Tops in Texas: Johnson, Landry
Mullinax shoots course-record 62 to climb within one shot of lead
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Zach Johnson birdied the par-5 18th Saturday at the Valero Texas Open for a share of the thirdround lead with Andrew Landry, a stroke ahead of record-setting Trey Mullinax.
Johnson shot a 4-under 68, holing a 10-footer on 18 to match Landry at 13-under 203 at TPC San Antonio’s AT&T Oaks. Landry birdied the 16th and 17th in a 67.
Johnson won the event in 2008 and 2009, the last two times it was played at LaCantera. The 42-yearold Iowan is trying to win for the first time since the 2015 British Open.
“I’ve got 18 holes to get to that point,” Johnson said. “I’ve got to do exactly what I did on the back side, and that was give myself opportunities on every hole. I’m putting great, I’m seeing the lines well, my caddie’s reading the greens well, so it’s just a matter of committing and executing down the stretch.”
The 30-year-old Landry is winless on the tour.
“I’m a good putter and I just need to give myself a lot of opportunities tomorrow like I did today,” Landry said.
Mullinax had a course-record 62. He played the back nine in 7-under 29, going 6 under on the last five with eagles on the par5 14th and 18th and birdies on 16 and 17. He also birdied Nos. 10 and 12 and bogeyed 11.
“It’s probably one of the best rounds I’ve ever had,” Mullinax said. “To go out there and shoot 62 on a hard golf course is really good.”
LPGA: In Los Angeles, Moriya Jutanugarn overcame a poor start and birdied the 18th for a hard-earned 1-under 70 to tie rookie Jin Young Ko at 9 under on Saturday at Wilshire Country Club.
Ko shot a 66 in her bid to become the year’s first two-time winner. Jutanugarn is seeking her first LPGA title.
CHAMPIONS TOUR: Defending champions Vijay Singh and Carlos Franco took the third-round lead Saturday in the windy Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf.
Singh and Franco shot a 7-under 47 in wind gusting to 20 mph on the Top of the Rock par-3 course to get to 19-under 145, a stroke ahead of the teams of David TomsSteve Flesch and Paul Broadhurst-Kirk Triplett.