62 gives Goosen 3-shot lead in Senior Players
AKRON, Ohio — Retief Goosen shot an 8-underpar 62 on Friday to take a three-stroke lead in the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship, the fourth of the PGA Tour Champions’ five major tournaments.
After returning in the morning to birdie the 18th for a 69 in the rain-delayed first round, Goosen made an 8-foot eagle putt on the par-5 second hole in the second round and added six birdies in the bogey-free round at Firestone Country Club.
Playing partner Steve Stricker, the first-round leader after a 64 that he completed with a birdie in the morning, had a 70 to drop into a tie for second with Brandt Jobe (69-65). In other golf news:
• Jhonattan Vegas shot a 9-under 62 in the John Deere Classic at Silvis, Ill., to take a one-stroke lead into the weekend. Vegas, who last won on the tour in 2017 at the Canadian Open, had a 13-under 129 total at TPC Deere Run. Andrew Landry was second after his second 65. Lucas Glover had a double eagle on the par-5 10th in a 64 that got him to 11 under. He holed out with a 3-iron from 255 yards after a 318-yard drive.
• Sei Young Kim shot a 7-under 64 to take a onestroke lead over U.S. Women’s Open champion Jeongeun Lee6 in the Marathon Classic at Sylvania, Ohio. Kim had four consecutive birdies on Nos. 3-6 and also birdied the par-4 12th and 15th holes and the par-5 18th to get to 11-under 131 at Highland Meadows Golf Club. Lee6 shot her second consecutive 66. Lexi Thompson (67), Stacy Lewis (68) and Jennifer Kupcho (66) were 9 under.
• Bernd Wiesberger shot a 10-under 61 at the Scottish Open to move into a three-way tie for the lead after the second round. The lowest round of Wiesberger’s career on the European Tour lifted him alongside England’s Lee Slattery and South Africa’s Erik van Rooyen, who shot consecutive 64s to be at 14 under.
• Defending champion Tony Romo birdied six of his final 11 holes to take the first-round lead in the American Century Championship at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course. in Stateline, Nev. The former Dallas Cowboys quarterback turned NFL analyst shot a 2-under 70 and scored 26 points in the celebrity tournament that uses the modified Stableford scoring system. Arizona Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson was two points back.