Cink cools off but still up by five

Stewart Cink maintained his five-stroke lead and set another scoring mark at the RBC Heritage with a twounder 69 on Saturday, moving closer to his third victory at Harbour Town Golf Links.

Cink, 47, cooled off from his pace in the first two rounds, when he shot a pair of 63s for his lowest career 36-hole score and shattered the event’s halfway scoring mark shared by Jack Nicklaus and Phil Mickelson.

This time, Cink scrambled his way to 18-under 195, also a tournament mark for lowest 54-hole score. The record had been held by Justin Leonard at 16-under 197 in 2002.

PGA Championship winner Collin Morikawa was at 13 under after a 67. Emiliano Grillo of Argentina had a 69 and was another shot behind in third.

Ko breezes to win

Lydia Ko ended her three-year winless drought on the LPGA Tour in dominant style in the Lotte Championship.

The former world No. 1 was unstoppable in the tournament at Kapolei Golf Club in Honolulu, closing with a final round seven-under 65 to win by seven shots. She finished at 28 under 260. Four players finished tied for second.

It was 1,084 days since Ko’s previous title, the Mediheal Championship in 2018 at Lake Merced in Daly City, Calif.

Tie at Champions

Fred Couples went 11 holes before making a birdie and then made birdies on his last two holes for a threeunder 69 and a share of the lead at 12 under with Robert Karlsson in the Chubb Classic at Naples, Fla.

Karlsson hit his approach to six feet for eagle on the par-five ninth hole at Tiburon Golf Club and nearly holed his approach on the 11th for a tap-in birdie. That carried him to a 66.