Sharma retains lead in Mexico
Shubhankar Sharma held his nerve to the end and held a two-stroke lead going into the final round of the Mexico Championship.
The 21-year-old from India holed a 15-foot par putt on the final hole at Chapultepec Golf Club in Mexico City for a 2-underpar 69, leaving him 18 holes away from capping off his amazing rise. Three months ago, he had yet to win a tournament and was ranked No. 462 in the world. A victory would likely put him in the top 25.
Two shots behind were Phil Mickelson and Sergio Garcia, along with Rafa Cabrera Bello and Tyrrell Hatton. In other news: • Steve Stricker lost the Cologuard Classic lead when he drove into the water on the par-5 18th in a closing double bogey. A year after losing a chance to win the event in his PGA Tour Champions debut when his 3-wood went left into the water on the final hole, Stricker did it again Saturday. Stricker ended up with a 3-under 70, leaving him a stroke behind Tommy Tolles with a round left on Omni Tucson National’s Catalina Course. Tolles bogeyed the 18th for a 70 after following Stricker into the water.
• Florida teenager Nelly Korda shot a 7-under 65 to take a one-stroke lead at the LPGA Tour’s Women’s World Championship after Danielle Kang made her first bogeys of the tournament to slip back into second place. Korda had eight birdies and one bogey as she finished on 15-under 201 heading into the final round at the Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore. Kang started the day leading by four strokes and finished trailing Korda by one after a 70.