Welshman fires 62 for 2-shot lead
Stephen Dodd shot an outstanding 8-under 62 to take a two-stroke lead after three rounds of the Senior British Open Saturday in Sunningdale,England
Dodd, 55, or Wales, made four birdies on the first five holes and nine on the day at Sunningdale. He dropped a shot on the 10th but his otherwise stellar performance had himon 11-under 199.
Jerry Kelly, a 54-year-old American,was two shots back after carding a 68 and day two leader Darren Clarke (70) slipped three strokes off the lead in the final senior major championshipof the year.
Defending champion Bernhard Langer (70) was four shots off the pace with Miguel Angel Jimenez (67) and Paul Broadhurst (69). Broadhurst won in 2016 and was runnerupin 2019.
The 63-year-old Langer won in 2019 at Royal Lytham & St. Annes for his fourth victory in the event. The 2020 tournament was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Two-time British Open champion Ernie Els (70) was five shots back after three rounds.
Lee6 extends lead
The day after making golfinghistory, Jeongeun Lee6 extended her Evian Championship lead to five strokes after a 3-under-par 68 in the third roundin France.
She’s at 18 under overall and the nearest challenger is teenage American Yealimi Noh at 13 under after carding a4-under 67.
The 2015 champion Lydia Ko of New Zealand posted a 68 and was one shot behind the 19-year-oldNoh.
South Korean Minjee Lee’s 6-under 65 moved her into a three-way tie for fourth spot at 11 under with Japan’s Ayaka Furue and Thailand’s Pajaree Anannarukarn, who drifted backwith a 1-over 72.
On Friday, Lee6 tied the golf majors record for the lowest round ever by a female or male with a 10-under 61, while her history-making 36-hole score of 127 was the lowest in a major, beating the 128 by Brooks Koepka at the 2019 U.S.PGA Championship.
But on Saturday Lee6 had a mixed bag of three bogeys, fourbirdies and an eagle.
Tringale up one
Cameron Tringale made a short par putt on the treacherous par-5 18th hole at the 3M Open for a 5-under 66 and a one-stroke lead in Blaine, Minn., over Gary Woodland andMaverick McNealy.
Tringale, who tied for third last year at TPC Twin Cities, eagled the par-5 12th and had three birdies in a bogey-free round. Winless on the PGA Tour, the 33-year-old topped thecrowded leaderboard at 12under201.
Woodland overcame a doublebogey on No. 1 with birdies onfive of his next six holes in a 67. McNealy had a bogey-free 68.
PatPerez shot a 66 to join an eight-way tie for fourth, two shotsoff the lead. Four players were three strokes back. LouisOosthuizen, the highestranked player remaining at No. 9 in the world and in the FedEx Cup standings, was in a six-way tie for 16th place at onlyfour shots behind.