Rory McIlroy settles for 70 and a share of lead at Memorial - ESPN
ESPN DUBLIN, Ohio -- Rory McIlroy realized Muirfield Village was playing so tough that he set a goal of just trying to break 70. He didn't quite get there, and his 2-under 70 still was enough for him to share the lead Saturday in the Memorial.
It helped that Hideki Matsuyama went from leading to dropping off the leaderboard in a span of six holes. And that Patrick Cantlay went into the water and over the green on his way to a triple bogey. David Lipsky bogeyed his last two holes.
What remained amid a few rumbles of thunder -- but no weather delays -- was an opportunity for just about everyone who had a tee time Sunday.
Thirteen players were separated by two shots. Nine more were only three shots out of the lead.
Lipsky's two closing bogeys gave him a 72, while Si Woo Kim overcome two double bogeys for a 71. They joined McIlroy at 6-under 210.
It's the highest 54-hole lead since 1990, when the weather was so atrocious that the final round was canceled and Greg Norman won at even-par 216.
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