 69-69-72—210 (-6)
Denny McCarthy 71-72-68—211 (-5)
Viktor Hovland 71-71-69—211 (-5)
Wyndham Clark 70-71-70—211 (-5)
Lee Hodges 72-69-70—211 (-5)
Mark Hubbard 69-70-72—211 (-5)
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