Los Angeles Times

Herman keeps Barbasol lead

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Jim Herman had two eagles in a 10-under-par 62 to maintain a one-stroke lead in the PGA Tour’s Barbasol Championsh­ip at Nicholasvi­lle, Ky.

Herman made an 11-foot eagle putt on the parfive eighth and a 10-foot putt on the par-five 15th. He had six birdies to get to 24-under 192.

“I haven’t been playing bad, I just haven’t been rolling the ball very well,” Herman said. “So, to start seeing the balls go in, that’s a confidence­booster. You feel like you can make anything.”

Kelly Kraft was second after a course-record 61. He also eagled the 15th, holing a 65-footer.

“It was a fun day,” Kraft said. “The hole looked big with the putter. I had a lot of looks. I felt like I was making putts on every hole. It was just one of those days. The putter heated up, and it was a lot of fun.”

Austin Cook (63) and Bill Haas (65) were four strokes back at 20 under. Haas saved par with a 20-footer on the par-four 18th after driving into the water.

“Disappoint­ed at that tee shot,” Haas said. “That’s my miss. When I seem to get ahead of it a little bit, I hit it right. It’s not the best finishing hole for me with water right, but I felt comfortabl­e over it, just overcut it a little bit, pushed it.”

Cydney Clanton and Jasmine Suwannapur­a ran away with the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitation­al at Midland, Mich., shooting an 11-under 59 in best-ball play for a six-stroke victory.

Clanton and Suwannapur­a took a five-shot lead into the final round after shooting an alternate-shot 63 on Friday in the LPGA Tour’s firstyear team event. They finished at 27-under 253.

Jin Young Ko and Minjee Lee closed with a 58 to finish second. Sisters Ariya Jutanugarn and Moriya Jutanugarn tied for third with Na Yeon Choi and Jenny Shin at 20 under. They each shot 61.

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