{"id":594630,"date":"2026-08-16T02:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T02:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/594630\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T02:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T02:48:09","slug":"scheffler-in-control-as-irish-duo-struggle-in-memphis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/594630\/","title":{"rendered":"Scheffler in control as Irish duo struggle in Memphis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scottie Scheffler closed in on just his second win of the season at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, as Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy suffered another stagnant afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The world number one carded a third round of two-under-par 68 to take a two shot head into the final day&#8217;s play, sitting on 13-under. The FedEx Cup leader failed to find the same momentum as his Friday 61, mixing four birdies with two bogeys.<\/p>\n<p>He will go off in the final group on Sunday alongside Ryder Cup teammate Sam Burns who fired his own low round of the week, an eight-under-par 62, with Sungjae Im also in a tie for second place on 11-under.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/sport\/results\/golf\/pga-tour-1\/28348\/fedex-st-jude-championship-908494\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FULL LEADERBOARD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It would prove to be a costly and frustrating day for both Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy however, who both carded two-over-par rounds to slip further back.<\/p>\n<p>A double bogey on 18, for the second time in the tournament, added a further blip to McIlroy&#8217;s scorecard as he enters Sunday on six-over for the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Lowry got off to a bright start on Saturday with birdies on the third and fifth holes. He failed to keep the momentum going however shooting three bogeys and a double on the way in with just a sole birdie in his final ten holes.<\/p>\n<p>The Offaly man sits at three-over-par for the tournament, likely spelling the end to his PGA Tour season as he is unlikely to accrue enough points to qualify for the next FedEx Cup Playoff event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scottie Scheffler closed in on just his second win of the season at the FedEx St. Jude Championship,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":594631,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-594630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}