Hoffman leads at Canadian Open
Charley Hoffman birdied the final hole for a seven-under 65 at Glen Abbey to take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the RBC Canadian Open.
The 40-year-old Hoffman had six birdies in a seven-hole stretch that ended on No. 15, bogeyed the par-four 17th and rebounded with the two-putt birdie on the par-five 18th.
Hoffman had a 17-under 199 total. He won the Texas Open last year for his fourth PGA Tour title.
Kevin Chappell was second. He bogeyed the 18th, hitting his third
Bernhard Langer shot a bogeyfree six-under 65 in calmer conditions at Royal Porthcawl to take a fourstroke lead in the Senior British Open.
The 59-year-old German star is chasing his fifth victory in the last 10 major championships. He had a fiveunder 208 total.
Corey Pavin was second, also shooting 65 in some afternoon rain and wind gusting to 20 mph — far gentler conditions than Thursday and Friday in Wales.
Hall of Famer Karrie Webb and Sei Young Kim topped the Ladies Scottish Open leaderboard after another rainy, cold and windy day at Dundonald Links.
Kim birdied the par-four 17th and par-five 18th in strong wind and rain for a three-under 69, and Webb birdied the 17th en route to a 70. They were at six-under 210. Second-round leader Cristie Kerr was third at four under after a 73.
Vander Blue will get a chance to make the Lakers roster this fall.
The Lakers are signing Blue to a partially guaranteed deal, according to a source who couldn’t speak publicly because the deal is not official yet.
Blue was selected most valuable player of the NBA development league last season after averaging 24.8 points, 3.0 assists, 5.1 rebounds and 1.6 steals a game for the Los Angeles D-Fenders, the Lakers’ affiliate. The team is now called the South Bay Lakers.
Blue was also an instrumental part of the Lakers’ summer league team. On his 25th birthday, the Lakers won the summer league championship. — Tania Ganguli
Good Samaritan stormed to the lead in the stretch and won the Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga Race Course, a stunning victory in what was billed as a showdown between the winners of the first two legs of thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown.
Good Samaritan, who had never raced on dirt, beat Giuseppe The Great by 43⁄4 lengths as the two longshots in the race finished in front. Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming was third, Pavel fourth, and Preakness winner Cloud Computing finished last in the five-horse field in the Grade II $600,000 race.
Caroline Wozniacki was taken to three sets by unseeded Elise Mertens before winning 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 to advance to her second Swedish Open final.
The top-seeded Dane fired six aces on clay while her Belgian opponent had nine double faults. Seventh-seeded Katerina Siniakova beat Caroline Garcia 6-2, 7-5 in the other semifinal.