Langer fires a 65, takes 4-stroke lead
Bernhard Langer shot a bogey-free 6-under-par 65 on Saturday at Royal Porthcawl to take a fourstroke lead in the Senior British Open in Bridgend, Wales.
“Definitely efficient,” Langer said. “What happened really good today was my driving was really, really good. Hit a lot of fairways. Gave myself opportunities. The putter wasn’t brilliant but it wasn’t bad. So overall, a very, very solid round.”
The 59-year-old German star is in position for his fifth victory in the last 10 major championships. He had a 5-under 208 total. Corey Pavin was second, also shooting 65 in some afternoon rain and wind gusting to 20 mph.
Langer has a record nine senior major titles, winning the Regions Tradition and Senior PGA Championship in consecutive weeks in May. He won by 13 strokes the last time the tournament was held on the south Wales course, finishing at 18 under in 2014, and also won the 2010 event at Carnoustie.
Peter Lonard (67) was third at even par, and Miguel Angel Jimenez (65), Steve Flesch (71) and Billy Mayfair (71) were 1 over.
Madison’s Jerry Kelly (70) and Fox Point native Skip Kendall (71) were well off the pace.
PGA Tour: Charley Hoffman birdied the final hole for a 7-under 65 at Glen Abbey to take a onestroke lead into the final round of the RBC Canadian Open in Oakville, Ontario.
The 40-year-old Hoffman had six birdies in a seven-hole stretch that ended on No. 15, bogeyed the par-4 17th and rebounded with the two-putt birdie on the par-5 18th.
Hoffman had a 17-under 199 total. He won the Texas Open last year for his fourth PGA Tour title.
Kevin Chappell was second. He bogeyed the 18th, hitting his third shot into the water.
Robert Garrigus matched the course record with a 62 to join Gary Woodland at 15 under.
Garrigus had two eagles and six birdies to tie the Glen Abbey mark set by Leonard Thompson in 1981 and matched by Andy Bean in 1983, Greg Norman in 1986 and John Merrick in 2013.
LPGA Tour: Hall of Famer Karrie Webb and Sei Young Kim topped the Ladies Scottish Open leader board after another rainy, cold and windy day at Dundonald Links in Irvine.
Kim birdied the par-4 17th and par-5 18th in strong wind and rain for a 3-under 69, and Webb birdied the 17th en route to a 70. They were at 6-under 210. Second-round leader Cristie Kerr was third at 4 under after a 73.
Kim had eight straight pars in the difficult conditions before the closing flurry.
The South Korean player won the Lorena Ochoa Match Play in Mexico in May for her sixth LPGA Tour title.
Webb birdied three of the first seven holes and dropped strokes on 13 and 15 before rallying with the birdie on 17. The 42-yearold Australian won the last of her 41 LPGA Tour titles in 2014 at the Founders Cup in Phoenix.