Teenager has a share of Memorial lead

Joaquin Niemann made an 8-foot birdie putt on his final hole to share the lead with Kyle Stanley in the Memorial in Dublin, Ohio.

Niemann is a 19-year-old from Chile in just his fifth pro start, and he already had a pair of top-10s on the PGA Tour. On a soft course yielding low scores, he made seven birdies to join Stanley (66) at 11-under 133.

They were two shots ahead of Byeong Hun An (67). Jason Day, who has never finished better than 15th at the Memorial, had another 68 and was three back.

Tiger Woods hit the ball well enough to be up there with them, except for missing five putts inside 7 feet. Woods had to settle for a 67. He was six behind.

LPGA Tour: Sarah Jane Smith extended her lead at the U.S. Women’s Open to four strokes after a second straight 5-under 67 in Birmingham, Ala.

The Australian got her round in before a weather delay of 2 hours 49 minutes. The second round will be completed on Saturday with the low 60 scorers plus ties making the cut.

Smith opened the day in a threeway tie atop the leader board with Ariya Jutanugarn and Korean Jeongeun Lee. She’s at 10-under 134 heading into the weekend after failing to make the cut in five of her previous six U.S. Women’s Open tries.

Lincicome to play in PGA event: Brittany Lincicome is set to play in a PGA Tour event.

Lincicome said that she was asked to play in the Barbasol Championship in Kentucky, July 19-22.

Other females who have played in a PGA event include Michelle Wie, Babe Zaharias, Annika Sorenstam and Suzy Whaley.