Former FedEx champion Billy Horschel carded a bogey-free 65 to be 13-under par for the match; Rory McIlroy sits 4 beneath after consecutive bogeys at the sixteenth and seventeenth, in addition to every other at the par-three 8th; watch the overall day survive Sky Sports activities Golfing on Saturday from 4.30pm
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Highlights from Day 3 of the Memorial Event on the Muirfield Village Golfing Membership.
Highlights from Day 3 of the Memorial Event on the Muirfield Village Golfing Membership.
American Billy Horschel was once in top place to say victory within the Memorial Event after surging up the leaderboard to take a five-stroke lead in Ohio.
The previous FedEx champion carded a bogey-free 65 at Muirfield Village Golfing Membership to be 13-under par for the match as he moved forward of compatriot Aaron Sensible and global quantity 3 Cameron Smith of Australia.
“It is simply going via our procedure, ensuring now we have a bunch the place we are looking to land the ball, speaking in regards to the shot, the membership variety, the wind,” Horschel mentioned.
“Once we do this, it permits me to have a clearer image and feature a bit of bit extra of a better acceptance degree over the golfing shot.”
Sensible and Smith have been at 8 beneath after respective rounds of 69 and 72, adopted one shot again through American Daniel Berger, Francesco Molinari of Italy and Venezuela’s Jhonattan Vegas.
Rory McIlroy had consecutive bogeys at the sixteenth and seventeenth holes, in addition to every other at the par-three 8th, to move along with his pair of birdies en path to carding a 73 to have him at 4 beneath.
Eire’s Shane Lowry was once an extra shot at the back of at 3 beneath, Englishman Aaron Rai blended seven birdies with 4 bogeys to be at one beneath together with a pack that integrated former global primary Jon Rahm and Scot Martin Laird who was once at even-par after a spherical of 71.
Matsuyama disqualified from Memorial for non-conforming membership
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A PGA Excursion professional explains why 2021 Masters Champion Hideki Matsuyama was once disqualified from this yr’s Memorial Event
Hideki Matsuyama was once disqualified from the Memorial Event for markings on his three-wood all the way through Thursday’s first spherical.
The 2021 Masters Champion was once instructed after completing the 9th hollow that his apparatus was once in breach of PGA Excursion laws.
It marked the primary time the previous Masters champion has been disqualified from a PGA Excursion tournament.
PGA Excursion senior match director Steve Rintoul mentioned pictures of the membership have been posted on-line and his workforce simplest discovered of them after Matsuyama had used it at the first tee. Had he no longer used the membership, he may have saved taking part in.
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Matsuyama was once extremely fortunate on day one of the most Memorial Event with this shot that was once stored through the bridge, however nonetheless ended up with a double-bogey after fluffing his subsequent shot
Rintoul mentioned: “Sadly our committee discovered proper after Hideki had teed off that he could also be wearing a membership that will be non-conforming.
“There’s a substance that has been implemented to the face through a gentleman that works on Hideki’s golf equipment.
“Rule 4a(3) inside the apparatus regulations speaks to making use of a substance to the face may unduly impact the efficiency of a ball; the flight, the spin, all of the efficiency of the ball.
“The ones markings have been positioned there through his membership man to lend a hand with alignment. Help with alignment through hanging a small Sharpie mark at the face or small Sharpie line at the face is undoubtedly allowed.
“However what was once finished there with that substance which may be very just like a whiteout substance we might use at house, was once a coating that was once no longer simplest within the grooves however was once very thick alongside the face, and now he is implemented a substance to the face, which renders the membership non-conforming.
“Underneath 4.1a beneath the principles of golfing, a participant is disqualified if he makes use of a non-conforming membership.”
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