DUBLIN, Ohio — England's Justin Rose took a three-shot lead after the third round of the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Saturday as he looked to become the event's seventh multiple winner. The 2010 champion fired a six-under 66 to catapult to 15-under-201 for the tournament. That put the 2013 US Open champion three clear of Italian Francesco Molinari (69) and Swedish overnight leader David Lingmerth (72) who shared second at 12-under. American veteran Jim Furyk (70), also a former US Open and Memorial winner, sits fourth at 11-under. Tiger Woods, a 14-time major champion, carded the worst round of his professional career, a disastrous 13-over 85, to balloon to 12-over and last place. “Obviously a lot has been going right,” said Rose. “I guess I played a good, solid, patient round of golf that ended up turning into a great round of golf.” Rose opened strong with four birdies in his first seven holes and while he bogeyed the ninth, three further birdies on the back side set up his comfortable buffer. Woods' round marked just the third time in his professional career he has failed to break 80. He had an 81 in the 2002 British Open and an 82 earlier this year at the Phoenix Open. The former world No. 1, who has slumped to 172nd in the global rankings, found water hazards four times. He struggled to find fairways, getting just seven of 14. Just a day after making a clutch par putt to make the cut on the number, the five-time event champion managed just one birdie while carding six bogeys, two double bogeys and the quadruple bogey. Pettersen ahead Suzann Pettersen fired four birdies and an eagle in firing a six-under 66 to move one shot clear of the field after Saturday's third round of the LPGA Manulife Classic at Kitchener, Canada. The 34-year-old Norwegian, who is aiming for her 15th career LPGA win, got off to a blistering start with three birdies in a row to open her round to stand on 19-under 197 after 54 holes. “Overall I am pretty happy,” said Pettersen, who played the front nine at the Whistle Bear Golf Club course in five-under 31. Pettersen has looked good since returning from a left shoulder injury that forced her to pull out of a pair of tournaments in April. Colombia's Mariajo Uribe fired a five-under 67 and slipped to one shot back after sharing the second round lead with Pettersen. Uribe rolled in five birdies in a seven-hole span and finished with just one bogey, that on the par-3 17th, to stand on 198. American Cristie Kerr, last year's runner-up, also shot 67 and stands alone in third place on 199 with Sweden's Pernilla Lindberg another two strokes adrift after a 68. Uribe seeks her first LPGA victory. In 2011 she won the HSBC Brazil Cup, which is an unofficial event. American Brittany Lang and Taiwan's Tseng Ya-Ni both carded 69s to share fifth with American Katie Burnett, who fired a 67, on 202. — Agencies
