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Sunday, June 7, 2026 · Final-round Sunday across three tours

Three leaderboards come to a boil today, and rain in Ohio turned Sunday into a survival test. Here is what the casual fan will miss and you will not.

Top 3 Stories

1. Rain turns the Memorial into a 31-hole Sunday slog, with Poston and Gerard out front

Muirfield Village got hammered. Unrelenting rain and lightning suspended the third round on Saturday afternoon, and the PGA Tour scrapped the rest of the day, leaving the leaders roughly 13 holes of Round 3 plus a full final round, about 31 holes, to grind out on Sunday. Play resumed at 7:30 a.m. with final-round tee times set for late morning in threesomes off the first and tenth. J.T. Poston and Ryan Gerard are tied at the top at 9 under, Sam Burns sits a shot back at 8 under, and Eric Cole is alone in fourth at 6 under. Tommy Fleetwood, Keegan Bradley and Wyndham Clark share fifth at 4 under. Notably absent from the mix: Scottie Scheffler, who made the cut but never threatened, ending any realistic three-peat bid at the event he has owned. Source: CBS Sports, DraftKings Network, ESPN.

Why it matters for subscribers: A 31-hole marathon is a variance machine. Stamina and clean wedge play late in the day matter more than usual, and tired leaders wobble, so live betting has real edge as the back nine unfolds. Two relatively short-priced players who have never won a signature event (Poston, Gerard) sitting on top means in-play "next birdie" and head-to-head markets are softer than the outright board.

2. Nelly Korda finally co-leads a U.S. Women's Open into Sunday, riding a hot putter

At a brutal, kikuyu-choked Riviera, Nelly Korda birdied her last three holes for a 67 and shares the 54-hole lead at 6 under with Sei Young Kim, who is still chasing a first major. It is the first time Korda has led or co-led a U.S. Women's Open entering the final round, and she got there despite admitting her ball-striking and grip felt "funky," which means the putter is carrying her. Jennifer Kupcho and In Gee Chun lurk one back at 5 under, and Charley Hull fired the low round of the week, a 65, to vault into the top group at 4 under. Source: NBC Sports.

Why it matters for subscribers: A leader winning on a cold putter and shaky irons is a fragile profile on a course punishing approach play. If Korda's putter cools even slightly, the buy-low live plays are the ball-strikers chasing: Hull (who already proved the number is gettable) and Chun, a past U.S. Women's Open champion who knows how to close a major. Sei Young Kim's major-monkey is the angle for matchup and place markets.

3. Hatton takes a two-shot lead into LIV Andalucia's final round as Dustin Johnson aces his way to a 64

Valderrama is doing what Valderrama does, separating the field. Tyrrell Hatton, in his first start since becoming a father, posted 67-69-67 to reach 10 under and a two-shot cushion over Thomas Detry at 8 under, with hometown favorite Sergio Garcia third at 6 under and certain to have Spain behind him in the final group. The shot of the week belonged to Dustin Johnson, who aced the par-3 third en route to a tournament-low 64, the 18th hole-in-one in LIV history, climbing into a tie for fourth at 5 under alongside Jon Rahm, Abraham Ancer and Cameron Smith. In the team race it is a runaway: 4Aces GC lead at 12 under, eight clear of Hatton's Legion XIII. Source: LIV Golf, LIV Golf Leaderboard.

Why it matters for subscribers: Valderrama is a precision-and-positioning track, the opposite of a bomber's paradise, so Hatton's lead is the form signal that travels. With the U.S. Open at Shinnecock two weeks out, Dustin Johnson's 64 is the buy-low flag, his ball-striking looks back at exactly the right time and his major price is still long. The 4Aces' eight-shot team lead makes their team market essentially dead money.

Player Movement & Status

This Week's Tournament Read

The Memorial Tournament, Muirfield Village Golf Club (Dublin, OH), $20M signature event. A Jack Nicklaus design that already demands precision off the tee and elite iron play, now soaked soft by Saturday's storms. Expect receptive greens and longer-than-usual playing conditions on Sunday's marathon, which rewards length and high-spin approaches over the firm-and-fast skill set Muirfield usually tests.

Trending up: J.T. Poston, one of the best putters in the field and co-leader, and Tommy Fleetwood, quietly at 4 under and the most accomplished closer near the top. Trending down: Scottie Scheffler, who made the cut but never contended at a course he has dominated, a notable form dip heading into the U.S. Open. Source: CBS Sports, ESPN.

Golf Betting Odds: Tournament Watch

The Memorial Tournament · Round 3 to be completed, then the final round (Sunday marathon). Because the third round never finished, books are running a thin live in-play board rather than a full pre-tournament outright list. These are the meaningfully priced live to-win favorites (DraftKings):

  1. Sam Burns: +200
  2. J.T. Poston: +270
  3. Ryan Gerard: +300
  4. Tommy Fleetwood: +1100
  5. Eric Cole: +1750

Sharp note: Burns is the shortest price despite sitting a shot behind the co-leaders, the market trusting his ball-striking and closing pedigree over Poston and Gerard. Heads up on a stale-board trap: VegasInsider's futures page is still serving the pre-tournament number with Scottie Scheffler at +320, which is meaningless now that he is out of contention. Do not bet off that page today. Source: DraftKings Network, CBS Sports.

Odds are a snapshot and will move fast in live play; the price you see here will differ from the price at bet placement.

Live Tournament Pulse

  • Memorial weather chaos: less than half the field finished Round 3 on Saturday before lightning shut it down at 4:34 p.m. The leaders face roughly 31 holes Sunday, the kind of physical, attention-draining day where one tired swing late flips the tournament. Source: DraftKings Network.
  • Riviera surprise: Charley Hull's 65 was the low round of the week and jumped her about 40 spots into the top group at 4 under, the clearest sign the course is scorable for a precise iron player. Source: NBC Sports.
  • Amateur watch: 17-year-old Asterisk Talley rebounded from a rocky 71-75 start with a bogey-free 5-under 66, one of the lowest amateur rounds in U.S. Women's Open history and the lowest ever by a teenager in the event. She is not in contention, but it is a name to file for fantasy and futures going forward. Source: Yahoo Sports.
  • Valderrama fireworks: Dustin Johnson's ace on the par-3 third sparked the low round of the LIV week, a 64, and signals his game is rounding into form. Source: LIV Golf.

Under the Radar

Golf's Longest Day is tomorrow. Monday, June 8 is U.S. Open Final Qualifying: 13 sites across three continents, with about 715 players teeing it up on the day alone, all chasing the last spots in the 156-man Shinnecock field (June 18-21, par 70, 7,434 yards). The names worth tracking are the established pros grinding 36 holes to get in: Max Homa, Tony Finau, Matt Kuchar, and former champions Webb Simpson and Lucas Glover. For models: anyone who survives gets added to the U.S. Open field at long outright prices, and with ten days until the major there is no Monday-qualifier fatigue discount to fade, the way there is when qualifying lands the week before. This is where you find your buy-low Shinnecock futures before the field is set. Source: AmateurGolf.com.

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