J.T. Poston moved to the top of the leaderboard at the Memorial Golf Tournament after a seven-under 65 in Friday’s second round at Jack Nicklaus’ Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio, and will tee off in the final pairing on Saturday at 1:40 p.m. ET alongside Ryan Gerard.
Poston’s blistering front nine—he birdied six holes and added one bogey—propelled him to nine under overall. He closed the round with a sand save on 18 to finish the session and said, "I just knew it was going to play tough," adding, "The goal was to try and be patient and keep hitting the shots like I was hitting yesterday, and it helps to get off to a great start, make a few nice long-ish putts the first couple holes and I feel like I was just kind of off and running."
Gerard sits one shot back after a 69 on Friday; Sam Burns is alone in third at six under. Those positions established the key Saturday pairings and the television window that will carry the third round: Golf Channel from 12:30-2:30 p.m. ET and CBS from 2:30-6 p.m. ET, with PGA Tour Live on + streaming beginning at 9 a.m. and Paramount+ simulcasting the CBS coverage.
Saturday’s notable tee times include Rory McIlroy and Gary Woodland at 11:12 a.m. ET, Scottie Scheffler and Hideki Matsuyama at 11:34 a.m. ET, Xander Schauffele and Wyndham Clark at 1:07 p.m. ET, and the 1:40 p.m. ET final pairing of Poston and Gerard.
The setup matters because Poston is chasing his fourth PGA Tour victory and his first since the 2024 Shriners Children’s Open; Gerard has one Tour win, the 2025 Barracuda Championship. The second-round surge reshuffled who will be playing for the weekend and who will not—several bigger-name players failed to make the cut, most notably Jordan Spieth and Jason Day, and will not be on the course Saturday.
Television and streaming plans reflect the new pecking order: early coverage on PGA Tour Live will follow the morning wave, Golf Channel’s midday window captures the lead changes and the move toward the back nine, and CBS’s afternoon broadcast will carry the decisive stretch as leaders, including Poston and Gerard, close out the third round.
The friction for viewers and competitors is simple: the leaderboard lost some marquee names while an in-form Poston and the steady Gerard head into the final pairing. That shift concentrates attention on whether Poston can maintain momentum from his seven-under 65 and translate Saturday’s pairings into a first 54-hole lead that survives into Sunday.
Practical details: third-round streaming begins at 9 a.m. ET on PGA Tour Live (+), Golf Channel carries live coverage from 12:30-2:30 p.m. ET, and CBS takes over from 2:30-6 p.m. ET with a simulcast on Paramount+. The final Saturday pairing of Poston and Gerard tees at 1:40 p.m. ET, with other key groups—Schauffele and Clark at 1:07 p.m., Scheffler and Matsuyama at 11:34 a.m., McIlroy and Woodland at 11:12 a.m.—set to run earlier.
What happens next is clear and immediate: the third round on Saturday will show whether Poston’s hot front nine and sand save finish hold up against fresh weekend competition, and whether Gerard or Burns can displace him before Sunday’s final round. The unanswered, decisive question heading into Saturday is whether Poston can turn Friday’s surge into a 54-hole advantage that puts him on pace for a fourth career PGA Tour title.
