McIlroy takes St. Jude one-shot lead

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Rory McIlroy shot an 8-under 62 on Saturday at the FedEx St. Jude Invitational to take a onestroke lead over Brooks Koepka at the World Golf GOLF Championships event.

McIlroy, who missed the cut by a stroke last week in the British Open on his home turf in Northern Ireland, rebounded very nicely. He had a nine-birdie, one-bogey round to move from a tie for 17th to the top of the leaderboard at TPC Southwind. The man who shattered the screen of a woman’s cellphone with his opening tee shot at Royal Portrush finished the round Saturday with three straight birdies.

McIlroy capped his birdie spurt by rolling in a 27-footer on the par-4 18th after putting his tee shot into a fairway bunker. He had a 12-under 198 total.

■ PGA — At Reno, Troy Merritt scored five points with a 53-foot eagle putt on the par-5 18th to take a two-point lead in the Barracuda Championship, the PGA Tour’s only modified Stableford scoring event.

Merritt had an 18-point round for a 37-point total at Montreaux Golf and Country Club. A two-time winner on the PGA Tour, Merritt made a 21-foot birdie putt on the par-4 17th.

■ LPGA — At Evian-lesBains, France, cresting a wave of South Koreans atop the

Evian Championship leaderboard, Hyo Joo Kim fired a third-round 65 to move one shot clear on 15-under 198.

■ Champions — At Lytham St. Annes, England, Englishman Paul Broadhurst birdied two of the last three holes to take a one-shot lead into the final round of the Senior British Open, which will be Tom Watson’s final appearance at the tournament.

Mark Humphrey The Associated Press Rory McIlroy celebrates after birdieing No. 18 to take the lead of the FedEx St. Jude Invitational on Saturday in Memphis, Tenn.