Na takes 2-shot lead into Colonial final round
FORT WORTH — Kevin Na settled for a 1-underpar 69 a day after going low at Colonial again, taking a two-shot lead Saturday over a group that included local favorite Jordan Spieth and 2003 U.S. Open champion Jim Furyk.
Na recovered from a double bogey at the par-5 11th that cost him the lead, steadying himself over the final seven holes to reach 9 under. His 62 in the second round was his third at least that low over a span of six rounds at Colonial.
Spieth and Furyk, winless since 2015, each shot 68 and were among the group at 7 under along with C.T. Pan, who was tied with Na before bogeys on the final two holes.
Pan settled for a 68 as well.
First-round leader Tony Finau (71) fell into the group at 7 under with a bogey on 18 after hitting his driver into the water.
Birdies among the leaders were fairly scarce with most of them playing in windy conditions that have made afternoon rounds difficult all week on the cozy course made famous by Ben Hogan.
Second-round leader Jonas Blixt did not have any, opening with a bogey on the easy par-5 first before three more in his 74. He is four shots back.
GOLF
Broadhurst has two-stroke lead
Defending champion Paul Broadhurst waited out two storm delays to shoot a bogey-free third round and open a twoshot lead at the Senior PGA Championship in Pittsford, N.Y.
The breaks in play did not affect the 53-year-old from England, who finished with a 3-under 67 and moved to 6-under 204 for the $3.25 million major at Oak Hill’s East Course. Broadhurst has not bogeyed in 38 consecutive holes. He entered the day as the co-leader with Esteban Toledo, who tumbled into seventh at 1 over for the tournament after shooting 4 over 74.
Retief Goosen is second at 4 under after a 67. Ken Tanigawa is third at 3 under after a 66. Champions Tour money-leader Scott McCarron moved into contention with a four-birdie, one-bogey round to sit alone in fourth at 2 under.
In other news:
Bronte Law birdied the par-4 18th hole for a 4-under 67 and a share of the lead in the Pure Silk Championship at Williamsburg, Va. Nasa Hataoka matched Law at 13-under 200 at Kingsmill Resort, rebounding from a bogey on the par-4 14th with an eagle on the par-5 15th in a 65. American Jennifer Song, tied for the lead after each of the first two rounds, had a 68 to fall a shot back along with Brooke Henderson. Henderson had a 64.
MOTOR SPORTS Reddick prevails in Xfinity race
Tyler Reddick won the Xfinity Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C.,after taking the lead for good on a restart with 15 laps to go.
The defending Xfinity champion led 110 of 200 laps to win for the second time this season and the second time in three races. He finished more than two seconds ahead of Justin Allgaier. Jeffrey Earnhardt was third, followed by Noah Gragson and Justin Haley.
Reddick, a 23-year-old in his first season with Richard Childress Racing, had had eight consecutive top four finishes.
HORSE RACING Quarter horses finish at SHRP
Mr Tereso and Hawkeye won Saturday night’s quarter-horse meet-ending feature races at Sam Houston Race Park.
Mr Tereso took the $81,000 Space City, but the colt first had to defeat the field and then survive a steward’s inquiry and an opposing rider’s foul claim.
The winner angled out of the starting gate, creating contact with Tres Y Seis.
Track stewards ruled in favor of the Inez Delacruz-trained colt, keeping him first and Tres Y Seis second. Famous
Cash Corona took third place.
Hawkeye saved his drama for the finish line, where he rushed by Stone Cold Leader to win the $50,000 Sam Houston Classic.
Slightly favored over the winner, Stone Cold Leader could not hold off Hawkeye in the final yards of the 440-yard sprint. Sixes Flash was third.
HOCKEY
Canada, Finland make world final
Mark Stone scored his tournament-leading eighth goal, and Matt Murray made 39 saves as Canada beat the Czech Republic 5-1 at Bratislava, Slovakia, to advance to face Finland in the world hockey championship final.
In the first semifinal, Marko Anttila scored midway through the third period in Finland’s 1-0 victory over Russia.
Darnell Nurse, PierreLuc Dubois, Kyle Turris and Thomas Chabot also scored for Canada.
Canada has won eight consecutive games since opening with a 3-1 loss to Finland. The teams last met in the final in 2016 in Moscow, with Canada winning 2-1. The title game is Sunday.
PRO BASEBALL
Two big innings doom Skeeters
Long Island scored three runs on consecutive home runs in the sixth inning and added four more runs in the seventh to defeat Sugar Land 8-4 in Atlantic League play at Central Islip, N.Y.
Hector Sanchez, Daniel Fields and David Washington homered for the Ducks with two outs in the sixth.
Zach Borenstein had a two-run homer for the Skeeters in the fourth inning and an RBI double in the ninth. Anthony Giansanti also doubled in a run in the ninth.