C8  Sunday, June 4, 2017  |  THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH •
Golf roundup
memorial tournament
Daniel Summerhays tees off on the 18th hole as he closed the third round with a par. [Adam Cairns/Dispatch]
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else, Dufner saw his five-
shot lead evaporate almost
in a heartbeat. After shooting
65-65 the first two rounds to
set the tournament 36-hole
record, he ballooned to a
5-over 77 that saw him drop
from first into a tie for third,
four shots back.
“Today was pretty pathetic
on all accounts,” Dufner said.
“I’m still in good position; not
as good as I’d like to be, but
still have a chance to win the
tournament.”
So do about a dozen other
players, including 2013
Memorial winner Matt
Kuchar, who trails Sum-
merhays by three shots after
shooting a 67. Also within
striking distance are Bubba
THIRD-ROUND RESULTS
Daniel Summerhays 66-69-68—203
Matt Kuchar 69-70-67—206
Bubba Watson 71-68-68—207
Justin Thomas 67-71-69—207
Jason Dufner 65-65-77—207
Rickie Fowler 70-66-72—208
Jamie Lovemark 69-69-70—208
Kevin Streelman 73-69-67—209
Kevin Kisner 70-69-70—209
Jordan Spieth 66-72-71—209
Jason Kokrak 73-67-70—210
Shane Lowry 72-68-70—210
David Lingmerth 65-74-71—210
James Hahn 74-72-65—211
Jim Herman 70-74-67—211
Steve Stricker 74-68-69—211
Pat Perez 70-72-69—211
Byeong Hun An 68-72-71—211
Ross Fisher 73-69-70—212
Bud Cauley 75-67-70—212
Charl Schwartzel 70-71-71—212
Phil Mickelson 70-70-72—212
Kyle Stanley 74-67-71—212
Marc Leishman 70-70-72—212
Lucas Glover 67-73-72—212
Emiliano Grillo 71-68-73—212
Jason Day 75-71-67—213
Stewart Cink 72-73-68—213
Peter Uihlein 76-69-68—213
Watson, Justin Thomas and
Dufner (all 9 under).
Summerhays knows that
holding off the bigger names
in golf, including Rickie
Fowler (8 under) and Jordan
Spieth (7 under) will test his
nerves, especially considering
how the swirling winds and
rolling countertop greens can
turn a comfortable lead into a
parachute jump, without the
parachute.
“Honestly, that’s Muirfield
Village,” Summerhays said
of what happened to Dufner,
who looked lost on the greens
(33 putts) after navigating
them successfully the first
two rounds. “A train wreck
can happen at any moment.
From the first hole to the 18th
hole, there’s a double bogey
somewhere in there.”
Not for Summerhays, who
completed his round with
Anirban Lahiri 74-70-69—213
William McGirt 71-72-70—213
Sam Saunders 68-74-71—213
Bill Haas 73-69-71—213
Adam Scott 76-66-71—213
Brooks Koepka 69-73-71—213
Brett Coletta 72-69-72—213
Graham DeLaet 73-67-73—213
Jonas Blixt 75-69-70—214
C.T. Pan 76-68-70—214
Harold Varner III 73-71-70—214
Grayson Murray 72-71-71—214
Padraig Harrington 71-71-72—214
Martin Laird 71-68-75—214
Tony Finau 74-73-68—215
Brian Stuard 70-74-71—215
Charley Hoffman 72-71-72—215
Ricky Barnes 70-77-69—216
Mackenzie Hughes 76-70-70—216
Soren Kjeldsen 72-73-71—216
Kevin Chappell 76-69-71—216
Ben Martin 71-74-71—216
Nick Taylor 69-76-71—216
Zach Johnson 76-71-70—217
Brendan Steele 72-73-72—217
Gary Woodland 72-73-72—217
Patrick Cantlay 71-72-74—217
Camilo Villegas 74-68-75—217
Zac Blair 75-72-71—218
Sung Kang 75-72-71—218
five birdies and a bogey. He
was consistently excellent, if
not spectacular. But avoiding
trouble at Muirfield Village is
more of a key than executing
incredible shots, as the hand-
ful of contenders learned the
hard way.
Challengers moved up and
down the leader board like the
Memorial was a game of Pac-
Man. But whenever they got
close to Summerhays, they
could not sustain momentum.
Summerhays was among
the few to keep his act
together, finishing the round
ranked second in fairways hit
(12 of 14) and greens in regu-
lation (15 of 18).
