McIlroy takes 1-shot lead into final round at HSBC Champions

Rory McIlroy spun a wedge down to 3 feet for birdie on his final hole for a clean card at a 5-under 67, giving him a one-shot lead over Louis Oosthuizen on Saturday in Shanghai.

Oosthuizen opened with five straight birdies and closed with two birdies in his last three holes for a 65. McIlroy was at 15-under 201 as he goes for his fourth victory of the year and tries to move a little closer to the No. 1 ranking.

Defending champion Xander Schauffele finished with three straight birdies for a 68 to finish two off the lead. This is the only World Golf Championships event where no one has won back-toback, and Schauffele is in the best shape to try to keep the WGCs in American hands for the eighth straight time.

PGA: Harry Higgs rebounded from his first bogey of the week to take a twostroke lead in the PGA Tour’s inaugural Bermuda Championship. Former Georgia player Brendon Todd, tied for the second-round lead with Higgs and Scottie Scheffler, was second after a 67.

LPGA: Defending champion Nelly Korda shot a 7-under 65 to take a threestroke lead after three rounds of the LPGA Swinging Skirts in Taipei, Taiwan.

Korda, who started the round one stroke back of overnight leader Mi Jung Hur, carded seven birdies at the par72 Miramar Golf Country Club to finish at 18-under 198, three strokes ahead of Minjee Lee, who shot a 67.

CHAMPIONS: Miguel Angel Jiménez birdied the final two holes late Friday for a 6-under 66 and a share of the firstround lead in the Invesco QQQ Championship in Thousand Oaks, Calif., the second of three events in the PGA Tour Champions’ Charles Schwab Cup playoffs.