Trio share lead at 3M Open

BLAINE, Minn. — Matthew Wolff shot a 9under 62 Saturday to share the lead with Collin Morikawa and Bryson DeChambeau at 15 under after three rounds of the inaugural 3M Open.

Morikawa shot a 64 at the TPC Twin Cities, while DeChambeau had a 70.

Wolff, 20, who won the NCAA individual title on Memorial Day, is playing in his third event since turning professional, and the 22yearold Morikawa his fourth.

DeChambeau, who opened the day with a twoshot lead, is vying for his sixth career win and first since the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in November.

Seeking his first tour win in 31 starts, Wyndham Clark, 25, shot a 64 and was tied with Adam Hadwin (69) one shot back.

Sixteen players are within four shots of the lead, including Hideki Matsuyama, Charles Howell III and Troy Merritt, who graduated from nearby Spring Lake Park High School. Each shot a 66 and were two shots behind.

Playing in ideal weather conditions — temperatures in the low 80s, increasing clouds and no wind — 65 of the 85 players shot under par on the par71 layout.

Wolff, who made his professional debut two weeks ago by finishing 80th at the Travelers Championship and missed the cut at last week’s Rocket Mortgage Classic, used stellar approach shots to help him record six straight birdies on Nos. 510. None of the putts were longer than 8 feet. Birdies at No. 13 and 15 made a round of 59 seem possible.

DALY DENIED CART

Organizers of the British Open have refused a request by former champion John Daly to use a golf cart at the championship in Royal Portrush this month.

Daly had applied to use a cart because of his arthritic right knee.

The R&A says it was declining the request because “walking the course is an integral part of the championship and is central to the tradition of links golf.” It said it was important to “ensure that, as far as possible, the challenge is the same for all players in the field.”

The governing body says Portrush in Northern Ireland was not suited to golf carts, and was concerned that “some parts of the course, where there are severe slopes and swales, would be inaccessible.”

In its statement released Saturday, the R&A said “we appreciate the difficulty John is facing and have full sympathy for him as this is clearly a serious, longterm condition.”

The PGA of America allowed Daly to use a cart at this year’s PGA Championship at Bethpage Black. He was the first player to ride in a cart at a major since Casey Martin in the U.S. Open at Olympic Club in 1998 and 2012.