Maggert leads Schwab Cup; Kelly in mix
PHOENIX — Jeff Maggert kept the lead Saturday in the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, while Jerry Kelly had one of the best rounds of the day to get back in the fight for the PGA Tour Champions’ season points title.
Maggert, of The Woodlands, birdied the par-5 18th for a 2-under 69 and a one-stroke lead over Miguel Angel Jimenez with one round left in the season finale at Phoenix Country Club. Maggert had a 16-under 197 total. He has led all three days, opening with rounds of 63 and 65.
Jimenez birdied the final two holes for a 63. He won the playoff opener last month in Virginia.
Retief Goosen, the last of the five players in the field with a chance to take the season Charles Schwab Cup title, was third at 14 under after a 66. Joe Durant (65) was 13 under, and Berhard Langer (69) and Woody Austin (65) were 12 under.
Kelly, second behind Scott McCarron in the standings, followed a second-round 74 with a 64 to move into a tie for 12th at 9 under.
In other news:
• Matthias Schwab extended his lead to three shots with a 6-under 66 in the third round of the
Turkish Airlines Open at Antalya, Turkey.
The 24-year-old Austrian has a tour-best nine top-10 finishes this season. For the second straight day, Schwab started with an eagle and also had six birdies and one double bogey.
Patrick Reed shot his second straight 65 to join a group of five players in second place on 15 under at the Montgomerie Maxx Royal. The others are: England’s Ross Fisher
(68) and Tyrrell Hatton (65), Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre (67), and France’s Benjamin Hebert (64).
In other news:
• Ai Suzuki shot a 7-under 65 to take a threestroke lead after the second round of the LPGA Japan Classic at Shiga, Japan.
Suzuki had seven birdies at the par-72 Seta Golf Course to finish her two rounds at 12-under 132. Gaby Lopez shot 67 and was in second place in the final event of the LPGA Tour’s Asia Swing.
Australian Hannah Green, who held a share of the lead with Suzuki after the opening round on Friday, shot a 69 and was tied for third with
Hyo Joo Kim (68).
Defending champion Nasa Hataoka struggled with her game and finished with a 76 that included five bogeys and a double bogey.