Scheffler extends lead at Memorial Tournament

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-10 S Scheffler (US); -6 S Straka (Ast), C Morikawa (US), A Hadwin (Can); -4 L Aaberg (Swe), X Schauffele (US)

Selected others: -2 R McIlroy (NI); -1 T Fleetwood (Eng), S Lowry (Ire); E S Power (Ire); +1 M Fitzpatrick (Eng)

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World number 1 Scottie Scheffler recovered from a mid-round triple-bogey to agelong his lead to 4 shots aft 3 rounds of nan Memorial Tournament.

Overnight leader Scheffler, 27, was 2 nether aft 8 holes but saw his three-shot advantage evaporate connected nan ninth aft driving his tee changeable into nan trees.

However, nan American was capable to regain his composure, starting pinch a birdie connected nan adjacent hole, and vanished pinch a one-under-par 71 aft 2 further birdies and a bogie connected nan 18th.

"I consciousness for illustration I hadn't deed galore shots astatine each coming disconnected statement and I had a triple connected my paper and I was each of a abrupt 1 complete par," said Scheffler of his frustrating ninth hole.

"I was decidedly disappointment pinch nan break, but wide I was like, I'm still swinging it really good, I didn't request to alteration anything, I conscionable request to enactment successful nan correct framework of mind."

The two-time Masters champion is 10 nether heading into Sunday's last information astatine Muirfield Village successful Ohio, 4 shots up of Canada's Adam Hadwin, American Colin Morikawa and Austrian Sepp Straka.

Morikawa and Straka some carded four-under-par 68s to subordinate first-round leader Hadwin successful associated 2nd aft his 72.

US PGA Championship victor Xander Schauffele and Sweden's Ludvig Aberg are connected 4 nether successful a stock of 5th place.

The tourney is 1 of nan PGA Tour's signature events, pinch a 73-player section competing for a $20m (£15.6m) purse. It precedes adjacent week's US Open astatine Pinehurst.