By Bert Leeson

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Third-Round Leaderboard

Scottie Scheffler – history with the 54-hole lead/co-lead

• 13^th career 54-hole lead/co-lead in individual stroke-play events on TOUR; 6-for-12 to date converting to victory

Results with the 54-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR

Scottie Scheffler (1st/-10) – World No. 1 and FedExCup leader

• Holds a four-stroke lead while seeking his 11^th PGA TOUR title in his 124^th start

• With a win, would join four different players (six instances) who have won the Memorial Tournament and THE PLAYERS Championship or a major championship in the same season (2024 PLAYERS Championship, 2024 Masters Tournament); the other players to accomplish the feat are Raymond Floyd (1982), Curtis Strange (1988), Paul Azinger (1993) and Tiger Woods (1999, 2000, 2001)

• With a win, would become the first player with five or more wins in a season since Justin Thomas in 2016-17 (5)
• Only player with multiple wins in Signature Events this season (Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, RBC Heritage); won four of his last seven starts on TOUR and finished outside the top 10 once in 12 starts this season (T17/The American Express)
• Leads the field in Strokes Gained: Tee to Green (10.509) and Strokes Gained: Approach The Green (11.254)
• Making fourth start at the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday (T22/2020, 3^rd/2021, 3^rd/2023)
• Triple-bogey 7 at No. 9 marks his second triple bogey in two starts (triple-bogey 6 at No. 14 in round one of Charles Schwab Challenge); last triple bogey before these: 2023 TOUR Championship/R1/par-3 15^th hole

Additional Notes

• Two-time major champion Collin Morikawa (T2/-6) counts the 2020 Workday Charity Classic at Muirfield Village Golf Club and the WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession Golf Club among his six TOUR titles; finished T4 (PGA Championship) and fourth (Charles Schwab Challenge) in his last two starts
• Sepp Straka (T2/-6) was one of two players to go bogey free in round three (Collin Morikawa)
• Adam Hadwin (T2/-6) seeks to become the first Canadian to win the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday and the third Canadian to win this season (Nick Taylor/WM Phoenix Open, Taylor Pendrith/THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson); would join Nick Taylor, Taylor Pendrith, Corey Conners, Adam Svensson and Mackenzie Hughes as Canadian’s to win in the last two seasons
• 2024 PGA Championship winner Xander Schauffele (T5/-4) seeks to become the second major winner this season to win in his next start on TOUR after his major victory, joining Scottie Scheffler (won the RBC Heritage in his first start after winning the Masters Tournament); last player to win the PGA Championship and the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday in the same season: Tiger Woods, 2000
• With a win, Ludvig Åberg (T5/-4) would join Roger Maltbie (1976) and Hideki Matsuyama (2014) as winners in the first appearance at the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday
• Victor Perez (T7/-3), who earned a spot in the field via the Aon Swing 5 to make his first appearance in a Signature Event, comes into this week off a third-place finish at last week’s RBC Canadian Open; also finished T3 at the Puerto Rico Open earlier this season
• Sungjae Im (T11/-2) posts 5-under 67, tied for low round of the tournament this week, to climb 32 spots on the leaderboard
• Shane Lowry (T14/-1) holes out twice from the fairway for eagles at Nos. 1 and 14 en route to 4-under 68; now has five hole-outs from the fairway this season (The American Express/No. 9 Stadium/R3/eagle, Farmers Insurance Open/No. 6 South/R4/albatross, Wells Fargo Championship/No. 10/R3/birdie)
• 2024 Jack Nicklaus Award winner Jackson Koivun (52^nd/+10) is the first amateur to make the cut at this event since 2009 (Reinier Saxton); best finish by an amateur at the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday: T35/Jim Holtgrieve/1981

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