Tringale, eyeing first PGA win, ties Landry atop John Deere
Cameron Tringale and Andrew Landry topped the John Deere Classic leaderboard Saturday, with a halfdozen guys right behind them.
Winless on the PGA Tour, Tringale shot a 6-under 65 to match Landry at 16-under 197 at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois. Landry had a 67. He won the Valero Texas Open last year for his lone tour title.
Bill Haas, the 2011 Fedex Cup champion, and Adam Schenk were a stroke back. Haas shot a 64, tying the best round of the day. Schenk had a 66.
Nick Watney also had a 64 to join 2016 winner Ryan Moore (65), Dylan Frattelli (65) and Vaughn Taylor (66) at 14 under. Chris Stroud (66), Lucas Glover (69) and Roger Sloan (67) were 13 under.
Second-round leader Jhonattan Vegas stumbled to a 76 and fell to 8 under.
Tringale bogeyed the first hole, but that only motivated him to post his lowest score of the tournament.
“The bogey on the first hole was a shot in the leg,” Tringale said. “But I was able to get out of there myself and birdie the next two, which gave me some momentum.”
Landry looked as if was in trouble after bogeys on the 11th and 12th holes. He then birdied Nos. 16 and 17 only to miss a 10-foot putt that would’ve given him the outright lead.
Haas has struggled this season, finishing 48th or worse in each of his last six starts. He had seven birdies in a bogey-free third round.
Moore, who has five PGA wins, finished birdie-eagle-birdie.
Perhaps the biggest surprise on a day when so many players moved into position to win today was that Vegas won’t be among them.
After just one bogey in his first 40 holes, Vegas missed an 8-foot putt for par on the 5th and a pair of poorly-hit pitches at the par-4 sixth led to a double bogey. Vegas then stuck his tee shot on the par-3 seventh hole within five feet of the cup before pushing his putt left.
ROMO EXTENDS LEAD IN CELEBRITY EVENT » Defending champion Tony Romo increased his lead to nine points in the American Century Championship at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in Stateline, Nevada.
The former Dallas Cowboys quarterback turned NFL analyst shot his second straight 2-under 70 and scored 25 points for a total of 51 in the celebrity tournament that uses the modified Stableford scoring system. Former major league pitcher Derek Lowe and former tennis Mardy Fish were tied for second.
Warriors guard Steph Curry eagled the par-5 18th hole for the second straight day to get to 30 points, three behind father Dell Curry.
Former Sharks captain Joe Pavelski is tied for 11th with 31 points. PAREL SURGES TO FRONT IN SENIOR PLAYERS » Scott Parel took advantage of Retief Goosen’s problems to take the third-round lead in the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship, the fourth of the PGA Tour Champions’ five major tournaments.
Seven strokes behind Goosen at the start of the day, Parel birdied two of the last three holes holing a 30-footer on the par-4 18th for 3-under 67 and a one-stroke lead over Goosen at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. Goosen followed his opening rounds of 69 and 62 with a 75.
Parel had a 5-under 205 total. Steve Stricker (73), Kent Jones (70) and Brandt Jobe (73) were 3 under. Stricker is coming off a victory two weeks ago in the U.S. Senior Open at Norte Dame, and also won the major Regions Tradition in May.
KIM LEADS, THOMPSON LURKS » Sei Young Kim shot a 5-under 66 in the LPGA Tour’s Marathon Classic to take a one-stroke lead over Lexi Thompson into the final round in Sylvania, Ohio. Kim had seven birdies and two bogeys in gusty conditions to reach 16-under 197 at Highland Meadows Golf Club.
Thompson made a 20-foot eagle putt on the par-5 18th for a 65. She won the Shoprite LPGA Classic last month in New Jersey for her 11th tour title. U.S. Women’s Open champion Jeongeun Lee6 was third at 12 under after a 69.
WIESBERGER UP BY TWO ENTERING FINAL ROUND » Bernd Wiesberger will take a two-shot lead into the last round of the Scottish Open after carding 6-under 65. At 20 under after three rounds, Wiesberger posted the lowest ever 54-hole total at the European Tour event.
Eric van Rooyen of South Africa shot 67 to drop out of a tie for the lead to second at 18 under at The Renaissance Club in North Berwick.