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    In case J.T. Poston needs more incentive to win the Memorial on Sunday, one might be self-preservation.

    Because of Saturday's weather delays, Poston will have to play 31 holes on Sunday to complete the third and fourth rounds of the tournament. And then? Poston will have to play 36 holes of U.S. Open final qualifying on Monday. One way to avoid that second slog would be to win or even post a runner-up finish at Muirfield Village. Either result would provide Poston enough world ranking points to get into the Open field, and put his feet up on Monday instead.

    The Memorial Tournament got socked and soaked by a severe thunderstorm Saturday afternoon, setting up a final round that will require precision, patience and perseverance. 

    J.T. Poston and Ryan Gerard share the lead at nine under par at Muirfield Village Golf Club, but they face a long slog on Sunday with 31 holes remaining in the $20 million signature event. Sam Burns is one shot back at eight under par through six holes, while Eric Cole was six under, also through six holes. Thirty-two of the 53 players who made the cut had not completed their third round when play was suspended for the day at 5:55 p.m. The tournament is scheduled to resume at 7:30 a.m. EDT Sunday, and then the final round is estimated to begin around 11 a.m. with groups of three going off both Nos. 1 and 10 tee.

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    U.S. Women’s Open co-leader Alison Lee is playing in this week’s championship

    on a deferred exemption for maternity leave after giving birth to her first child, Levi, 13 months ago. Now she’s tied with Ruoning Yin at four under through 36 holes at Riviera Country Club. The last time a mom won the U.S. Women’s Open? It was 24 years ago, in 2002,m when Juli Inkster won at Prairie Dunes (after doing it three years earlier at Old Waverly). According to Golfweek’s Beth Ann Nichols, there have been only two others: Kathy Cornelius (1956) and Susie Maxwell Berning (1972 and 1973). Our Keely Levins wrote compelling story just last month looking at the balancing act of playing pro golf on the LPGA tour and being a mom that featured Lee, who is looking on only for her first major title but first LPGA victory.

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    If these hats were real, they'd fly off the shelves.

    Big shoutout to Golf Twitter legend Barry W, one of the all-time graphic designers. He came up with this beauty on Thursday evening, a play on the "upside down" hat craze and Scottie Scheffler's testy exchange with caddie Ted Scott at Muirfield Village late in Round 1:

    I think I'm going with the blue "GAWLEE." version, personally. 

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