Kerr’s career mark set at Solheim Cup
The United States took a 10½-5½ lead over Europe on Saturday in the Solheim Cup, matching its biggest advantage entering the final day.
The Americans took three of the four afternoon four-ball matches after splitting the morning foursomes at Des Moines Golf and Country Club in Iowa. The biennial event concludes Sunday with 12 singles matches.
“I’m ecstatic,” U.S. captain Juli Inkster said. “I think anytime we can split in foursomes that’s a win for us.”
Cristie Kerr set a record for career points by an American with 20, teaming with Lexi Thompson to win both of her matches. Inkster held the previous mark with 18½.
Kerr and Thompson beat Jodi Ewart Shadoff and Caroline Masson 5 and 3 in the morning, and topped Georgia Hall and Catriona Matthew 4 and 2 in the afternoon.
In the other U.S. afternoon victories, Brittany Lincicome and Brittany Lang beat Carlota Ciganda and Mel Reid 2 up, and Paula Creamer and Austin Ernst edged Karine Icher and Madalene Sagstrom 2 and 1. Shadoff and Anna Nordqvist beat Lizette Salas and Angel Yin 4 and 2 for Europe’s lone point.
Creamer and Ernst also won in the morning, topping Reid and Emily Pedersen 5 and 3. Europe took the other foursomes, with Nordqvist and Hall beating Stacy Lewis and Gerina Piller 2 and 1, and Matthew and Icher defeating Michelle Wie and Danielle Kang 2 and 1.
PGA Tour: Henrik Stenson kept his cool when some birdie chances turned into pars. That patience paid off late in his round.
Stenson shot a 4-under-par 66 to take a one-stroke lead in the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C.
The 2013 FedEx Cup champion and 2016 British Open winner was at 16-under 194 at Sedgefield with a round left in the PGA Tour’s last regular-season event of the season.
Stenson had four birdies on a five-hole stretch of the back nine to overtake Webb Simpson for sole possession of first place.
Simpson, Kevin Na and Ollie Schniederjans were tied for second. Na shot a 65, Schniederjans had a 66 and Simpson — a North Carolina native who won on this course in 2011 — had a 68. Johnson Wagner was 14 under after a 65.
Champions Tour: Scott McCarron had two eagles in an 11-under 61 to join Kevin Sutherland atop the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open leaderboard in Endicott, N.Y.
Sutherland, the first-round leader, had a 67 to match McCarron at 12-under 132 at En-Joie.
McCarron also had eight birdies and a bogey. U.S. Amateur: Doug Ghim and Doc Redman advanced to the 36-hole final of the U.S. Amateur with semifinal wins at Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles.
Ghim is the Big 12’s Player of the Year at the University of Texas. He beat Tommy Humphrey 2 and 1 in his latest outstanding performance.
Redman plays at Clemson and heads back to school immediately after the weekend. He lost a lead before holding off Mark Lawrence Jr. at 1 up. European Tour: Home favorite Marcel Siem came from behind and defeated Robert Rock on the first extra hole to advance to the semifinals of the Paul Lawrie Match Play in Bad Griesbach, Germany. He’ll face Johan Carlsson as he seeks his fifth European Tour title.
Also through to the last four are Alejandro Canizares and Adrian Otaegui, who will meet in an all-Spanish semifinal.