There were plenty of movers and shakers Saturday at the FedEx St. Jude Championship.

Justin Rose shook things up early, flirting with a course record before settling for a 61. The teeming gallery on 18 had to move for Rory McIlroy, who ended up near one of the houses that line TPC Southwind before extricating himself nicely.

59 was on Justin Rose’s mind. He settled for tying a course record.

But none of the moving going on below him on the leaderboard could shake Lucas Glover. This tournament’s Steady Eddie heads into Sunday’s finale with a 1-stroke lead at 14-under 196 and a chance to win his second title in as many weeks.

“A hundred percent,” Glover said when asked if last week’s win at the Wyndham Championship in North Carolina — one that also booked his place in Memphis — had him confident for the battle to come.

“I felt great (Saturday). I’ve been knocking on the door before last week; been in the last group a few times and all that. Kind of led up to feeling good today ... if I take care of myself and do what I think I can and know I can, then I think I’ll have a good chance come (Sunday) afternoon.”

Taking care of himself means doing his own laundry; the 43-year-old came directly to Memphis from Greensboro with the same set of clothes he took to the Wyndham. By his own admission, he gets bored and chores give him something to do.

He might also use that time to reflect on another consistent trip around Southwind, albeit one where he didn’t necessarily have his A-game. The 43-year-old opened with a 66 and followed with a 64 on Friday to lead at the halfway pole. Saturday, he put up another 66 as he continued his metronomic consistency since switching to a long, broomstick-style putter a few weeks ago.

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His last 21 rounds have been under par, with 20 of those being in the 60s. Glover also has seven straight sub-70 rounds at Southwind and at age 43 is the oldest player to hold a 54-hole lead in the playoffs since Tiger Woods at the Tour Championship five years ago.

“I still managed to stay in there and that was because of my putting early on,” Glover said of his scrappy round. “And just around the greens which is something I’ve been working on a lot. Once I finish sweating and take a shower, I’ll probably think about the good stuff and (how) I was able to stay in the game (despite) not having my best stuff full swing-wise.”

There was plenty of good stuff to go around.

Former Arkansas Razorback Taylor Moore stands at 197 following a 65. At nearly 76%, he leads the field in greens in regulation through three rounds and will be with Glover in the final group that goes off at 12:50 p.m.

“I got off to a good start,” he said. “I drove the ball really well the first nine holes, hit some nice iron shots and got into a good rhythm early ... I feel like I’ve hit the ball really nice, got myself in some good positions and converted some putts when I’ve had some good looks.”

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Tommy Fleetwood is a further shot back at 12-under after his third straight 66. Max Homa (65) and first-round leader Jordan Spieth (68) are a further shot back.

Homa benefited from a stretch of five birdies and seven holes and looks poised for his best finish ever in Memphis. In six previous starts, he’s managed no better than a tie for 42nd, which came a year ago.

“I just didn’t do anything poorly,” he said. “It was quite nice ... my chances? I guess it just depends on how they do at the top. I can’t do a whole lot more than what I’ve been doing. I’ve played three really solid rounds (and) I like my chances if I keep playing well.”

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McIlroy has even more ground to make up. The third-ranked player in the FedEx Cup standings — trailing only Jon Rahm and Scottie Scheffler — is in a large group at 9-under after a 68 that could well have been worse.

His tee shot ended up way right and nestled near an iron fence separating someone’s backyard from the course. McIlroy managed to punch it out good enough to salvage a bogey. Frustrating for sure after birdies on the three holes previous but he took it all in stride.

“Eighteen is a tough drive for me,” McIlroy said. “It’s like driver is too much’ and 3-wood is not enough to cover on the water line on the left. I hit driver and I just sort of bailed out of it a little bit and put myself in trouble there.

“Disappointing ... to give one back at the end. But overall I feel like I’ve been stuck in neutral a little bit this week and I’m still in a decent position. Depending on what the leaders do coming in (Sunday) ... I feel like I could catch fire and hopefully make a run.”

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Among those joining McIlroy six strokes back were Viktor Hovland and Emiliano Grillo. Hovland was another major climber on Saturday; his 65 was seven strokes better than Thursday’s opening round and he seems to have figured things out. Grillo is trending slightly in the opposite direction but is still in with a shout following a 69.

“Considering how I hit it off the tee, I did great,” said the Argentine. “I had to play defense all day. It was just a slow round. I did the best I could (but) just playing defense all day doesn’t help out there.”

Nobody was more en fuego Saturday than Rose. An early starter, he flirted with golf’s magic 59 before settling for the first 61 at TPC Southwind since Tom Lewis did it in 2020.

Overall, 11 players will start the final round of the first event of the FedEx Cup playoffs within five strokes of the lead. And the course has been fairly forgiving on the whole; only 11 players are over par — among them fan favorite Rickie Fowler and Sepp Straka, who lost in a playoff to Will Zalatoris in Memphis last year.

But every man on Sunday, all 69 of them, will be looking up to Glover.

“He’s playing great (and) obviously played great last week,” McIlroy said. “He’s a new man with that new putter.”