The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Molinari, Ancer lead; Woods stalls

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Abraham Ancer and Francesco Molinari each handled the scorching heat Saturday and shared the lead at the Quicken Loans National.

Ancer matched the best round of the week with an 8-under 62 on the TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm, giving the 27-year-old Mexican his best shot at his first PGA Tour victory. Molinari birdied his last two holes for a 65 and joined him at 13-under 197.

Tiger Woods looked as though he would be right there with them. Woods made four straight birdies, finished the front nine with seven straight one-putt greens and was in range to go even lower until he was slowed by missed putts and one bad tee shot. He ended up with a 68 that left Woods tied for 10th, six shots back.

Champions: Jerry Kelly squandered the lead, then regained it, and will head into the final day of the U.S. Senior Open with a one-shot advantage over David Toms.

Kelly shot 1-over 71 at The Broadmoor to finish at 4 under in Colorado Springs, Colo. He three-putted from inside of 2 feet on the 12th hole for a double bogey that briefly cost him the lead. Toms shot a bogey-free 66. Tim Petrovic had a 71. He briefly led after making birdie on No. 14, but bogeyed three of his last four holes to finish two out of the lead, tied with Kirk Triplett (68).

Another shot back are Brandt Jobe (66), Paul Goydos (70) and Miguel Angel Jimenez (73), whose only birdie of the day came on a chip-in from the side of the 15th green.

European Tour: Marcus Kinhult of Sweden carded a 4-under 67 and maintained his two-shot lead going into the final day of the French Open. Kinhult shot five birdies in a row just before the turn to get to 10 under, and he kept his advantage with a bogey and a birdie to stay two shots ahead of England’s Chris Wood at Le Golf National. Sergio Garcia moved to third at 7 under after a 64 with eight birdies, one ahead of fellow Spaniard Jon Rahm, who finished with successive birdies for a 68.

LPGA: So Yeon Ryu broke away on the closing holes at Kemper Lakes in Kildeer, Ill., for a three-stroke lead in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championsh­ip. The 28-yearold South Korean birdied the 14th and 15th holes to jump ahead of Canadian Brooke Henderson and finished with a birdie on 18. She shot a 5-under 67 to get to 11-under 205 and move a step closer to her third major title. Henderson was second. She bogeyed Nos. 14 and 16 in a 70.

Baltusrol to host men’s, women’s majors: The PGA Championsh­ip is returning to Baltusrol, and the Women’s PGA is going to the fabled New Jersey course for the first time. The announceme­nt Saturday marks the second time in as many years that the PGA of America scheduled majors for men and women at the same course. The PGA Championsh­ip and Women’s PGA also will be at Aronimink over the next decade. The Women’s PGA goes to Baltusrol in 2023, and the men in 2029.

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