Merritt moved atop the leaderboard quickly after starting his round Saturday at 9 under, one shot off the lead. He entered this week with three top-10 finishes this year - including a pair of them in May - to put him within one of matching the most he has had in a year since making his PGA Tour debut in 2010. The next year, he missed two months of competition due to a surgery that removed a rib after he had blood clot that run from his chest to his left elbow. Merritt won his second PGA Tour title at the 2018 Barbasol Championship. Follow & listen to The First Cut on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. ![]() Rick Gehman and Mark Immelman break down and react to Saturday's 3rd round action at the Rocket Mortgage Classic. He had a bogey on the next hole to cut into his cushion on a jam-packed leaderboard and he ended up losing the lead by closing with six straight pars. The 35-year-old Merritt made his first hole-in-one on the PGA Tour - with a 5-iron off one bounce - to give him a three-stroke advantage. After opening with a course-record tying 63, he has played the last 36 holes in 1 over with rounds of 73 and 72 Lewis (71) was among six players three shots back with a legitimate shot on the relatively short course with receptive greens.įirst-rounder leader Davis Thompson (72) was six shots back. Hank Lebioda (66) and Cam Davis (67) were a stroke back, and Brandon Hagy (68) was another shot behind. He parred the final hole, the toughest one on the course, for a 68. Niemann, who shared the 36-hole lead with Tom Lewis, pulled into a tie by two-putting from 46 feet at 17. ![]() Troy Merritt aced the 219-yard 11th hole at Detroit Golf Club and shot a 5-under 67 on Saturday for a share of the lead with Joaquin Niemann in the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
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