Overall, 44 of the field of 77
broke par in conditions that
were as unthreatening as the
Memorial gets. Just a hint of
wind and greens that were fast
but true. And the forecast calls
Cameron Smith 74-71-73—218
Patrick Rodgers 70-77-72—219
Webb Simpson 73-72-74—219
Danny Lee 73-71-75—219
Russell Knox 71-70-78—219
D.A. Points 71-76-73—220
Ollie Schniederjans 74-73-73—220
Hideki Matsuyama 70-74-76—220
Greg Chalmers 75-68-77—220
Sean O’Hair 73-74-74—221
Vaughn Taylor 73-71-77—221
Curtis Luck 77-70-75—222
Alex Cejka 74-73-75—222
Patrick Reed 76-71-75—222
K.J. Choi 78-69-75—222
Rod Pampling 72-73-78—223
Matthew Griffin 75-71-78—224
Si Woo Kim 76-71-WD
FOURTH-ROUND pairings
7:50 a.m.: Rod Pampling, Matthew Griffin
7:59: Patrick Reed, K.J. Choi
8:08: Curtis Luck, Alex Cejka
8:17: Sean O’Hair, Vaughn Taylor
8:26: Hideki Matsuyama, Greg Chalmers
8:35: D.A. Points, Ollie Schnierderjans
8:44: Danny Lee, Russell Knox
8:53: Patrick Rodgers, Webb Simpson
9:02: Sung Kang, Cameron Smith
9:11: Camilo Villegas, Zac Blair
for more of the same today,
which suits Summerhays just
fine. Don’t change a thing.
The Memorial leader/
co-leader entering the final
round has gone on to win 19
times in the event’s 41-year
history. And 10 of 28 third-
round leaders/co-leaders
have converted for the win
this season on tour.
How will Summerhays
handle the pressure of pursu-
ing his first tour win?
“A lot of times I feel you get
out there and get close to the
lead and you kind of turn in,”
he said. “You’re trying to hold
on to whatever you can get at
the moment.”
Today, Summerhays wants
to grab the moment for
himself.
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9:20: Gary Woodland, Patrick Cantlay
9:29: Zach Johnson, Brendan Steele
9:38: Ben Martin, Nick Taylor
9:47: Soren Kjeldsen, Kevin Chappell
9:56: Ricky Barnes, Mackenzie Hughes
10:05: Brian Stuard, Charley Hoffman
10:15: Martin Laird, Tony Finau
10:25: Grayson Murray, Padraig Harrington
10:35: C.T. Pan, Harold Varner III
10:45: Graham DeLaet, Jonas Blixt
10:55: Brooks Koepka, Brett Coletta
11:05: Bill Haas, Adam Scott
11:15: William McGirt, Sam Saunders
11:25: Peter Uihlein, Anirban Lahiri
11:35: Jason Day, Stewart Cink
11:45: Lucas Glover, Emiliano Grillo
11:55: Kyle Stanley, Marc Leishman
12:05 p.m.: Charl Schwartzel, Phil Mickelson
12:15: Ross Fisher, Bud Cauley
12:25: Pat Perez, Byeong Hun An
12:35: Jim Herman, Steve Stricker
12:45: David Lingmerth, James Hahn
12:55: Jason Kokrak, Shane Lowry
1:05: Kevin Kisner, Jordan Spieth
1:15: Jamie Lovemark, Kevin Streelman
1:25: Jason Dufner, Rickie Fowler
1:35: Bubba Watson, Justin Thomas
1:45: Daniel Summerhays, Matt Kuchar
Jutanugarn
tops rankings;
Creamer, Kim
lead LPGA
The Associated Press
Ariya Jutanugarn took
the No. 1 spot in the world
ranking without hitting a
shot, and Paula Creamer
and In-Kyung Kim topped
the ShopRite LPGA Classic
leaderboard Saturday.
Taking the week off,
Jutanugarn replaced Lydia
Ko atop the ranking when
So Yeon Ryu missed the
cut. Ko, also skipping the
event, was guaranteed
to lose the top spot to
Jutanugarn or Ryu, and
Jutanugarn got the position
when Ryu failed to finish
solo third or better.
Creamer and Kim each
shot a 4-under 67 in windy
conditions to reach 9
under at Stockton Seaview,
while two-time defending
champion Anna Nordqvist
followed her opening
64 with a 71 to drop two
strokes behind along with
Moriya Jutanugarn —
Ariya’s older sister — and
Jeong Eun Lee.
“Today was definitely
different wind than yester-
day,” Creamer said. “There
were some good pins out
there that we had to kind of
think about a bit. I played
solid. I hit some good putts
that didn’t go in and made
some good putts that went
in.”
Ryu had her second
straight 74 to miss the cut
by three strokes.
The 30-year-old Creamer
won the last of her 10 LPGA
Tour victories in 2014 in
Singapore when she made
a 75-foot eagle putt on the
second hole of a playoff
with Azahara Munoz.
EUROPEAN TOUR: English golfer
Chris Wood moved into a one-
stroke lead despite a bogey in
his last hole in the third round
of the Nordea Masters. Wood,
who has three European
Tour victories, fired a second
straight 5-under-par 68. His
best result this year was at
the end of April at the China
Open, a tie for fourth. One shot
behind Wood were Benjamin
Hebert of France (70) and
Renato Paratore of Italy (71)
at the Barseback Gold and
Country Club. Neither has won
on the tour. Thorbjorn Olesen
of Denmark, who eagled the
par-5 9th, was two strokes
behind after a 70. Jamie
Donaldson of Wales, who had
led by two strokes on Friday,
carded a 2-over 75 and ended
up three strokes behind Wood.