Golf:Spencer Levin shot a three-under-par 69 to lead by one at the end of the third round of the Memorial Tournament as Tiger Woods battled to stay in contention.
On a day when low scores were few and far between at Muirfield Village - only 14 of the 71 remaining players went below par - Levin carded four birdies and an eagle against three bogeys to sit eight-under overall, a stroke ahead of overnight leader Rory Sabbatini.
It could have been even better for Levin, who turned in 32 and was five under for his round after 10, before bogeying the 12th and 16th.
"I had some really good breaks, so I'll take it," Levin told pgatour.com. "I played pretty solid, but it's nice to have a couple good breaks. But if you're going to shoot the low round of the day out here on the Tour, or any day, you're going to have a couple good breaks or make long putts or chip in generally."
Sabbatini was one under today to lie seven under overall, two strokes ahead of Rickie Fowler and three ahead of Woods.
While Fowler equalled Levin's best-of-the-day 69 with four birdies and a bogey, Woods carded four bogeys on the back nine to more than cancel out his three birdies in a one-over 73.
"I certainly probably shot the highest score I could have shot today considering the way I hit it," Woods said. "But I'm only four back, and out here with the conditions, supposed to be like this tomorrow again, anything can happen."
Sweden's Henrik Stenson was leading the European challenge as a 71 left him three under, alongside Japan's Ryo Ishikawa and American Jonathan Byrd.
First-round leader Scott Stallings was in a group seven on two under after a 75, while England's Justin Rose was level par and a trio of his compatriots - Brian Davis, Greg Owen and world number one Luke Donald - were three over.
Collated third round scores & totals in the USPGA Tour the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide Insurance, Muirfield Village GC, Dublin, Ohio, United States of America
(USA unless stated, par 72):
208Spencer Levin 67 72 69
209Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 69 69 71
211Rickie Fowler 71 71 69
212Tiger Woods 70 69 73
213Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn) 72 70 71, Jonathan Byrd 71 70 72, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 74 68 71
214Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 69 72 73, Vijay Singh (Fij) 72 73 69, Scott Stallings 66 73 75, Kyle Reifers 71 70 73, Andres Romero (Arg) 69 73 72, Daniel Summerhays 69 71 74, Ryan Moore 70 73 71
215Dustin Johnson 71 71 73, Jim Furyk 72 68 75, Matthew Every 69 75 71, David Hearn (Can) 70 75 70
216Kevin Stadler 72 73 71, Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 71 70 75, Justin Rose (Eng) 73 72 71, David Mathis 71 71 74
217Erik Compton 67 75 75, Lucas Glover 74 68 75, Davis Love III 74 72 71, Stewart Cink 71 73 73, Blake Adams 69 77 71, Bo Van Pelt 73 69 75, Johnson Wagner 72 72 73, Troy Matteson 72 69 76
218Steve Stricker 73 70 75, Brendon De Jonge 73 71 74, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 73 72 73, Chris Di Marco 73 72 73, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 75 72 71
219Brian Davis (Eng) 73 72 74, Rodney Pampling (Aus) 72 74 73, Pat Perez 74 73 72, Adam Scott (Aus) 70 72 77, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 71 71 77, Greg Owen (Eng) 72 71 76, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 72 74 73, Ernie Els (Rsa) 70 75 74, Luke Donald (Eng) 71 73 75, Cameron Tringale 72 74 73
220Ricky Barnes 72 72 76, Chris Kirk 75 70 75, Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 72 73 75
221Charlie Wi (Kor) 71 75 75, Brendan Steele 72 75 74, J.B. Holmes 72 75 74, Ben Crane 72 75 74, Branden Grace (Rsa) 74 72 75, John Huh (Kor) 71 74 76, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 74 73 74
222Hunter Mahan 72 73 77, Jeff Overton 72 72 78, K J Choi (Kor) 74 71 77, Marc Leishman (Aus) 72 75 75, Jhonattan Vegas (Ven) 74 73 75
223Bud Cauley 70 76 77, Jimmy Walker 72 73 78, Fred Couples 74 73 76
224Robert Allenby (Aus) 73 74 77, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 71 74 79, Mark Wilson 70 76 78
225Scott Piercy 70 75 80
226Robert Garrigus 71 76 79, Brandt Jobe 73 74 79, Harris English 71 75 80
229Camilo Villegas (Col) 73 74 82
