J.T. Poston and Ryan Gerard share the Memorial lead at 9 under after storms halted Round 3, setting up a chaotic Sunday at Muirfield Village.
The Memorial Tournament hit the brakes Saturday, and now Muirfield Village is staring at a Sunday sprint with J.T. Poston and Ryan Gerard stuck at the front.
Poston and Gerard were tied for the Memorial Tournament lead at 9 under through five holes when another wave of storms shut down Round 3 in Dublin, Ohio.
Sam Burns sat one shot back at 8 under through six holes, but the PGA TOUR called play for the day with thunderstorm activity still threatening the area.
The third round is scheduled to resume Sunday at 7 a.m. ET, followed by a final round played in threesomes off both tees.
Only 21 players completed Round 3 before the shutdown, with Harris English posting the best finished total at 3-under 213 after a 69.
The delay may have come at a strange time for Scottie Scheffler.
The world No. 1 started the day 10 shots off the lead and bogeyed his opening hole, then caught fire with a birdie-birdie-eagle burst before adding another birdie at No. 10. Suddenly, his chase for a third straight Memorial title had life.
Then Muirfield punched back. Scheffler bogeyed Nos. 12 and 14, the latter after finding water off the tee, and slipped back to 2 under for the round, eight behind the leaders.
Rory McIlroy was also eight back through 16 holes.
Rain and hail completely changed the course, softening a layout that had played fast and brutal all week. Justin Thomas, who shot 72 after making the cut on the number, knew he missed the best window.
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“That’s kind of the joy of being first off because you normally get no wind and an easier course,” Thomas said. “But I missed the window. You know, you've got to play better.”
For Poston, Sunday could be massive. A win or runner-up finish may help him climb safely into the U.S. Open field.
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