Who is leading the 2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship after round 3? Leaderboard explored

The third round of the 2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship concluded on Saturday, August 17th, at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee. The leaderboard experienced some fluctuations throughout the day, but overall, there were few significant changes.

Hideki Matsuyama has extended his lead at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, now sitting alone at 17 under par. Denny McCarthy, a co-leader after the second round, slipped five places to T6.

2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship Round 3 Leaderboard

Here is the FedEx St. Jude Championship after the third round:

1 Hideki Matsuyama -17
2 Nick Dunlap -12
3 Viktor Hovland -11
T4 Scottie Scheffler -10
T4 Sam Burns -10
T6 Will Zalatoris -9
T6 Denny McCarthy -9
8 Xander Schauffele -8
T9 Akshay Bhatia -7
T9 Séamus Power -7
T9 Matt Fitzpatrick -7
T9 Tony Finau -7
T9 Billy Horschel -7
T9 Robert MacIntyre -7
T9 Justin Rose -7
T16 Jason Day -6
T16 Wyndham Clark -6
T16 Tommy Fleetwood -6
T16 Brendon Todd -6
T20 Patrick Cantlay -5
T20 Alex Noren -5
T20 Aaron Rai -5
T20 Erik van Rooyen -5
T20 Chris Kirk -5
T25 J.T. Poston -4
T25 Victor Perez -4
T25 Adam Scott -4
T25 Christiaan Bezuidenhout -4
T25 Nick Taylor -4
T25 Harris English -4
T31 Jhonattan Vegas -3
T31 Stephan Jaeger -3
T31 Sahith Theegala -3
T31 Byeong Hun An -3
T31 Collin Morikawa -3
T31 Maverick McNealy -3
T31 Ben Griffin -3
T31 Taylor Pendrith -3
T39 Shane Lowry -2
T39 Min Woo Lee -2
T39 Emiliano Grillo -2
T39 Austin Eckroat -2
T39 Justin Thomas -2
T39 Tom Kim -2
T45 Adam Hadwin -1
T45 Patrick Rodgers -1
T45 Ludvig Åberg -1
T45 Corey Conners -1
T45 Sungjae Im -1
T45 Peter Malnati -1
T45 Sepp Straka -1
T45 Russell Henley -1
T53 Cam Davis E
T53 Davis Thompson E
T53 Eric Cole E
T53 Matthieu Pavon E
T53 Brian Harman E
T58 Si Woo Kim +1
T58 Mackenzie Hughes +1
T60 Mark Hubbard +2
T60 Tom Hoge +2
T62 Max Greyserman +3
T62 Thomas Detry +3
T62 Taylor Moore +3
T62 Keegan Bradley +3
T66 Cameron Young +5
T66 Rory McIlroy +5
68 Jake Knapp +6
69 Jordan Spieth +7
70 Max Homa +11

Hideki Matsuyama shot a 6-under-par third-round to extend his lead at the FedEx St. Jude Championship by five strokes. His round included one eagle, five birdies, and a single bogey.

Nick Dunlap is in second place, having carded five birdies and a bogey in the third round (4-under). One shot back is Viktor Hovland, who produced one of the best performances of his season.

FedEx Cup leader Scottie Scheffler is tied for fourth at 10 under par with Sam Burns. Meanwhile, Xander Schauffele, the season's second-ranked player, is tied for eighth at 8 under par.

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