Johnson shares lead at difficult Olympia Fields

OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — Dustin Johnson is 21 shots worse to par than he was a week ago and still looks to be the player to beat.

Johnson and Hideki Matsuyama survived another demanding day at Olympia Fields, both scratching out a 1-under-par 69 for a 1-under 209 total that felt better than it looked to share the lead Saturday at the BMW Championship.

Everyone else was over par going into the final round.

Sunday is one last chance for some players to be among the top 30 who advance to the FedEx Cup finale and one last round for others — like Tiger Woods — to prepare for the U.S. Open on a course that plays every bit as tough.

Patrick Cantlay hit only five fairways and didn’t make a birdie as he tumbled out of a tie for the lead with a 75 that left him five shots behind and might cost him a Tour Championship spot.

Rory McIlroy had to play left-handed to escape the base of a tree in starting the back nine with a bogey, and he finished with a three-putt bogey for a 73. He still was only three back.

■ At Rogers, Ark., Anna Nordqvist hit all greens in regulation for a 9-under 62 and a 16-under 126 total in the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship to take a three-shot lead over Sei Young Kim (64) into the final round. Kim eagled her final hole.

■ At Sutton Coldfield, England, Justin Walters of South Africa doubled his lead heading into the ISPS Handa UK Championship’s final round, shooting a 3-under 69 for a 12-under 204 total. Martin Kaymer (66) and Benjamin Hebert (70) were two strokes back.

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