Dublin, Ohio - Scottie Scheffler was at his best in the tough day at Muirfield Village and opened with a 13-shot run before pouring a four-pointer under 68 at the end, giving him a one-shot lead at the Memorial on Saturday.

Scheffler took four of four holes in his last five holes, ending with a birdie within 15 feet. Griffin took the lead when he missed the last hole for a 3-foot par putt.

In Scheffler's game, it was his third chance to win in his last four games and joined Tiger Woods as the only back-to-back winner in the memorial.

"I don't know what the score was today, but I'm proud of the way I did it, which was really challenging," Schevler said. "With 13 holes, I feel like I'm doing really well, even just the standard.

The 57 players who advanced to the 57 average scores were 73.9, and the three players failed to break 80.

Griffin won the title in the Colonial last week, winning five birdies and five taboos in the last 13 holes.

In cool, cool weather, Schefler was six shots behind Griffin at one point. Then everything was so fast.

Griffin was the only player to hit 10 this week when he ran three birdies this week, all bringing back four consecutive bogeys. He is on the fairway or tee when he breaks into three of these bogeys.

As always, Schefler lurked. The world’s No. 1 player has an incredible trick, lingering at the end of the day and ending with a low score. This is no exception.

"I do see Ben under 10, but that won't change my game in the middle of Saturday," Schevler said. "This golf course is really challenging and there is no leading safety in this place. I know if I keep walking a decent round, I'll chase him somehow tomorrow."

He hit a 10-foot birdie putt on the 14th (his first day) and then made a simple birdie with a 5-15-shot green fuchsia. He hit the 7-foot birdie at 7 feet and gave him the lead with the last one.

He stopped chasing, he was a tough client. When he had a 54-hole lead, Schefler won the last eight times.

Jordan Spieth was also in the chase, tied for second with Scheffler until he failed to save the card from a bunker in 17th and drove into the creek at 18th, winning the closed bogey and 72 race. He was 5 shots behind, 5 shots behind, feeling better about his game.

There is only one problem. Spieth talks about the fun of mixing, keeping the six birds moving in that direction during the tough process. Then he stopped.

"To me, it's Scottie's 7 or 8 (bottom) and he's just...you can't even expect him to shoot tomorrow," Spis said. "So, that's going to take something special. But all in all, just trying to shoot a few times a day here."

Canada's Nick Taylor was three shots behind after 74, and he finally thanked him for that. Taylor went into the water and made a double bogey on Par-3, followed by a bogey and slipped out in the battle. He then hangs out the fairway from the 14th, and plays four traction on even par.

The best round belongs to Sepp Straka, two championships in this year's PGA Tour. When the leader was just starting out, he posted a 66 and joined the group with 213 under three shots, including Spieth and Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley (68).

Patrick Cantlay and Rickie Fowler hit 69 shots, respectively, and joined Shane Lowry (73) at the age of 214. It's still a long way to go, and the people chasing with Scheffler may be longer.

"It's a tough golf course. I'm going to try to chase him," Taylor said. "He's obviously doing amazing, so I have to play some of my best golf to hunt the last few holes there. However, it's so hard to work that it's a few less early, which will get me back there."