Hadwin tied for 2nd as Scheffler leads at Memorial entering weekend

Adam Hadwin played in the morning when the wind wasn't quite so strong, but it didn't take much.

The Canadian was at 8 under in the Memorial until he drove into a bunker on the 17th, could only advance it back to the fairway, found the deep bunker short of the green and wound up with a double bogey.

The Abbotsford, B.C., golfer is tied with Viktor Hovland at 6-under after shooting an even par 72 in the second round.

Asked how to gauge the wind, Hadwin said, "I'll be shocked if any other player said it was anything other than a guess."

"That's all we're doing. It's just educated guessing, really," he said. "You try and control the ball flight to limit the amount the wind will affect it. That's probably one of the biggest things that we can do out here."

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And with a dry forecast to get the Muirfield Village course even firmer, it most likely will only get more difficult on the weekend.

Masters champion Scottie Scheffler is only making it look easy right now. It didn't feel that way Friday on a firm course in gusty wind, where he finished strong for a 4-under 68 to go from a tie to a three-shot lead.

Scheffler hit a 3-iron into the wind that narrowly cleared the bunker and rode the slope to 8 feet for eagle on the par-5 15th, and he closed with two solid par saves and a shot from a fairway bunker to 12 feet for birdie on the last to build some separation.

He was at 9-under 135, three shots ahead of Hovland and Hadwin, chasing another $4 million US prize against a suddenly smaller field.

That sent home 22 players, a list that includes Jordan Spieth, U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark, Patrick Cantlay and Rickie Fowler, who had to play the final