DUBLIN, Ohio—Rory McIlroy felt like he was hanging on for dear life Saturday at the Memorial. He had to scramble for bogey to start the back nine. He went five holes without hitting a green. And all the while, he never really lost ground.
When he had to scramble for par on the fourth-easiest hole at Muirfield Village, the par-5 11th, he said he told caddie Harry Diamond he only wanted to try to break 70.
McIlroy wound up with a 2–under 70. That was enough to take him four shots behind at the start of the day to a share of the lead going into Sunday….