Big names looking up at Thomas, Lee at CJ Cup
Justin Thomas was looking at a three-stroke lead after three rounds at the CJ Cup with one hole to play Saturday, which would have set him up nicely for his second win in three years at South Korea’s only PGA Tour event.
But the 18th hole saw a big swing in the scoring at the Nine Bridges course.
South Korean-born New Zealander Danny Lee holed a long eagle putt to finish with a 68. Thomas, who won the inaugural CJ Cup in 2017, bogeyed the 18th for a 70 and he and Lee were tied with a three-round total of 15-under 201.
Australian Cameron Smith was in third place, three strokes behind, after a 68. Jordan Spieth shot 70 and was in a three-way tie for fourth, four behind.
The biggest movers Saturday were last year’s runner-up Gary Woodland and first-year professional Colin Morikawa of the United States. Their 65s moved them into a tie for seventh place.
More golf
Scott Parel shot his second 6-under 66 in a row for a share of the lead with Tommy Tolles in the Dominion Energy Charity Classic, the first of three tournaments in the PGA Tour Champions’ Charles Schwab Cup playoffs.
Parel rebounded from a bogey on the par-4 15th with birdies on the par-5 16th and 18th.
Figure skating
Two-time world champion Nathan Chen of the United States won Skate Canada for the third consecutive time, scoring 196.38 in the free skate for a total of 299.09 in the first of six events in the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series.
Chen outdistanced U.S. teammate Jason Brown, who took the silver medal at 255.09, and Russian skater Dmitri Aliev, who finished with a score of 253.55.
Volleyball
No. 3 Pitt (18-1, 7-0) continues its journey to what it hopes is another ACC championship with a 1 p.m. match Sunday against N.C. State at Fitzgerald Field House. The match is on ESPNU. The Panthers enter off a three-game sweep of visiting North Carolina Friday in which Layne Van Buskirk became the third player on the team with 1,000 career kills.
Tennis
Belinda Bencic booked the final spot at the seasonend WTA Finals after beating Kristina Mladenovic in the Kremlin Cup semifinals.
Bencic’s 6-3, 6-4 victory set up a Moscow final with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who defeated Karolina Muchova 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-1.
In the men’s draw, Adrian Mannarino beat Andreas Seppi, 6-3, 6-4, in their semifinal.
Women’s hockey
The Robert Morris Colonials have played four consecutive games against top-four opponents, and they’ve been tied or ahead in the third period in all four of them. But the Colonials rallied back from a pair of deficits before falling, 6-5, in overtime to No. 4 Clarkson.