Three tied for lead in Hero World Challenge

Tony Finau had never seen Albany Golf Club until the pro-am at the Hero World Challenge, and one aspect of the course caught his eye immediately.

“When I’m playing well, I feel like I can score on any golf course, especially a course that has five par 5s,” Finau said.

He made birdie on four of them Dec. 1, leading him to a 5-under 67 that gave him a share of the lead with Henrik Stenson and Jon Rahm and set up a wide-open conclusion that could feature more than half the 18-man field.

The tournament host is not among them.

Tiger Woods took three shots from just off the green at the par-5 third hole — chipping is tough on everyone at Albany — for a double bogey and a ragged start that never got much better until a few late birdies salvaged a 72.

College basketball

KANSAS TOPS STANFORD >> Lagerald Vick hit the tying 3-pointer in the closing seconds of regulation, and then had eight of his 27 points in overtime to lead No. 2 Kansas to a 90-84 win over visiting Stanford.

Daejon Davis hit two free throws with 13.3 seconds left to push Stanford’s lead to 7572 after driving in and drawing a foul by Dedric Lawson. Kansas then ran its “chop” play — the same one it ran when Mario Chalmers sent the 2008 national championship into overtime — and Devon Dotson found Vick for the tying 3 with 7 seconds left.

Vick then opened overtime with another 3, and followed it with a poster dunk.