Morikawa, Homa and Lowry not only pose as Griffin's closet competitors heading into Friday but as three of only 13 players to break par Thursday. One of those men joining them late thanks to a flurry of back-nine birdies was the world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who began his title defense with a ho-hum 70.

Ben Griffin is currently in second place at 7-under par overall after the third round of the Memorial Tournament. He lost his lead to Scottie Scheffler, who played a historic bogey-free round for the first time in his career at Muirfield Village.