Snedeker leads Wyndham
Play held up by weather; Hovland, Bling advance to final of U.S. Amateur
held a three-stroke lead Saturday in the Wyndham Championship when the third round was suspended because of severe weather in Greensboro, N.C..
Snedeker was 16 under for the tournament with 11 holes left in the round at the final event of the PGA Tour’s regular season. was 13 under through 12 holes, and
and were another stroke back at varying stages of their rounds.
Thirty players were still on the course when play was halted during the midafternoon with thunder booming and a threat of lightning. After a 3-hour, 23minute delay, organizers chose to hold things up overnight and resume the round at 8 a.m. today. U.S. Amateur: Norway’s had such an easy time in the quarterfinals and round of 16 at the U.S. Amateur that he didn’t even need to play the 13th hole.
When he got pushed a bit in the semifinals, Hovland responded.
Hovland birdied six of seven holes he played on the back nine Saturday to advance to the U.S. Amateur final at Pebble Beach, where he will take on UCLA sophomore
“I hadn’t played 13 and 14 and 15 in a few days, but I knew what to do,” Hovland said. “It wasn’t like I was taken off guard. I knew that most likely I was going to do that. I just stuck to my game plan, just let it all happen.”
Hovland, a junior at Oklahoma State, became the first player in 40 years to win consecutive matches at the U.S. Amateur by at least seven holes when he beat
and the previous two rounds.
But Texas teen stayed close throughout before falling 3 and 2 on a foggy morning at Pebble Beach that was conducive to low scores thanks to softer than usual greens.
Hammer evened the match with a birdie on the par-4 11th hole before Hovland took over. He responded with five straight birdies to become the first golfer from Norway to advance to the U.S. Amateur final.
Hammer, the 18-year-old from Houston who is about to start his college career at Texas, had won 12 of his past 13 individual matches. But he was hurt by a drive into the bunker on the par-4 15th hole.
Bling, of Ridgecrest, was stretched to the 18th hole for the fourth straight match before beating Stanford senior
of South San Francisco 1 up in an all-California matchup. 7and6in LPGA Indy Women in Tech: waited patiently for make a rare mistake Saturday.
When the South Korean mishit her approach shot into the water on the par-4 16th, Salas capitalized quickly.
She rolled in her birdie putt then watched Park make double bogey — a three-shot swing that gave Salas the lead and the momentum heading into the final round of the Indy Women in Tech Championship. Salas closed out her 8-under 64 with a birdie on No. 18 to reach 21 under — two shots ahead of Park and to European Nordea Masters: of England and of South Africa share the lead, three shots clear of their rivals, after the third round of the Nordea Masters on the European Tour on Saturday. Waring was tied for first place with
after the second round and shot a 1-under 69.