Pitt dismisses Blair, suspends three

Pittsburgh coach Pat Narduzzi dismissed defensive end Rori Blair and suspended offensive tackle Alex Bookser, linebacker Quintin Wirginis and safety Jordan Whitehead for rules violations, less than a week before the team begins fall practice.

Narduzzi said Blair, a senior, was kicked off the team for “conduct detrimental to the program.”

Whitehead and Wirginis will sit out Pitt’s first three games for a violation of team policy. Bookser will miss the Sept. 2 opener against Youngstown State after being arrested and charged with driving under the influence in May. the cut in the Canadian Open, a day after fighting dizzy spells.

Kuchar shot a 4-under 68 to reach 5 under — leaving him seven strokes behind secondround leader Martin Flores at Glen Abbey in Oakville, Ontario.

Flores shot his second straight 6-under 66. He eagled the par-5 second for the second day in a row.

Gary Woodland (63), Matt Every (68) and Brandon Hagy (68) were a stroke back at 11 under. one-stroke lead in the Ladies Scottish Open in Irvine. Kerr had a 5-under 139 total. Hallof-Famer Karrie Webb, a stroke ahead of Kerr after a first-round 65, shot a 75 to drop to second. South Koreans Sun Young Yoo (69) and Sei Young Kim (72) were tied for third at 3 under.

Bernhard Langer shot a 3-under 74 at Royal Porthcawl in Bridgend, Wales, to hold onto a share of the Senior British Open lead. Langer was tied at 1 over with Americans Tom Lehman (72), Steve Flesch (71) and Billy Mayfair (72) and Argentina’s