Thomas keeps clean card for 2-shot lead at Muirfield Village

DUBLIN, OHIO » Justin Thomas never looked to be in a hurry. Not when he stepped to the first tee Friday trailing by 13 shots. Not when he was simply trying to keep up with Collin Morikawa on Saturday in the Workday Charity Open.

Thomas turned a three-shot deficit into a two-shot lead with another clean card, at Muirfield Village as he goes after his third victory this season.

Thomas had three straight birdies to stay in range of Morikawa. And when Morikawa fell back with three bogeys over a four-hole stretch around the turn, Thomas made efficient birdies on the par 5s and a smart birdie on the reachable 14th for a 6-under 66 to keep two ahead of Viktor Hovland (66). ATZENBRUGG, AUSTRIA » Nicolai von Dellingshausen and Marc Warren shared the lead after a rain-drenched third round of the Austrian Open as Miguel Angel Jiménez’s hopes of becoming the oldest European Tour winner deteriorated. Jiménez, 56, shot 77 and dropped to a tie for 12th place, five shots off the lead.

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