Johnson takes a six-shot lead at Shanghai
Dustin Johnson shot a fourunder-par 68 on Saturday to take a six-stroke lead through three rounds at the HSBC Champions in Shanghai.
Johnson seized control on a blustery day at Sheshan International with a four-shot swing on the par-five eighth hole — a birdie for Johnson and a triple bogey for fellow American and friend Brooks Koepka.
“I’m in a good position going into tomorrow, but I’m still going to have to go out and play a really solid round if I want to get it done,” said Johnson, who has 22 birdies in 54 holes and is at 17-under 199.
Koepka shot 73 and is at 205, and Sweden’s Henrik Stenson shot 69 for a 206.
Johnson, ranked No. 1 in the world, is trying to become the first player to win three World Golf
Bernhard Langer shot his second consecutive three-under 69 to pull into a tie with David Toms and Miguel Angel Jimenez for the second-round lead in the PowerShares QQQ Championship at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks.
Langer birdied Nos. 12, 13 and 17 to pull even with Jimenez (70), one behind Toms (72).
Toms, who had a hole-in-one in the opening round, then bogeyed No. 18 to fall into the three-way tie at six-under 138.
Ryan Armour shot a five-under 67 to take a five-stroke lead at the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Miss.
Armour, who led by one shot after 36 holes, had eight birdies and three bogeys to move to 15 under 201. Chesson Hadley (68) was next at 10 under.
Venus Williams, 37, rallied at the WTA Finals in Singapore to beat Caroline Garcia of France 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-3 and become the oldest women’s finalist at the year-end tournament.
In the other semifinal, Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark beat Karolina Pliskova of Czech Republic 7-6 (9), 6-3 to set up a championship match with the American.
Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany took the season-opening women’s World Cup giant-slalom race for her 14th career victory, beating Tessa Worley of France by 0.14 seconds at Soelden, Austria. Mikaela Shiffrin finished fifth, 0.74 off Rebensburg’s time, and American teammate Lindsey Vonn failed to qualify for the final run.
Delta Air Lines says a charter flight carrying the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder from Minneapolis to Chicago apparently encountered a bird early Saturday when it was landing, causing damage that prompted some players to
Noah Gragson won his first career Truck Series race by passing two-time champion Matt Crafton on the final restart at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. The race was the first in the round of six for the series. Gragson is not championship eligible. Craft on finished second and Johnny Sauter was third. Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen qualified 1-2 for the Formula One Mexican Grand Prix on Sunday, with standings leader Lewis Hamilton starting in the third position.
England rallied to defeat Spain 5-2 in the soccer Under-17 World Cup in front of more than 66,000 at Kolkata, India.