Duncan maintains Safeway Open lead

NAPA, Calif. — Tyler Duncan may not sleep well and he'll likely be nervous. But it's understandable for the PGA Tour rookie and unlikely leader after three rounds of the Safeway Open.

Playing is his first tournament as a PGA Tour member, Duncan parred the 18th hole and scrambled to a 1-under 71 to maintain a onestroke lead Saturday in the season-opening event.

“I feel OK now, but I'm not sure it's sunk in yet,” said Duncan, whose only previous PGA Tour event was the 2015 U.S. Open as a sectional qualifier. “But it probably will after dinner when I'm laying in bed. I'm sure I'll be nervous tomorrow, but I am looking forward to it.”

Duncan had five birdies and four bogeys to reach 14-under 202 at Silverado Resort and Spa. He hit his tee shot in the water on the par-3 15th hole en route to a bogey.

“The shot on 15 was probably the worst shot I've hit in a long time,” Duncan said. “But I made a nice bogey and then made a nice par save on 18.”

Chesson Hadley, a onetime PGA Tour winner who had a course-record 61 in the second round, was a stroke back after a 70.

Bud Cauley, winless in five PGA Tour seasons, shot a 66 to join defending champion Brendan Steele (72) at 12 under. Emiliano Grillo, the 2015 tournament winner in his first start as a member of the PGA Tour, shot 68 to match Graham DeLaet (69) at 11 under.

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Defending champion Tyrrell Hatton opened up a five-shot lead Saturday heading into the final round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.

A bogey-free 7-under-par 65 put Hatton in a commanding position to defend the title the Englishman won by four shots last year at St. Andrews, the home of golf.

After opening with a 68 on the Old Course on Thursday, he followed that with a 65 at Carnoustie and matched that mark at Kingsbarns to go to 18-under. Gregory Bourdy of France was his closest challenger at 13-under after a 66.