Stallings uninterrupted on run to 60
Scott Stallings birdied the final hole for an 11-under 60 and a 1-stroke lead yesterday in the PGA Tour’s Barbasol Championship in Opelika, Ala.
Stallings’ 12-foot putt on the par-4 18th caught the right edge and dropped in for the second 60 in two days at Grand National’s rain-softened Lake Course.
The Worcester-born pro, whose family moved to Tennessee when he was 3 but who keeps strong ties to New England, birdied the final three holes. He had an eagle, 10 birdies and a bogey to tie the course record matched Friday by Chad Collins.
Stallings had the lowest round of his PGA Tour career and broke the tournament 54-hole record at 19-under 194. He won the last of his three tour titles in 2014.
Grayson Murray was second after his second straight 64. Collins followed his 60 with a 69 to drop into a tie for third with Tag Ridings (63) at 17-under. Rory Sabbatini shot a 62 to jump from 54th to a tie for 14th at 11-under.
Jim Furyk, the only player to shoot two sub-60 rounds in PGA Tour history, had his second straight 68 to get to 8-under. The 47-year-old U.S. Ryder Cup captain is missing his first British Open since 1995.
Whoa Nelly! Korda leads
Nelly Korda birdied the final two holes for a 5-under 66 and a 2-stroke lead in the LPGA Marathon Classic in Sylvania, Ohio.
The 18-year-old, the sister of LPGA Tour winner Jessica
Korda and daughter of tennis major champion Petr Korda, had a 15-under 198 total at Highland Meadows. She opened with a 68 and had a field-best 64 on Friday.
In-Kyung Kim was second after a 68. Gerina Piller, the leader after each of the first two rounds, had a 70 to drop into a tie for third at 12-under with U.S. Women’s Open champion Sung Hyun Park (67), Lexi Thompson (69), Sandra Changkija (65), Aditi Ashok (68) and Peiyun Chien (69). Lydia Ko, winless since her victory last year at Highland Meadows, was tied for 19th at 7-under after a 65.
Good win, Goodwin
Noah Goodwin rallied to beat Matthew Wolff 1-up in 100-degree heat in Andover, Kan., in the U.S. Junior Amateur final to become the third player to win a year after losing the title match.
Goodwin, a 17-year-old from Texas, was four holes down with eight to play before pulling off the event’s second-biggest comeback. The match ended when Wolff, an 18-year-old Californian, conceded Goodwin’s 6-foot birdie putt on the 36th hole. Wolff drove into the water and was facing a putt for double bogey.