DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Daniel Summerhays managed to walk a relatively straight and narrow path at the Memorial, and it took him to an unlikely position going into the final round.
He started with a five-shot deficit.
He ended with a three-shot lead.
All because the guy next to him Saturday, Jason Dufner, lost his way.
Summerhays dropped only one shot and rarely was out of position on his way to a 4-under 68. More than his solid round was the collapse by Dufner. One day after he set the 36-hole scoring record, Dufner shot a 77 and was four shots behind.
He made four straight bogeys on the front nine and lost his five-shot lead in five holes. He hit two balls in the water on the back nine. He missed the putts he had been making for two days.
“Today was pretty pathetic on all accounts, so have to play better tomorrow,” he said.
At least he was still in the game, along with plenty of company.
Summerhays was at 13-under 203. Matt Kuchar, who won the Memorial four years ago, ran off three straight birdies on the back nine and shot a 67. That put him in the final group with Summerhays as Kuchar tries to end three years and 82 starts without a victory on the PGA Tour.
“I’m excited to have another chance here,” Kuchar said. “It looked like after 36 holes that none of us were going to have a chance at it.”
Bubba Watson overcame a heckler on the 18th hole with one last birdie for a 68. He was four shots behind along with Justin Thomas (69) and Dufner. Rickie Fowler (72) salvaged an up-and-down day and was five behind.
Watson turned and acknowledged the heckled after his birdie putt.
“Obviously, not a Bubba Watson fan,” he said. “It started about 50 yards short of the green. He kept going. I’m taking a guess, he wasn’t drinking water like I was all day. But it’s one of those things.”
This is a rare chance for Watson, the two-time Masters champion who hasn’t been a factor all year. He has gone 14 months without finishing in the top 10 at a PGA Tour event with a full field.
But even for Watson, it all started with Dufner’s bad day.
Dufner missed the second green to the left from the rough and made bogey. He missed a 6-foot par putt on the third, then hit into the right bunker on the par-3 4th and made another bogey. And then he three-putted the par-5 fifth for a fourth straight bogey.
Dufner was still tied for the lead when his wedge on the par-5 11th spun back down the green and into the water, leading to double bogey. It was a three-shot swing when Summerhays made birdie, and Dufner never caught up.
He had said his breathing exercises over putting didn’t mean he would always have good days, and this was a bad one. Dufner had a pair of three-putts, and he twice missed birdie putts from 6 feet. He capped off his day by pulling his tee shot into the water and making another bogey.
“The tournament is not over,” Dufner said. “It will be over tomorrow.”
Summerhays wasn’t thinking about cutting into the lead when he started. He wasn’t thinking much about anything except the shot at hand, and he kept hitting good ones in the midst of Dufner’s streak of bogeys.
“A train wreck can happen at any moment,” Summerhays said. “And that’s why it’s such a great golf course because it does test everything. Legitimately from the first hole to the 18th hole, there’s a double bogey somewhere in there.”
Jordan Spieth knows the feeling. He was right in the mix until catching a downhill like in the bunker left of the par-3 eighth. He tried to play a perfect shot and barely got it out, then chipped down to 5 feet and missed the putt, making double bogey. Spieth started the back nine with two straight birdies only to follow with two straight bogeys. It added to a 71, and he was six shots behind.
The biggest surprise this week at Muirfield Village has been the weather — sunshine for three straight days, which has made the course fast and opened up more possibilities of little mistakes turning into big numbers.
Storms have been in the forecast for Sunday, though not early enough for the PGA Tour to move up the tee times. Another dry day, and anything can happen.
The last three winners of the Memorial had never won on the PGA Tour, and Summerhays fits that mold. The 33-year-old from Utah is in his seventh year.
“I really don’t have any goals tomorrow besides give all my efforts into each shot,” Summerhays said. “And I feel like I did that today.”

Memorial Scores
Saturday
At Muirfield Village GC
Dublin, Ohio
Purse: $8.7 million
Yardage: 7,392; Par: 72
Third Round
Daniel Summerhays    66-69-68    —    203
Matt Kuchar    69-70-67    —    206
Bubba Watson    71-68-68    —    207
Justin Thomas    67-71-69    —    207
Jason Dufner    65-65-77    —    207
Rickie Fowler    70-66-72    —    208
Jamie Lovemark    69-69-70    —    208
Kevin Streelman    73-69-67    —    209
Kevin Kisner    70-69-70    —    209
Jordan Spieth    66-72-71    —    209
Jason Kokrak    73-67-70    —    210
Shane Lowry    72-68-70    —    210
David Lingmerth    65-74-71    —    210
James Hahn    74-72-65    —    211
Jim Herman    70-74-67    —    211
Steve Stricker    74-68-69    —    211
Pat Perez    70-72-69    —    211
Byeong Hun An    68-72-71    —    211
Ross Fisher    73-69-70    —    212
Bud Cauley    75-67-70    —    212
Charl Schwartzel    70-71-71    —    212
Phil Mickelson    70-70-72    —    212
Kyle Stanley    74-67-71    —    212
Marc Leishman    70-70-72    —    212
Lucas Glover    67-73-72    —    212
Emiliano Grillo    71-68-73    —    212
Jason Day    75-71-67    —    213
Stewart Cink    72-73-68    —    213
Peter Uihlein    76-69-68    —    213
Anirban Lahiri    74-70-69    —    213
William McGirt    71-72-70    —    213
Sam Saunders    68-74-71    —    213
Bill Haas    73-69-71    —    213
Adam Scott    76-66-71    —    213
Brooks Koepka    69-73-71    —    213
Brett Coletta    72-69-72    —    213
Graham DeLaet    73-67-73    —    213
Jonas Blixt    75-69-70    —    214
C.T. Pan    76-68-70    —    214
Harold Varner III    73-71-70    —    214
Grayson Murray    72-71-71    —    214
Padraig Harrington    71-71-72    —    214
Martin Laird    71-68-75    —    214
Tony Finau    74-73-68    —    215
Brian Stuard    70-74-71    —    215
Charley Hoffman    72-71-72    —    215
Ricky Barnes    70-77-69    —    216
Mackenzie Hughes    76-70-70    —    216
Soren Kjeldsen    72-73-71    —    216
Kevin Chappell    76-69-71    —    216
Ben Martin    71-74-71    —    216
Nick Taylor    69-76-71    —    216
Zach Johnson    76-71-70    —    217
Brendan Steele    72-73-72    —    217
Gary Woodland    72-73-72    —    217
Patrick Cantlay    71-72-74    —    217
Camilo Villegas    74-68-75    —    217
Zac Blair    75-72-71    —    218
Sung Kang    75-72-71    —    218
Cameron Smith    74-71-73    —    218
Patrick Rodgers    70-77-72    —    219
Webb Simpson    73-72-74    —    219
Danny Lee    73-71-75    —    219
Russell Knox    71-70-78    —    219
D.A. Points    71-76-73    —    220
Ollie Schniederjans    74-73-73    —    220
Hideki Matsuyama    70-74-76    —    220
Greg Chalmers    75-68-77    —    220
Sean O’Hair    73-74-74    —    221
Vaughn Taylor    73-71-77    —    221
Curtis Luck    77-70-75    —    222
Alex Cejka    74-73-75    —    222
Patrick Reed    76-71-75    —    222
K.J. Choi    78-69-75    —    222
Rod Pampling    72-73-78    —    223
Matthew Griffin    75-71-78    —    224
Si Woo Kim    76-71-WD