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Goggin stays in control at Memorial


DUBLIN, Ohio (AP)—Mathew Goggin tried to keep his balance on the bank of a creek, looking for a way out of trouble at the Memorial. He quickly abandoned those thoughts, chipped out to the 14th fairway and took a bogey.
Muirfield Village was no place for heroics Saturday, not in such difficult conditions, not with a guy looking for his first PGA Tour victory.
It was that type of patience that carried Goggin to a 1-under 71 in the rain-delayed third round, giving him a three-shot lead and the highest score by a 54-hole leader at the Memorial in nearly two decades.
Goggin could have played toward the green, but the ball would have been parallel to his chest.
“Unless I was Phil Mickelson, I wasn’t going to try that,” he said.
He picked up a birdie on the next hole, hung on with pars and wound up at 8-under 208, three shots clear of former Masters champion Mike Weir and four others going into the final round.
Final day is going to be one hell of a fight will all good players up there on the main leader board.