McIlroy leads Koepka by 1

Rory McIlroy shot an 8underpar 62 on Saturday at the St. Jude Invitational in Memphis to improve to 12under 198, good for a oneshot lead over Brooks Koepka (64) at the World Golf Championships event.

McIlroy, who missed the cut by a stroke last week in the British Open, had a ninebirdie, onebogey round. He moved from a tie for 17th to the top of the leaderboard at TPC Southwind by finishing his round with three consecutive birdies.

Secondround leader Matthew Fitzpatrick (69) was third, two strokes back. Marc Leishman (63), Alex Noren (66) and Jon Rahm (68) were three shots behind.

LPGA Tour: Cresting a wave of South Koreans atop the Evian Championship leaderboard, Hyo Joo Kim fired a thirdround 65 to move one shot clear of Sung Hyun Park (66) at 15under 198 in the major in Evianlesbains, France.

Four shots back in a tie for third place were seventime major winner Inbee Park (69) and Jin Young Ko (66), who won the season’s first major, the ANA Inspiration, in April. PGA Tour: In Reno, Troy Merritt scored five points with a 53foot eagle putt on the par5 18th to take a twopoint lead over Robert Streb in the Barracuda Championship, the PGA Tour’s only modified Stableford scoring event. Other events: In the Senior British Open, Paul Broadhurst birdied two of the last three holes for a 3under 67 in wet conditions at Royal Lytham & St. Annes, England, giving him a oneshot lead over Woody Austin (68) at 5under 205 . ... China’s Lei Ye, an incoming Stanford freshman, beat Jillian Bourdage of Tamarac, Fla., 1 up in the 36hole final to win the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship in Stevens Point, Wis.

Rory McIlroy, who missed the cut at the British Open, leads in Memphis.