Memorial Tournament Third Round Suspended by Rain; 36-Hole Sunday Awaits as Softer Conditions Loom

T. Poston and Ryan Gerard on the sixth green when the horn sounded. Johnson Wagner followed the final group for the handful of holes completed before suspension.

He told Scorecard on CBS that the scene felt unusual because spectators clustered ahead with Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler. “It was crazy with the final group. There were people out there, but you knew where the crowds were.

They were up ahead with Rory and with Scottie,” Wagner said. “And you could definitely feel in that last group, it was weird, it was like, where are all the people? ” Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler sit eight shots off the lead at one under par.

Scheffler reached five under par for a six-hole stretch during the round and stood three under par overall before making two bogeys on his final three holes. Tommy Fleetwood is tied for fifth. Scheffler has won the Memorial the previous two years.

Muirfield Village received a significant amount of rain on Saturday. Johnson Wagner said the softer conditions will make the course easier on Sunday. “Unfortunately for Rory, I think he’s going to run out of holes and I think this golf course is going to get a lot easier,” he said.

The leaders must play more than 30 holes on Sunday to finish the event. U.S. Open is scheduled at Shinnecock Hills later this month.