Martin Kaymer is searching for his first win in nearly five years and now he's one day away from securing it at the Memorial Tournament.
The German professional, who last won on the PGA Tour at the 2014 U.S. Open, remained at the top of the leaderboard after Round 3 at the Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio.
Kaymer had a mistake-free round and carded 6-under 66 to hold a two-stroke lead over the rest of the field. He is 15 under for the tournament — the lowest 54-hole score of his career.
He remained level headed as he finished Saturday with four birdies on the back nine — six total — and will try to keep his cool as the 54-hole leader.
“I said to my caddie today on the range a very true thing,” Kaymer said. “It doesn’t really matter if you’re 60th and play 18 holes or if you’re leading the tournament and play 18 holes. The 18 holes don’t change. It’ll probably be the same attitude tomorrow.”
A big breaker for birdie. 🐦@MKaymer59 leads by 2.#LiveUnderPar pic.twitter.com/skSNY0DpCO
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) June 1, 2019
Adam Scott is on Kaymer's tail after climbing up the leaderboard with a near perfect performance. He had just one bogey on the par-4 9th and seven birdies to move into second place (13 under). Scott matched his best round of the weekend, 6-under 66.
Jordan Spieth also remains in contention. He's in a three-way tie for third place (11 under) with Patrick Cantlay and Hideki Matsuyama. Spieth shot a respectable 3-under 69 but it was Matsuyama who effectively stole the show.
He jumped 22 places after a carding the best round of the day, 8-under 64. Matsuyama had a bogey-free round after a number of bogeys and double bogeys littered his scorecard Friday. He was able to come back to the course and fire off eight birdies, including what is easily the best shot of the day.
Matsuyama chipped in for birdie from the rough just off the 18th green to cap of his round.
What a shot. 👏
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) June 1, 2019
What a round. 👏
Hideki Matsuyama chips in to finish his third round. He's 1 shot off the lead @MemorialGolf after carding an 8-under 64.#LiveUnderPar pic.twitter.com/wrDMuRxXmF
Marc Leishman, Bud Cauley and Kyoung-Hoon Lee are all tied for sixth place (9 under) and Emiliano Grillo sits in solo ninth (8 under).
There's a sizable tie to round out the top 10 with the likes of Jason Dufner, Justin Rose and Rickie Fowler.
Tiger Woods is tied for 25th (4 under) after he finished 2-under 70. Some late mistakes sullied his early success including a double bogey on the par-4 10th hole and a bogey on the par-4 14th to start his back nine.
“I’m so far back, and there’s too many guys. I’m not going to win the golf tournament,” Woods said, via the Golf Channel. “But hopefully I go out and play a positive round of golf tomorrow, and get something out of my round like I haven’t done the first three days.”