Salas, Korda tied for lead at Women’s PGA
Lizette Salas spent much of Saturday looking at Nelly Korda ahead of her in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in Johns Creek, Ga. In the fairway, not on the leaderboard.
Korda blasted a drive on the opening hole at Atlanta Athletic Club and hit a nineiron to four feet. Salas hit a seven-wood to the middle of the green and holed a 45-foot birdie putt to match her.
It was like that throughout the front nine, where Salas turned a one-shot deficit into a two-shot lead until Korda finally caught up to the former USC standout on the back nine.
Salas had a third straight five-under 67. Korda had a 68. They were tied for the lead at 15-under 201, five shots clear of anyone else.
PGA
Kramer Hickok finished the third round of the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn., too late in the day to go fly fishing again.
He’ll have to wait until Sunday to try to reel in the biggest catch of his career.
The 29-year-old minor league tour regular shot a two-under 68 to tie for the lead with three-time winner Bubba Watson. Hickok, who has never won on the PGA Tour, opened a two-stroke
lead before bogeying the final two holes.
“I thought I’d be a lot more nervous than I am,” said Hickok, who went fly fishing on the nearby Farmington River after the first round. “I know those nerves are going to be there. It’s just embracing those nerves, not trying to fight it.“
Watson also shot a 68 at the TPC River Highlands, picking up three strokes on Hickok over the final two holes. Jason Day was also in a tie for the lead before a bogey on No. 18 dropped him into a three-way tie.
Watson, who won the event in 2010, 2015 and 2018, said: “You don’t want to play safe. In my stage of my career,
if I have a chance to win I’m going to go for it . ... I’m not going to worry about third or fourth place.”
Champions
Three opening birdies gave Steve Stricker an eightshot lead in what looked to be a runaway in the Bridgestone Seniors Players Championship in Akron, Ohio. By day’s end, Stricker was hanging on at Firestone.
Stricker started missing greens and missing putts until his lead was down to three shots. He steadied himself with a birdie on the par-five 16th and wound up with a two-over 72 to lead Jerry Kelly by four shots going into the final round.