J.T. Poston has made light of tricky, windy conditions to take a one-shot lead over fellow American Ryan Gerard going into the weekend at the Memorial Tournament as the world's top two struggled.
Rory McIlroy had no form on the fast putting surfaces as he signed for a 74, which included three bogeys and a double-bogey having taken five shots to get down from 112 yards out at the par-four 13th.
The Northern Irishman's chances of getting back into contention look slim as he is 10 strokes behind Poston, as is Scottie Scheffler after a level-par 72.
Poston's seven-under round of 65 was four shots better than any other player in the field at Muirfield Village in Ohio on Friday (Saturday AEST) and leaves him nine under the card.
