Munoz has 68 to maintain Greenbrier Classic lead

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Sebastian Munoz shot a 2-under 68 on Saturday to maintain a twostroke lead over Robert Streb after the third round of The Greenbrier Classic, keeping the PGA Tour rookie in position to become the tournament’s first wire-to-wire winner.

The 24-year-old Colombian was at 14-under 196 at Old White TPC. Streb shot a 65.

Rookie Xander Schauffele and Jamie Lovemark were 11 under after 66s.

Davis Love III was at 10 under after a 68. At 53, he’s trying to become the oldest winner on the PGA Tour.

Kelly Kraft (67) and Russell Henley (68) also were 10 under.

While his birdie pace slowed to a trickle, Munoz overcame several miscues to stay atop the leaderboard. He saved par on the ninth hole after driving under a tree, regained the lead with a 26- foot birdie putt on the par- 4 13th after driving into the rough, and added a 36- footer for birdie on the par- 4 15th.

Streb, five strokes behind Munoz entering the day, birdied the 490- yard 11th and hit his 231- yard approach shot next to the flag and made eagle at the par- 5 12th.

Kraft was tied for the lead with Munoz until making a double bogey at No. 13 and bogey at No. 14. Schauffele, another PGA Tour rookie, shot onto the leaderboard with a 60- foot eagle putt at No. 12.

LPGA TOUR: Katherine Kirk shot a 7- under 65 on Saturday to open a four- stroke lead in the Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic in Oneida, Wisc., and move into position to challenge the tour’s 72- hole record. Coming off a careerbest 63 on Friday, the 35- year- old Australian reached 20- under 196 in the fi rst year event at Thornberry Creek — the Oneida Nation- owned resort near Green Bay. The LPGA Tour record for 72 holes is 27 under, set by Annika Sorenstam in the 2001 Standard Register Ping in Phoenix and matched by Sei Young Kim last year in the Founders Cup. Kirk played the fi rst fi ve holes in 1 over with a birdie on No. 1 and bogeys on Nos. 3 and 5. She rebounded with a birdie on No. 6, ran off four straight on Nos. 8- 11 and added birdies on 13, 15 and 17. On the par- 4 18th, she saved par with a 15- footer after fi nding the right fairway bunker and hitting her approach well left. Kirk won the last of her two tour titles in 2010.

South Africa’s Ashleigh Buhai was second after a 65.

Japan’s Ayako Uehara ( 65) and England’s Jodi Ewart Shadoff ( 66) were tied for third at 13 under, and Suzann Pettersen ( 66) was another stroke back along with Tiffany Joh ( 66), Cristie Kerr

( 67), Angel Yin ( 67), Megan Khang ( 67), Jaye Marie Green ( 70) and Sandra Gal ( 72). Gal shot a 64 in the morning in the completion of the suspended second round on the rain- softened course.

IRISH OPEN: Jan Rahm shot a second straight 5- under 67 at the Irish Open and moved into a share of the lead with Daniel Im in the third round on Saturday in Portstewart, Northern Ireland.

On a day of good scoring over the links at Portstewart Golf Club, the 11th- ranked Rahm moved to 17 under par overall after making four consecutive birdies from No. 11 and parring his way home.

Im, who was tied for the lead with Benjamin Hebert after the fi rst two rounds, birdied fi ve of his opening 14 holes and scrambled superbly at the end to shoot a 68 and stay alongside Rahm. Hebert is a stroke behind after shooting 69.