San Francisco Chronicle - (Sunday)
With 65, Johnson has share of lead at Canadian Open
Top-ranked Dustin Johnson used a fast start and a late eagle to grab a share of the lead Saturday in the PGA Tour’s RBC Canadian Open in Oakville, Ontario.
Johnson shot a 7-underpar 65 at Glen Abbey to match Kevin Tway, Byeong Hun An and Whee Kim at 17-under 199.
“I like the golf course, I feel like my game’s in really good form, I’ve got a lot of confidence in it,” said Johnson, who tied for second at Glen Abbey in 2013 and 2016.
Johnson birdied the first three holes and five of the first six, then rebounded from two backnine bogeys with a birdiebirdie-eagle run. He’s seeking his third victory of the season and 19th on the tour.
Tway, the secondround leader, had a 68. He’s trying to win his first PGA Tour title in the event where father Bob Tway won the last of his tour titles 15 years ago. An shot 66, and Kim 67.
Johnson is popular with the crowd, but he insists it’s only by proxy — fiancee Paulina Gretzky is the daughter of NHL great Wayne Gretzky.
“Well, I can thank Wayne for that,” Johnson said. “There’s a lot of Gretzky fans out there, and so they tend to pull for me, which, ‘Thanks, Wayne, I appreciate that.’ I do get a lot of love up here, and the fans have been great this week.”
European Tour: American Bryson DeChambeau shared a one-shot lead with Richard McEvoy heading to the final round of the European Open in Hamburg, Germany. Both are seeking their first European Tour title. DeChambeau started the third round ahead by a shot. But McEvoy carded a 3-under 69 for the Englishman to lead the tournament at 12-under. DeChambeau had to birdie the last hole to tie him with a 70 at Green Eagle Golf Courses.
Right behind them were Masters champion Patrick Reed (69), and Austria’s Matthias Schwab (70).
LPGA Tour: Ariya Jutanugarn and Amy Yang led the Ladies Scottish Open by one stroke after shooting 73s to move to 8-under on an increasingly tough scoring day in the third round at Gullane. None of the top five broke par 71, as the wind picked up in the afternoon and grew to a howling 35 mph.
Their closest challenger was Minjee Lee of Australia (71) at 7-under. Two more South Koreans, Haeji Kang (71) and So Yeon Ryu (72), were another shot back. American golfer Tiffany Joh, the overnight leader after a course-record 62 on Friday, finished with a 9-over 80, but was only four shots back.
Senior British Open: Miguel Angel Jimenez shot par 72 in blustery conditions to remain 9-under overall for a twoshot lead heading to the final round at St. Andrews, Scotland.
Tied for second were Tom Pernice (71) and Kirk Triplett (73) of the United States, defending champion Bernhard Langer (73) and Stephen Ames (74) of Canada. A dozen others, including 68-year-old Tom Watson, were within four strokes of the leader.