The Middletown Press (Middletown, CT)

Munoz maintains two-shot lead at Greenbrier Classic

- By The Associated Press

Sebastian Munoz shot a 2-under 68 on Saturday to maintain a two-stroke lead over Robert Streb after the third round of The Greenbrier Classic in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, 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.

He’d like to do a little better than in 2015 at the tournament, when he lost in a four-man playoff won by Danny Lee.

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 in Portstewar­t, Northern Ireland.

On a day of good scoring over the links at Portstewar­t Golf Club, the 11thranked 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 first two rounds, birdied five 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.

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